November 30, 2013

If you fall down, then get up.


Suburban Chicago, January 1964. This photo dates from the time when it still was possible to skate on Silver Creek. Homes in the Winston Park subdivision stand along the creek.

2 comments:

edutcher said...

My mother wouldn't have let us go anywhere near an iced over creek.

Irene said...

The creek wasn't deep, and it froze solid. After it got polluted, it became a problem.