One of the reason the Bosque kids knew how to swim and a few became very good at it (Bill and Paul come to mind) was that during the polio scare (I guess in the thirties). It was believed that polio was transmitted by contact with the virus in water particularly in public swimming pools. Granma asked a lifeguard if this was true and told "No" therefore the Bosque kids took swimming lessons.
During the 1989 earthquake, one of the most damaged buildings was at 6th and Townsend which is near but not bay fill. Paul explained to me that an underground creek runs ther. He knew this because that same creek ran under the YMI building. Water for the swimming pool was drawn from it.
More to come
Tony
This blog is dedicated to our grandparents, Joseph Bosque and Annie Corbett. It is an ongoing compilation of stories and memories to be shared, remembered, and enjoyed by those who knew them, were affected by them, and are the descendants of them.
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