I first learn to swim with my father at the mobile home park pool as a 7 year old. Then I took lessions in the summer time at the community pool in our area thru Red Cross. I went to a swim school to learn butterfly.
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Sally, you are correct its the Trudgeon Crawl that I learn as a child. Also, I learn side-stroke, the life guard stroke. In fact some gentleman here on this forum that was in the navy a year ago stated that they had a 500 yard side-stroke competion in the navy. Skaky, its a shame that blacks couldn't go to the public pool where you were at. I learn to swim in Gardena California which even in those days had a good size Japanese populaton and many kids were Japanese that learned to swim at the Red Cross program. Gail, you are remarkable in that I know that you were one of the top breaststrokers in the early 1950's.
Sally, you are correct its the Trudgeon Crawl that I learn as a child. Also, I learn side-stroke, the life guard stroke. In fact some gentleman here on this forum that was in the navy a year ago stated that they had a 500 yard side-stroke competion in the navy. Skaky, its a shame that blacks couldn't go to the public pool where you were at. I learn to swim in Gardena California which even in those days had a good size Japanese populaton and many kids were Japanese that learned to swim at the Red Cross program. Gail, you are remarkable in that I know that you were one of the top breaststrokers in the early 1950's.
