tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post6196689193466724498..comments2024-02-25T23:26:35.284-05:00Comments on UrbEx Barrie: Bolton CampCopySixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06206685745254804789noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post-20174686734693132872017-10-16T15:08:54.219-04:002017-10-16T15:08:54.219-04:00I was at a Bolton Camp, by steam engine and wooden...I was at a Bolton Camp, by steam engine and wooden passenger cars, 1947 and 1948,when I was 5 and 6 years old organised by Woodgreen United church, near Broadview and Queen St.s Toronto. My mother accompanied me and it was the greatest. My dad was a returning CDN army soldier and it was hard to get jobs. My dad and his brother were mechanics in the RCEME and soon got jobs at British & American Motors on Avenue Rd.<br />If this is the Bolton Camp I attended we were in Indian named sections, 1947 I was a Huron and 1948 a Mohawk. Every morning before breakfast we stood at attention in front of the CDN Ensign flag and the RED Rag as it was called by the army was saluted and the anthems, God save the King and O' Canada were sung and we then raced to the dining hall and banged the tables with our Bakelite mugs. We were little devils but happy little devils. Thank you Bolton Camp. You're not forgotten. Bobby Hamon, now 75 and alive and well in England. rlwhamon@tiscali.co.uk?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post-73018822282815015882017-07-03T00:34:16.657-04:002017-07-03T00:34:16.657-04:00I loved my 2 weeks there back in '76. I remem...I loved my 2 weeks there back in '76. I remember sneaking out late at night with just a few other guys over to Sherbourne. The girls section. I hady first kiss there. I wish I could remember her name.Vaughannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post-64138809290086609142017-05-08T00:40:38.662-04:002017-05-08T00:40:38.662-04:00Visited the camp today. My mom had went when she w...Visited the camp today. My mom had went when she was a kid. All but 3 of the cabins are boarded up and all the other building's are boarded up too.it's very hard to get into the food building,found a way but it's just big empty space now.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09279159351812733947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post-84941301377032298872017-05-08T00:35:39.159-04:002017-05-08T00:35:39.159-04:00This comment is from a while ago but if you just g...This comment is from a while ago but if you just google camp bolton you should be able to see an Ariel view. I went there exploring today. Pretty boarded upAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09279159351812733947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post-90952126389270384162014-07-30T19:08:15.445-04:002014-07-30T19:08:15.445-04:00was just googling to have my grand babies go ther...was just googling to have my grand babies go there...I went in the early 60;s and part of the 70.s my kids went so would have made a great family tradition....."we are the sherbourne girls we wear our hair in curls ..wear our dungarees way down below our knees..we wear our fathers shirts and our brothers ties and when we want a guy we just give an eye<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post-54450954725640080242014-06-20T00:22:41.912-04:002014-06-20T00:22:41.912-04:00Old man bolton cabin by the clay pits wattch ou...Old man bolton cabin by the clay pits wattch out four the groanies i know every place there i weent for 15 yrs i loved it there !!!little Smokynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post-40437195610847974772014-06-02T23:20:22.478-04:002014-06-02T23:20:22.478-04:00Check out Bolton Camps Facebook page tons of photo...Check out Bolton Camps Facebook page tons of photos and people you probably haven't heard from in a very longtime...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11442878795109198011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post-935020503452663442014-05-09T22:51:59.744-04:002014-05-09T22:51:59.744-04:00I enjoyed Bolton camp in the mid 70's...Have g...I enjoyed Bolton camp in the mid 70's...Have great memories, from swimming lessons to all the songs. Jonny Appleseed before meals. Sequoia's a tree...and we all will agree...that it stands for strength and growth...when your with us, your having fun, because we are number one...wow 35 years later and I still remember the songs...oatmeal in the morning and the blueberry applesauce :) A little trip down memory lane. You can google map the camp. It is just to the north west of King and townline in Bolton. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post-1020505989352226312014-04-13T19:11:37.070-04:002014-04-13T19:11:37.070-04:00The site has been purchased by the Toronto Conserv...The site has been purchased by the Toronto Conservation Authority and will be re-developed into a community space.http://www.trca.on.ca/the-living-city/public-consultations/bolton-camp-redevelopment-committee.dot they are looking for imput.<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post-87694814178516214162014-01-31T09:43:06.951-05:002014-01-31T09:43:06.951-05:00I went to the school for the 5 years that it was r...I went to the school for the 5 years that it was running. my father worked for the school and we lived on the property in the house by the pool (which is now gone). i attended the camp for the 5 years that the school was running and it was the most amazing experience. i loved growing up on this property it made my childhood an experience no other child ever had. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post-75141734445086619052014-01-20T16:15:02.153-05:002014-01-20T16:15:02.153-05:00I'm also one of the lucky ones that got to spe...I'm also one of the lucky ones that got to spend a few years at Bolton Camp. It was a great time. The archery and red rover, zip line and camping outdoor at eagle lookout. <br />Who doesn't look back and remember the horrible camp burgers and kinda miss them, even want to have one more.<br />I wish I could say I would even recognize anyone I went there with if I saw a photo of them, but I do remember the time I was there. To all the others that remember it fondly,, UNGOWAH !!!Troynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post-58670457888668744732013-12-13T19:33:34.756-05:002013-12-13T19:33:34.756-05:00I worked as a teacher at the Kindergarten Cottage ...I worked as a teacher at the Kindergarten Cottage at Howell in the summers of 1959 and 1960. I loved it and will never forget the experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post-56585927350648870962013-10-16T15:19:15.856-04:002013-10-16T15:19:15.856-04:00I worked there 84 or 85 everyone was given a ni...I worked there 84 or 85 everyone was given a nickname Bochuck was mine I still think about that summer to this day and it was a very special time and will never forget <br />Charles gansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post-10767233750100865352013-07-16T21:11:55.897-04:002013-07-16T21:11:55.897-04:00Please post the address. I can't find the ad...Please post the address. I can't find the address anywhere. I'd like to see where it was. I use yo be a camper in the 70s and it was the best place ever. <br /><br />Thanks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15979568961785200769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post-61946318464226081762013-07-07T09:19:08.271-04:002013-07-07T09:19:08.271-04:00I'm 80 and my widowed Mother worked at Rotary ...I'm 80 and my widowed Mother worked at Rotary in the kitchen during the 1930's and 40's...we 3 children got to stay all summer for several years.<br />I learned to swim quite young and the old camp songs have never left me, loved the train ride and then the trip on the back of a truck with benches to get to the camp...caring fun staff....we set sail little candle boats on the creek on our last night.....great memories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post-91592073353670171502013-06-19T18:59:05.443-04:002013-06-19T18:59:05.443-04:00Camp Bolton songs
Oh where from camp bolton and w...Camp Bolton songs<br /><br />Oh where from camp bolton and we're on that best team we do the wa-tu-see we're 7 feet tall <br />no matter the weather, we all stick together, cause we're from camp Bolten and we're on the ball <br />sing-along, sing-along, sing-along woo ..... en-gawa (6x's) en gawawa....one more time!!! Bang on tables<br />Rotary.. You better learn..cause when you play with fire you get burned..jump back..don't touch..cause the sherbourn girls are too much, hot stuff (point to butt with finger) sssssssTeresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04445750487149153806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post-75127188237050765622013-06-19T18:45:23.677-04:002013-06-19T18:45:23.677-04:00I also went there in the 80's. I remember old ...I also went there in the 80's. I remember old man Bolton story. I remember it like this it was a stormy night and the husband/father had to go out and get is dog or something and was hit by lightening. When he returned he killed the wife and kids. There were nails hanging out of the wood and that's how he killed the wife. Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04445750487149153806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post-27997418169107416712013-04-18T22:26:39.736-04:002013-04-18T22:26:39.736-04:00yes its a shame, i was a camper aswell as a counse...yes its a shame, i was a camper aswell as a counselor there and had hoped to share my memories with my children, besides my secret friend, purple stew my fav was rock a way beach aka cliff with a rope to swing into water....goodtimes Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post-38083363209902018312013-01-04T20:33:05.440-05:002013-01-04T20:33:05.440-05:00I went there two years in a row around 1959 or 19...I went there two years in a row around 1959 or 1960. Remember how the age groups were named after Indian tribes, Huron, Iroquois etc. The video says the pool was installed in 1972, but I remember there being one when I was there. A friend of mine almost drowned and they had to pull him off the bottom of the pool. He coughed up a gallon of water but he was okay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post-87475715466041213532012-12-30T22:36:23.470-05:002012-12-30T22:36:23.470-05:00In response to the pic comment. I was actually in...In response to the pic comment. I was actually in that pic to my surprise lol great memory ! Stu was my counsellor and the best. I remember getting in a fight with a kid in that pic and punched him in the face crazy kids. Why did shotgun get sent home ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post-21238184102662563282012-12-09T09:37:06.780-05:002012-12-09T09:37:06.780-05:00As a young boy growing up in the Junction, Toronto...As a young boy growing up in the Junction, Toronto, in a single parent family, my mother and 4 younger siblings it was a fantastic journey to Bolton Camp via train. I don't recognize the large buildings but do remember the pool! I ventured into the deep end one day and was suspended below the surface and couldn't go down to push off from the bottom. I was just about to swallow water when a counsellor noticed my dilemma and reached down and pulled me out! I went to the camp a couple of years when I was 10 & 11, II think. It would be a great idea to revive a place like that:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post-64758849026785109312012-09-29T19:05:20.186-04:002012-09-29T19:05:20.186-04:00I loved Bolton Camp. I was there in the early 60s...I loved Bolton Camp. I was there in the early 60s. I sometimes recall Bolton's Song: "Green hills, valleys, and meadows brown ....???..., friendship, hearts full of gladness this is Bolton's Song, Bolton, Bolton, this is Bolton's song." Can anyone fill in the missing words that I can't remember?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post-90491598647019559922012-09-29T19:02:19.938-04:002012-09-29T19:02:19.938-04:00I went there with my two brothers in the early 60s...I went there with my two brothers in the early 60s for a summer or two. We really enjoy it. I still remember "Bolton's Song" but can't remember a small part of it. What I can remember is: "Green hills, valleys, and meadows brown, ......??...., friendship, hearts full of gladness, this is Bolton's Song, Bolton, Bolton, this is Bolton's Song." Can anyone remember the bit that I've left out?<br />As someone who used to live in Regent Park, I really benefited from a week at Camp Bolton. I hope they restore it to its former glory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post-8100625110380774212012-08-14T17:04:42.914-04:002012-08-14T17:04:42.914-04:00i went there too...in the video,pic with all the b...i went there too...in the video,pic with all the boys sittin with stu and jimbo,that was the year shotgun got sent home...too bad this place got shut down...no kids will hear of how old man bolton did in his family and turned em into grooniesPresident TDothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447066153873967825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post-35003363260640477992012-06-29T18:08:09.778-04:002012-06-29T18:08:09.778-04:00Sadly I didn't know it had closed. I went ever...Sadly I didn't know it had closed. I went every summer, and had a blast as a child there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com