Mitchell Y photo recalls happy times
When I saw the picture of the swimming pool of the old YMCA on Mitchell Avenue, it took me back to 1939, when I swam there with the help of Leck Owen and his wife.
They ran the Y until the ’50s.
Back then it cost 25 cents to swim.
For the kids of South Chattanooga, that wasn’t in the cards, but many, like myself, went free if you didn’t have the money.
You could swim and they didn’t turn any child away.