This is a picture of our good friends Linda and Ralph Lathrop, and their first son Bobby. It was taken in 1972 in our apartment at Belden Court in Agawam.
Linda has been a friend of mine since childhood. She married Ralph and moved to Florida where Ralph is from. After a year or so they moved back here and got an apartment at Belden Court. Before Paul and I got married we visited them and loved their apartment. After we got married we rented an apartment across the parking lot from them and lived there for two years.
This is a picture of where our apartment was. Our first apartment, a one bedroom, was where you see our little blue Volkswagen, and our second apartment, a two bedroom, was to the upper right of the pillars. Both Paul and I have very good memories of that place.
Linda, if you are reading this, could you fill in some blanks for me? What year did you get married, what year did you move back from Florida, and was this your first apartment after you came back from Florida? Thanks.
By the way, Happy First day of Spring.
The weather feels more like the first day of Summer. We hit 79 degrees today and tied the record for 1945!
Mark and Mason came over late in the afternoon. Mason brought his bubble gun that he got at the Big E, and had lots of fun with it.
2 comments:
Awwwwwww, Deb. What a blast from the past. (The "slim" past) lolol GOODNESS Ralph looks anorexic (sp?) We were married in May of 1968. Moved to Florida and was so homesick we moved back here about a year later. We stayed with my folks for a short while then moved to Belden Ct. I didn't remember that you moved from a one bedroom to a two bedroom there. A funny incident right after moving into the apartment. (really dumb lol) I could not get the tub to drain after running just a little water into it. Tried everything, even draino. No Luck. Finally had to call the landlord. He came over looked at the tub and OPENED THE DRAIN and the water quickly drained. DUH!!!!!! never tried that. lol I apologized profusely and he said "actually I would rather have this be the problem instead of something bad". Very young and didn't have a clue in those days....lolololol
Wow!!!! How THIN Ralph was then!!!! My goodness gracious! :) Lin, you looked gorgeous as ever!!! :) Sweet picture!!!
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