Little fish could go swimming by and tickle your legs. Occasionally folks experienced real drama, when a snake was spotted and everyone rushed to get out of the pool. The picture doesn't show a large sliding board over to the left. What appears to be a little "island" was connected to shore by a boardwalk. There were concessions available.
I missed one event that we enjoyed talking about. A baptism took place at the pool. My step cousin, Bobby, wanted a better view and squeezed through the crowd to move to the front. In pushing through a lady fell into the pool.
My sister posted this photo on the blog "Growing up in Manchester, GA in the 60's. The comments are worth reading. . Just wondered if any of you ever went swimming or fishing out at Parkman's Pond, my granddaddy's old place. This is the pic of the "pool" (with lake water) behind Andrea, Peggy and Cindy Thompson's house. ....
Nancy NeSmith Williamson When Peggy & I were in grammar school, I'd go spend the night at her house & we'd always go swimming in the "pool" :) March 14, 2012 ...
William Milton Your grandaddy did world record longest prayers in church. I know. I was there. March 14 at 6:25pm ....
William Milton Love Peggy and Andrea. March 14 at 6:30pm ·....
Edward Milton No story of Parkman's Pond should be without the mention of that great Fisherman: Fulton Bulloch. Once, when he had his picture taken by the Star Mercury, with a stringer of Fish from that Pond, he stuck them in a freezer, and would bring them out again quite some time later and have Ralph Rice take another picture. Ralph finally began to recognize the fish, if not the smell. March 15 at 6:44am ....
Lillian Bulloch Joe Thompson's wife was related to my daddy, he also did a lot of work for preacher Harry... March 15 at 9:47am ·....
Lillian Bulloch Fulton was related to dad too, he was a real cutup, dad made all the little whirly gigs he had in his yard... March 15 at 9:50am ....
Mitzi White My grandmother' Gladys Rollins Rivers' grew up there... (Her grandmother's mother was Elizabeth Parkman Barnes). Gladys' future husband, John B. Rivers, Sr. worked for the railroad and courted Gladys by riding a handcar out to the property.....I don't have the exact date at hand but was probably around 1915..... The pond was built to support a grist mill... March 15 at 4:05pm ·....
Robert Stribling Fulton used to tell me about being shot down in the war. He landed in a whore house, and you can imagine what he said after that.........funny, funny guy!!!! March 15 at 7:14pm ·....
Lillian Bulloch yep, Fulton could tell some really tall tales, lol. March 15 at 9:08pm ....
Tommy Eubanks Remember rolling bread balls and fishing off the docks when I was little. We had a row boat and also loved to fish for bass with my dad or uncle David March 16 at 10:38am via mobile ....
Gaye Bennett Pappas I remember being a little toe-head, walking behind granddaddy to one of the stocking lakes lots of times in the summer. He would roll and press a whole loaf of bread into a ball the whole time we walked and then it was wild to see the fish actually jump and swarm for the bread. March 16 at 3:42pm
