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Thursday, April 16, 2009

Old Beach Sign

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Unusual sign on the foreshore of Sorrento, Mornington Peninsula, Port Phillip Bay.
(Click to enlarge)
It is a facsimile of the first sign here in the early 20th century ~ 30th September, 1912.
The sign includes the following comments:
BATHING PLACES
No person over Ten years of age shall bathe from the foreshore, commencing at a point distant 200 yards north-west of the Sorrento pier, thence along the foreshore to the bathing boxes at Webster's Corner without the consent of the Council.
DRESS
No person over Ten years of age shall bathe from any beach within the Shire unless dressed in a Canadian Bathing Costume, or some similar costume, which shall effectively cover the body and neck to the knee so as to observe proper decency.
No person in bathing costume shall sit, lie, loiter on, or run along any part of the beach or seashore within the Shire, but shall proceed in a direct line to and from the dressing place.
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This Way Thurs-Way #4
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Amusing old ways
Strange rules and regulations
Weird morality
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7 comments:

Pacey said...: That's very strange rules of the old school, hehehe... Nice post here for the meme.; April 16, 2009 4:31 PM
ROSIDAH said...: Very interesting sign and post! I'm amazed that the sign is still in good shape after almost a decade. Have a great weekend, Gemma :); April 17, 2009 8:36 AM
Pacey said...: PS. about your question if it was a travel agency by the "F" sign, no it wasn't. Just a shop for computer. :); April 17, 2009 9:38 AM
Vicky said...: hello there, great! you are from Melbourne. My signs were in fact taken from there (next to San Remo motel), we stopped by a town for dinner(@ bistro) just before we crossed the long bridge to Philip Island to see those little Penguins.; April 17, 2009 11:55 AM
Vicky said...: For This-way Thurs way #2, I posted a street scene of which a sculpture needed to be identified. Do you think you can help me?

http://beautyforashes08.blogspot.com/2009/04/this-way-thurs-way-2.html; April 17, 2009 12:04 PM
Zriz said...: Old school... they do have interesting signs back then, don't they?; April 17, 2009 7:32 PM
This Way,Thurs-Way said...: Yeah, I agree this is strange. But it's good to know that we knew how it was on the old days. Thnaks for joining again.; April 18, 2009 10:50 AM

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