MILTON BROADKILL BRIDGE
THE CENTER OF TOWN
OCTOBER 31 1911
there will be no holding
hands in Milton, especially if you are standing on
the bridge that crosses the
Broadkill River and doing the holding.
Mayor W. . H. Stephens
published an edict that the bridge shall not be used
as a “meeting place”
for the young men and women of town.
This edict had results,
a huge protest, by the towns young people who
have regarded the bridge
as a “natural lovers nest” all of their lives. For years
lovers
have kept their tryst at
the bridge on warm summer nights as did their parents and
grandparents.
Town council however has
said the bridge, a passage way between uptown
and down town, is too
crowded and the young sitting on the railings disturb the older
folk
with their laughter.
Even though the young men
are upset, the young ladies are much more
disturbed and have declared
that if meeting on the bridge is stopped, there will be fewer
prospects for marriages in
town and all young of town have declared they will still meet
on the bridge over the
Broadkill and dare the mayor or any other town official to put them
off.
Abstract from the Richmond
Times Dispatch of Richmond, Virginia, October 31,
1911 by Harrison H. June
1, 2018. Placed in delmarhistory.blogspot.com and
facebook's “Lewes to
Ocean City Memories”
No comments:
Post a Comment