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markpkessinger

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15. I graduated high school in 1979 . . .

Reply to xfundy (Original post)

Thu Mar 6, 2014, 04:40 PM

Mar 2014

Last edited Thu Mar 6, 2014, 08:24 PM - Edit history (1)

. . . I never saw anything like this. I had heard of the practice taking place in some Catholic schools, but not in public high schools. We did, however, have open showers, and showers were mandatory following each gym class.

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Did you know that schools had nude swimming till the mid-70s? [View all] xfundy Mar 2014 OP

Links to the rest of the story ---> Petrushka Mar 2014 #1

Class of 1971 Marcuse Mar 2014 #10

That was the year I graduated Rhiannon12866 Aug 2014 #25

I found out that my husband's PE class included swimming nude at the school pool... CTyankee Mar 2014 #2

I only learned it last summer My Good Babushka Mar 2014 #3

We did a lot of things w/o benefit of clothing in the 1960's. IrishAyes Mar 2014 #4

Hey, I missed out. fasttense Mar 2014 #5

We didn't have a pool at the school I graduated from in '66. In_The_Wind Mar 2014 #6

High School in Illinois dugog55 Mar 2014 #7

I am from that era. bitchkitty Mar 2014 #12

And this is probably true for so many others, too. AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #18

We sure didn't at my high school. malthaussen Mar 2014 #8

Lyrics xfundy Mar 2014 #17

YMCA in the '50s Sander Mar 2014 #9

Boys and men. OilemFirchen Mar 2014 #16

Not when I was in high school in the mid-50s. RebelOne Mar 2014 #11

Very silly; it should have been Co-ed naked swimming zebonaut Mar 2014 #13

Oh my gosh! SoapBox Mar 2014 #14

I graduated high school in 1979 . . . markpkessinger Mar 2014 #15

73 grad in the oc shanti Mar 2014 #19

Nude Swimming in high school alonzo R Apr 2014 #20

Love swimming naked dmoore Jul 2014 #21

visiting my dtr's summer place and enjoying a nice skinny dip in her pool at 5:30 am.... CTyankee Jul 2014 #22

I knew. jackjohnson Aug 2014 #23

Yes, in high school..naked. Stuart G Aug 2014 #24

I remember that the boys in Catholic school were required to swim Cleita Aug 2014 #26

creepy David Harper Aug 2016 #27