Growing Up Lillooet: Mostly Humorous Recollections of a Small Town Kid During the 1950s

In Growing Up Lillooet, Terry Thorne writes with humour and candor as he recalls his coming of age in a small B.C. town during the 1950s. His short stories and glimpses of a time and place are bound to trigger “Remember when” recollections of your own youth with its marvels and mysteries, pitfalls and pranks, family, friends, buddies and unforgettable characters. Sure, school classrooms provided much of a youngster’s education, but so did frequent trial-and-error misadventures spawned by an eagerness and curiosity to discover and explore. A great time to be a kid.

Into this amazing collection of, at times hilarious, memories, Thorne has woven historical photographs and research to bring the community and its citizens to vivid life. Also tackled are less often-asked questions: What happens when a flock of aggressive roosters invades a family home? Did a robbery occur during church service? Why were youngsters standing ramrod straight in a field of snow with chunks of wood on their heads? Growing Up Lillooet is a gem of small-town life.