![A comic book rendering based on stories of Brightside kids making forts and bunks.](https://hamiltoncivicmuseums.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Best_fort_ever_zine.jpg)
![Two children pose beside their fort in the backyard of 56 Lancaster.](https://hamiltoncivicmuseums.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Lancaster_Backyard_Fort.jpg)
Brightside kids were both resourceful and creative when it came to amusing themselves. For example, they built 'bunks' – a type of fort - by digging holes and covering them with railway ties, used lumber, tin cans, and earth (which they claimed ‘wouldn't burn’). There they would hide and hang out. Brightside kid culture had it that you didn't go in other kids' bunks.
Listen: Kids and Their Underground Bunks. Click the play circle below.
Listen: A Good Place for Bunks. Click the play circle below.