One time fighter for the swinging cause, turned saint, now passed.

[JustAskJulie]

TheSpec.com - Local - A sinner turned saint

It was the summer of 1981 when police burst into a large swingers' party at Heritage Hide-a-way Park on 12th Concession in Flamborough.

Prior to the bust, he and his then wife Jeanette had been operating a swingers club called Ramblewood on Snake Road for about five years until it was razed by fire.

The party had shuffled down the road but legal trouble followed.

Police arrested nearly 100 people under the big top that day and Hughes and his wife were charged with keeping a common bawdy house. True to his character, Hughes fought the charges.

He and Jeanette eventually lost but were spared criminal records by the Ontario court of appeal which gave the pair absolute discharges.

Hughes left the lifestyle behind him a few years later when, with no sailing experience, the amateur carpenter built a 12-metre sailboat in his backyard.

[JustMrJ]

Wow... Adversity for sure. Sounds like a good man all around.

I wonder why they decided to leave the LifeStyle behind?

[SW_PA_Couple]

Wow. From Hedonism to heroism. People can seem to be contradictions but they are always interesting. I could say at this point that there is no firmly established connection between sin and swinging but I would only be preaching to the choir. The newspaper reporter might have viewed his work in Haiti as atonement for his swing-club days but I'll bet he is no more enigma than any of us. I wonder if any of the Swingersboard members remember him.

~M