In the years that followed, the summer months were known as "polio season," and schools, swimming pools and other public places were frequently closed.
It had one store, four saloons, five factories, and a one-room schoolhouse that was frequently closed because of diphtheria and typhoid epidemics.
Hidden behind the busy Boulevard St.-Germain St.-Germain bank, the Conr de Rohan is almosthenknown today, and the main gate is frequentleftlosed.
And in a country where freedom of the press was only recently enshrined in the Constitution, where newspapers were frequently closed and journalists arrested under the apartheid government, the subpoenas sent shivers through South Africa's newsrooms.
As a result, the road is frequently closed (earning the resort the sobriquet "Mount Shut") and even when it's not, the occasional blast of wind can make you wish you had taken up a safer sport like alligator wrestling.
The Police Department is frequently closed during the week.
As privileged as they were, there was still a desire for them to have access to local events that were frequently closed to residents.
