ANYONE WHOM LIVED IN VERDUN IN 60S AND 70S MUST REMEMBER THE TRAVELLING CARNIVAL THAT USED TO SET UP IN THE STADIUM AND OR ALONG THE BOARDWALK.WELL THEY STILL DO IT.I KNOW THEY COME TO ST HUBERT EVERY SUMMER.IF U LIKE CARNIES U HAVE ONE EACH WEEKEND SOMEWHERE ON THE SOUTHSHORE.THEY HIT EACH CITY WEEKEND AFTER WEEKEND.THEN THEY DO THE LAVAL AREA.SO IF YOURE CARNIE CRAZY U CAN PRACTICALLT VISIT ONE EVERY WEEKEND FROM THE END OF MAY TILL SEPT,CHECK THE LINK. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/language/translation/translatedPage.php?tt=url&text=http%3a//www.beaucecarnaval.com/&lp=fr_en
ITS A BILINGUAL SITE
BIM
PS THEY EVEN TAKE CANADIAN TIRE MONEY IN EXCHANGE FOR RIDE TICKETS.MUST USE IT FOR REPAIRS WHILST ON THE ROAD.
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IF U CLICK ON THE SITE MENTIONED ABOVE WHEN IT OPENS CLICK THE WORD TRANSLATING TO VIEW SITE BIM
Great site and MEMORIES, Bim :-) I even liked the shoot-the-bottles game you can play while the page loaded hehe. Took awhile as I'm only on dial-up here -- all I can git in these har mountins!! LOL :-P My Mom used to take us kids every single year. Remember they use to come at the same time every year on the boardwalk....Victoria Day weekend, isn't that right?. :-) I remember the last time that I took MY kids there...was when my oldest was about 8, so that would be 13 years ago. I don't remember why or when they stopped coming to Verdun. but wasn't it because there was too much fighting going on when they came to town or something? Luv, Sharon
What? Fighting? in Verdun? You must be thinking of some other place! LOL
MAGGIES SHOWIN HER AGE SHE WAS THINKIN OF THE BATTLE OF VERDUN CIRCA 1800 LOTS OF FIGHTIN THERE BIM
LOL Better watch it there, Bim hehe Maggie and I are the SAME age!
Luv, Sharon *
You walk a fine line there Bim .. I remember going to the Carnival with a pocket full of change wanting to go on every ride they had. I got on one called the Zipper it was like being inside of a washer. I got hit by everyone of thoes coinstheat were in my pocket. The guy that ran the ride made a fortune just picking up the change people lost.
HEY GUYS IM OLD TOO I REMEBER THOSE WILD NITES AT THE CARNIVAL TOO AND THE FIGHTIN WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A FEW SO I HAVE BEEN REMINDED ON OCCASION HEY SHARON DID I SEE IN ONE OF YOUR DISCUSSION BOARDS U MENTION KEVIN AND KAREN MALLETTE.THEY KNOW ME TOO.IF U TALK TO THEM TELL THEM IM STILL ALIVE.I KNEW THEM FROM WAY BACK ON 4TH AVENUE.I GREW UP WITH THERE OLDER SISTER LINDA.OUR PARENTS WENT WAY BACK TOO.OUR MOMS WORKED TOGETHER AS YOUNG WOMEN.I THINK THERE DAD PASSED AWAY IN THE 2002.I SEEN LINDA AFTER ABOUT 25 YEARS AT MY MOMS FUNERAL IN 2001.KEVIN MIGHT REMEMBER ME MORE THAN KAREN. BIM
Hi Bim. :-)
Yes, I've known Karen and Kevin since I was about 9 or 10 years old...that means for 35 years (eeeek! LOL) Unfortunately, Karen and I lost contact with each other after highschool, but we saw each other frequently in our travels all over Verdun throughout the years...lol. I don't know if you know, but Karen hooked up with Steve Carrier and ended up having six...count 'em, SIX kids with him...lol. They had five girls before they finally had a boy and Karen closed the factory. Last I knew they were living in the west end of Verdun, and the last I saw Karen and talked to her briefly was on Verdun Ave last spring. Haven't seen or heard from Kevin a long time. I knew Linda too.
And their parents Sonny and Rose were like my 2nd parents. I know that Sonny passed away, and I think that Rose has now as well, if I'm not mistaken.
If anyone else here knows Karen and Kevin and sees them, please give them both a Hello and a big hug from me, ok?
Luv, Sharon *
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