Tuesday, January 23, 2007

HOVERCRAFT Gloworm


 I remeber that umbrella so well. Because it
had the union jack on it.Mom was afraid to take it outside during the FLQ
crisis.

I guess she thought that we would get hurt or some
thing like that. Maybe she was right!

 

Little sis

21 comments:

winnie3ave MSN said...





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My mother flew the Union Jack until the day she died!!!! Winston Allison
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wendythepool MSN said...

Hi Gloria, I sent a message when I first saw this, and I guess I did'nt do it correct, but I remember when Bill was working as a host on the Hovercraft for expo 67.
Wendy

gloworm138 MSN said...

Just wondering if maybe your Mom was a Newfy (if not a Brit)  My Dad thought the only flag was the Union Jack   Glo

gloworm138 MSN said...

Hi Wendy   Seems so long ago ay.  Boy that Hoover Craft could fly it was neat.  I would like to go in one again.   Glo

arbutus MSN said...

Here you go Gloria.       Plus see if you're in the crowd.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyBCksMb3wM&feature=PlayList&p=05E4910E946648B4&index=4

arbutus MSN said...

Another Expo 67 video clip. Great memories.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRY8jF94DLw&feature=PlayList&p=05E4910E946648B4&index=5   Gary Mace Saanich, BC   1045 Valiquette/920 Moffat

winnie3ave MSN said...


Glo. When I lived in the Phillippines for 2 years, I use to take the Hovercraft from Cavite City, to Manila. That Hovercraft was probably 4 times as big as the one just pictured, and very modern It would take us across Manila Bay in a very short time, and so smooth. I think it cost the eqiuvalent of 50 Cents. Here I was in a third world country, and having some modern convienences. WOW...What a life!!!!!!


Winston Allison
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winnie3ave MSN said...


No. My mother was originally from Wales, and my dad from Ireland. But my mother was a complete Royalist. Loyalty.....that is a good thing. While I am loyal to the United States, my heart is still in Verdun!!!! Winston Allison



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arbutus MSN said...

More Expo 67 stuff. Hovercraft for Gloria and Lynn   .                            

arbutus MSN said...

Expo 67 Memoribilia            

gloworm138 MSN said...

Thanks Gary   I liked the Certificate too.  Those were the Days my Friend We thought they'd never End.  Gloria

wendythepool MSN said...

Hi those are some cool pics. I was working on the 26th floor of the building on Dorchester and Peel, I can't remember the name of the building ,but I watched that American pavillion burn.That was something to see.

guy5479 MSN said...

Here is a picture of my family taken at Expo 67, thats 40 years ago already. Guy

gloworm138 MSN said...

Thanks Guy   Great picture and I am sure good memories too.   Glo

maggiemck MSN said...

Hey, were you working at Canadian Universal Insurance? That's where I was when the US Pavillion burned. In the accounting Dept. 26th Floor of the CIBC building at Dorchester and Pell.

maggiemck MSN said...

I guess if they can change Dorchester to Rene Levesque then I can change Peel to Pell, eh? LOL

arbutus MSN said...

"Burn Baby Burn"   This May 20, 1976, photograph captures a fire at the former USA Pavilion ("Biosphere"). The fire would destroy the translucent acrylic bubble, but the steel latticework remained.       All that's left.   For those of us who visited Expo 67, the US pavilion designed by Buckminster Fuller was one of the highlights. Today, it's one of the few buildings remaining on the Expo 67 site on Île Ste Hélène. Most of the Expo 67 islands have been converted into parkland. A fire destroyed the shell, and so now the dome consists of just the frame. The building now houses an ecology museum, the Biosphère    

johnmelinvin2 MSN said...

i still call  Dorchester..Dorchester and so do most of my friends...

wendythepool MSN said...

Hi Maggie, yes I was. My boss was Bernadette McCaffrey.I couldn't remember the name of the co.nor the building.I worked there till Aug.77.So you worked there also. Wild
Wendy

winnie3ave MSN said...


John. I don't blame you. Dorchester is correct. !!!!!!!!


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maggiemck MSN said...

I was there from June of 76 until Novemebr of 77. Lynn Loiselle was also there in the Underwriting department. It was a huge company.