Hi, My name is Jim Nairn 66 years old, and used to live at 253 3rd ave in the 40's , yup old guy, but love Verdun , what a place to be brought up , maybe we can all sign in here every now and then , let each other know what's going on in our lives, it is going to be 17c today, beautiful sunshine, I am working in a restaurant for the folks that need a bit of help in life, so off I go , the exhaust system does not work , so up on the roof I go and try to repair it , since I volunteered , seems as if this is a full time job , oh well, life goes on , love the thought of discussing Verdun, Hey Chuck come on let's give these out of towners, ex Verdunites the scoop on how wonderful Montreal was and still is , come on folks participate love to read your stories about growing up, for a for instance, before Grovers on third and Wellington , there used to be a bakery called Marathon Bakeries, More on that later, have wonderfull day all and enjoy, Jim Nairn
THANKS for stopping by, I do my best to acknowledge when someone leaves a comment,you do not have to be a member here & everyone is welcome. Ps: This site is monitored but not actively posting on a regular basis. Mostly these are stories & some photos saved from a defunct site known as Verdun Connections which was on MSN Groups initially then on a social network called Multiply.
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 225 of 225CEMENT downs wow that brings back memories,i played football for three years on those downs, Verdun Pat and Martins, 79 th Battery (point club) and the P.A.A. another point club, we won the provincial juvenile championships with the latter two clubs, Tony Padjewkouski played for the 79th, Norm Pepin, Pat Duffy and Bill Jones to name a few members of that club, and an unstopable fullball names Roger Gauthier,,,"they were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end " Chuck Catto
HEY CHUCK, FUNNY U MENTION TONY PADJ.I PLAYED WITH HIS SON DEREK IN 1972 WITH THE BLACK AND GOLD BANTAM PROVINCIAL CHAMPS.ALONG WAY FROM CEMENT DOWN WE ACTUALLY PLAYED ON GRASS. BIM
I remember there was a sewer cover in the middle of cement downs, but did we ever experience some great football games there, it was right next door to the Pav ,or where the Wellington street car turned around , used to skate there every night , great memories . Jimmy
Beautiful day , minus 7 and holding with sunshine,more snow tomorrow into saturday, so here we go again , no mosquitos that I can see ,have a good one Jimmy
Hi Jim,, I played football there, three years in a row with the juvenile teams, verdun Pat&Martins, 79th battery and the P.A.A., the latter two clubs winning the Provincial Juvenile Title,, that sewar used to get covered prior to a game with a belap bag, with all three teams i played either wing back or defensive back, and when the rers were not looking i'd pull the bag off of the sewar exposing the grid and usuall line up right behind it ait was fun,, and of course in those time i was a little crazy lol Chuck
a LITTLE ,hahahahahaha
Chuck...you live in Hemmingford now, isn't that what you said in an earlier post? Aren't you in the cattle business? I am too...of a sort. My hubby and I run a small beef farm for a rich old lawyer here in the Blue Ridge Mountains. If you ARE in the cattle biz, here's a rare pic for ya hehe My 2 daughters with one of our heifers, Bessey. Bessey is over 2 years old now and expecting her first calf next month. She's a gentle one cuz her Momma died when she was just 2 months old and I became her surrogate. Altho my hubby was saying that she'd likely die, I coaxed and convinced her to eat grain with dehydrated milk for calves and she's a sweetie now. Just dying to see if she'll allow me to handle her soon-to-be-born calf as not a single one of the other cows will let you within 10 feet of theirs! hehe I'll let ya know. Care to guess her breed(s)? God...lol...after all this I really hope you ARE in the cattle business as I remember or I'm gonna look pretty stupid! hehe Luv, Sharon
HEY! i attached the pic, I swear I did! LOL Oh well I'll just put it in the pictures section here ok? Luv, Sharon
No not me but you are very close,,,It's my son, same name chuck catto, they raise Semitals,,, chuck
Hi Jim,,Well did you do your walk>>>along wellington st. from church ave to woodland, up woodland to verdun ave, along verdun ave to church,, and did you get mugged lol Chuck
Time slips by chuck, no walk yet, weather got rough and have been awfully busy in a soup kitchen where I help out on Sherbrooke Street , but when I make the trek , I will give you a ring and we will do lunch hang tough Jimmy
Well cold has returned going down to minus 25 tonight , and cold tomorrow max will be minus 14 , oh well days are getting longer Jimmy
Wow, a week gone bye ,time flys or "tempus fuget ' nice today,around zero, I am getting ready to go to the Blue Bonnets racetrack and watch my beloved horses ,See , stopped drinking 15 years ago and ended up at the race track , no idea how that came about , but have fallen in love with the horses, but don't worry ,just a two dollar bettor, I KNOW your can't WIN . It is so wonderful to read all the postings in this Verdun chat forum, I am amazed by the wonderful memories and not the negative thoughts that seem to exist everywhere these days, I feel by watching and reading , that we did indeed have wonderful childhoods, and yes, we were poor, but had great parents who worked hard for us and on us to become good people, I personally spent 4 years in grade 8 ( going out with the math teacher ), but somehow managed to make a good life for myself and family ,I have learned respect and feelings of generosity from my Verdun background, I have mastered the french language , I rememeber all the rumbles we used to get into in the lanes way back then, but somehow Verdun in my memory stays very vivid , to all who read this let me say I am proud of all of you who have made the effort to lead a good life , one thing we all have in common is the Verdun ,Point , Ville Emard ,Ville Lasalle hard working background of wonderful upbringing, hang tough and have a wonderful week Jimmy
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Recommend (5 recommendations so far) Delete Message 1 of 214 in Discussion From: kungfu (Original Message) Sent: 4/29/2003 6:17 AM Hi, My name is Jim Nairn 66 years old, and used to live at 253 3rd ave in the 40's , yup old guy, but love Verdun , what a place to be brought up , maybe we can all sign in here every now and then , let each other know what's going on in our lives, it is going to be 17c today, beautiful sunshine, I am working in a restaurant for the folks that need a bit of help in life, so off I go , the exhaust system does not work , so up on the roof I go and try to repair it , since I volunteered , seems as if this is a full time job , oh well, life goes on , love the thought of discussing Verdun, Hey Chuck come on let's give these out of towners, ex Verdunites the scoop on how wonderful Montreal was and still is , come on folks participate love to read your stories about growing up, for a for instance, before Grovers on third and Wellington , there used to be a bakery called Marathon Bakeries, More on that later, have wonderfull day all and enjoy, Jim Nairn I had to add this one as a re-post,....because it has over two hundred replies,...again this Topic was started by Jimmy ( Kungfu),.........I don't know if you will be able to access all of the replies,....but you can certainly go to backwards under the Topic Heading ,.and see all the responses from different members,.etc etc.. I traced this one back to April 29th ,2003........Almost 3 years ago,.....I believe I found it under the 'Looking For' heading,.........I may make a list of all the peope who have been asked for there whereabouts,..because we just may have more answers for them now,.......We do tend to forget about ,.what went up here,.So here's another chance for you all to maybe Find Some old Friends,.......If you like this sort of stuff,...then We will certainly do more as time permits,.......but in the meantime as I have said ( Yea I know Plenty of times),......Have Fun & Remember Verdun
If this topic heading is of interest , and you would like to Read a bunch of the 215 posted messages,...you can either start clicking on 'previous message' at hte top of the page(you'll see it),....or you can go back One Month at a time till you get to the first message (which in this case is kunfu's 1st of 214),........and then click forward.or reverse...........check it out ,it can keep you busy --HF&RV--
From: kungfu Sent: 2/22/2004 7:53 AM Wow, a week gone bye ,time flys or "tempus fuget ' nice today,around zero, I am getting ready to go to the Blue Bonnets racetrack and watch my beloved horses ,See , stopped drinking 15 years ago and ended up at the race track , no idea how that came about , but have fallen in love with the horses, but don't worry ,just a two dollar bettor, I KNOW your can't WIN . It is so wonderful to read all the postings in this Verdun chat forum, I am amazed by the wonderful memories and not the negative thoughts that seem to exist everywhere these days, I feel by watching and reading , that we did indeed have wonderful childhoods, and yes, we were poor, but had great parents who worked hard for us and on us to become good people, I personally spent 4 years in grade 8 ( going out with the math teacher ), but somehow managed to make a good life for myself and family ,I have learned respect and feelings of generosity from my Verdun background, I have mastered the french language , I rememeber all the rumbles we used to get into in the lanes way back then, but somehow Verdun in my memory stays very vivid , to all who read this let me say I am proud of all of you who have made the effort to lead a good life , one thing we all have in common is the Verdun ,Point , Ville Emard ,Ville Lasalle hard working background of wonderful upbringing, hang tough and have a wonderful week Jimmy interesting post way back when.........Have Fun & Rem,ember Verdun
Les, it is great to re-read some of these old postings that you are ''resurrecting''. I can't help but notice Jim's line ''I am amazed by the wonderful memories and not the negative thoughts that seem to exist everywhere these days''. With a few exceptions, this has been true of Verdun Connections, and once again, I want to express my gratitude for the creation and ongoing support of this group. M.P.U. aka Ralph.
Jerry and Marna live in Ontario some where, his Sister Barbara and I have been friends for over 40 years, when they lived on River st. I will check with Barbara to see where in Ontario they live. Barbara
Hi MPU ,..I agree,....I also think it' adds a sense of it's own Nostalgia ( albeit 3yrs )but ,it also brings back to mind alot of the orignal Verdun (Montreal) memories........and alittle bit of fun to go over,......I hope it brings to mind some more 'Great' thoughts,.and maybe even prompt some more Photos to be added to our Photo links,.....Sounds like joey-verdun,.already has some more photos ,....so maybe there's more out there too. ..........HF&RV.....
Hi Shamrockbarbara1,
Would the Jerry & Marna you referred to be Trudell? I don't think I
have seen them since they moved from Armel St in LaSalle. They lived amidst
a bunch of my cousins, Gail (Lane) Wright, Linda (Lane) Armstrong, Sharon (Lane)
Stacey & Wilma (Walton) McNiff. If you are able to get an email address...
I'd love to drop them a note.
Thanks,
Alan Archibald
There is a picture of Jerry Trudell in my album (Verdunites at Heart).
He lived across the street from me until the family moved to River
Street. I was familiar with his mom, dad and sister. I'd like to email
him also.
Second Avenue.
"Kwitchyerbellyakin."
0000,0000,FFFF- Irish saying
I will try to get in touch with His sister Barbara to get his email if he has one. Barbara just got out of hospital and is convel. right now. Will do my best to get the address for you and Alan. Barbara
Does anyone remember Judy Roy. I brought this subject up a year or more
go. She was petite with strawberry blond hair.
Second Avenue
A God who allowed Christians to believe that they were better than
savages was a God he wanted no part of.
- Mark Twain.
Does anyone remember Judy Roy. I brought this subject up a year or
more go. She was petite with strawberry blond hair.
Second Avenue
A God who allowed Christians to believe that they were better than
savages was a God he wanted no part of.
0000,0000,FFFF- Mark Twain.
Hi there, my name is Julie Royston, Stan s daughter.
Would you be able to let me know if you have pictures of him as a boxer please.
Feel free to contact me at missjulieroyston@gmail.com
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