Where would you find the best chesnuts for chesnut fighting?
(hint: avoid the security patrols or you would be commited :) )
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The grounds at the Douglas Hospital.
ReplyDeleteFlydog - I am assuming you are hinting that the Douggie was the best place for Chestnuts. I didnt grow up in Verdun but my aunt's back yard on Leclair shared a common fence with the Douglas then it was called Verdun Protestant Hospital if I am not mistaken. Strangely enough the best chestnuts around where I lived (WestEnd) happened to be near where 2 very loopy old sisters lived - they would chase the kids and we were terrified of them. They both wore hats and coats from the 30's and this was 1960. I tried to explain what we did with the chestnuts to my husband who comes from England - there true to the song Chestnuts roasting by an open fire - they ate them.
ReplyDeleteLaurie got it! and you were the first and only to respond. :)
ReplyDeleteahh, a true Verdunite! LOL
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I worked at the Douglas in the
ReplyDeleteDietary Department from 1966 to 1972.
All the buildings were connected by a
tunnel.The tunnel even went up to the
Childrens part of the hospital which
the entranc was on Champlain.