La rue Rolland à été nommée en l'honneur de Albert Rolland, ancien échevin de la Ville de Verdun dans les années 1940, entrepreneur en construction et propriétaire de nombre d'immeubles résidentiels et commerciaux. Face au Natatorium de Verdun, la rue Rolland mène les automobilistes à sens unique de boulevard Lasalle jusqu'au boulevard Champlain, traversant le territoire de Verdun.
Rolland street was named in honor of Albert Rolland, former councillor for the City of Verdun in the 1940s, businessman, contractor and property owner of many residential and commercial buildings. Facing the Verdun Natatorium, Rolland street is a one way street from Lasalle to Champlain boulevard, thus crossing the Verdun territory.
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GUY 5479. Thanks for all the info on street names. It is very interesting and enjoyable. I have a question for you. All the streets in Verdun have names, with the exception of 1st thru 6th Avenues. Why is that. Is that where the really really poor people like us lived?????? Winston Allison
ReplyDeleteWinston, This is a very good question for which I do not have an answer. To find out will require some research and I am not sure that this information is documented. However, I will giveit a try. Guy
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ReplyDeletebubbacut .....maybe they found it easier to number the streets 1thru 6 ,..in Honor of the Honest Politicians.............hahahahaha HF&RV
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ReplyDeleteLes_F. 1 thru 6 to honor the honest politicians? Okay you win. Now tell me where in the heck did they ever find 6 honest politicians. Oh, and by the way. When I am typing I use a combination of 2 methods, so I don't have any typos. I first use the bible method, which is, seek and ye shall find(the right keys). And that second part to that is this woman who stands behind me, and says; "It is THE not hte". You gotta love 'em. After 25 years of marriage (this is the 2nd and the very very best time arpound, OOPS, around). on the 19th of this month. I wish I had met her first. If I had I would have been a much better person. Winston Allison
ReplyDeleteI don't know where you figure that everybody that lived on Third
Ave were poor lots of people were comfortable not rich but
not poor.
Margo
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ReplyDeleteBubbacut.........when I was kid in Verdun , I thought that if someone had a 'driveway' they were rich............hahahahahaha So this would include Crawford Park,...as most of those 'self-contained' homes had driveways....... and of course the homes on the avenues btwn Champlain & Bannantyne.........& of course Brown Blvd btwn Beurling & Champlain,....had those war time homes,...just like Crawford Park.......it's funny what perceptions & notions we have...... HF&RV
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ReplyDeleteMargo. You need to take things with a little grain of salt. Most of the people on 3rd Avenue and the rest of Verdun when you and I were growing up at that time were just getting by. Not many people could afford the things we take for granted today. If you wanted to buy something, it was usually a dollar down and a dollar when you catch me. Most people could scrap up a dollar. It was the other dollars we had trouble finding. Winston
Winnie3Ave, Probably could have found the rest of those dollars in the darned politicians pockets.
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ReplyDeleteyes bubbacut the large yards would have been great to have as a kid,....they did seemhige at that time,....but if you ever go back for a visit, they really seem alot smaller than Remembered..............even the park on Brown Blvd, btwn Champlain & Beurling ,...seemed really small the last time I was back there yet it served as a gathering spot for us kids ,while going to VCHS,..to play games of British Bulldogs with a group of 20 or more.......and 20 teenagers running & yelling and tackling each other must have looked like a gang war to the residents of the area.........their tranquile neighbourhood rezoned as it were everyday at lunchtime...........the place just doesen't seem large enough to have accomodated that,...........and also Remember always wanting to have a ground floor, or 'the Bottom Flat'........that was like a dream also , just so you could have your own front yard,.....Have you seen the size of those yards.....it's like a postage stamp.............hahahahahahah You cut the lawn with a pair of scissors before breakfast................ even the lanes looked fairly large ,yet when you look at the picture on our front page on this site,.the lane looks almost impassible..................................... HF&RV
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ReplyDeleteGuess my brother and I were lucky as both are parents worked
and we didn't have to worry as I don't remember going without.
I also know other kids on Third that didn't go without.
Margo
ReplyDeleteMargo. I guess you can count yourself lucky. My father was killed in the RCASC in 1943. So my mother went to work with 5 kids at home. I remember our rent being $24.00 and she had trouble paying that. Winston
Hi Margo, We, also, didn't go without but some of what we had was 'recycled or repurposed' like clothes, toys, furniture, etc. Often , not even on Christmas did we get new items. My dad, RIP, used to repair, fix, and paint tricycles, doll prams, etc., and we never knew the difference. One of my most treasured christmas presents was this doll and outfit which my grandmother cleaned up and crocheted an outfit for when I was 5 years old. She sits prominently on a shelf now. She is a reminder of the fact that we had to make do or do without. Cheers, Linda
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ReplyDeleteLinda. We were in the same boat. Everything we had was hand-me-downs. That included furniture, clothing, and wood found on the street to burn in the stove. To this day (and my kids don't understand it) I will not buy something that is second hand. I will do without before I buy anything at a garage sale. I WILL NOT even stop at a garage sale. I know, I know. Some of you are saying; "Boy, you can really get some good deals at a garage sale". Winston
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ReplyDeleteBubbacut, (Bob) When I was a kid, there wasn't any KD (Kraft Dinner) and baloney was sort of a luxury for sandwiches. We used to eat mustard sandwiches, yah, ya heard right! My mom was the queen of cooking hamburger 1001 ways, and it wasn't the 'lean' cut either. Don't laugh, but my grandmother used to make macaroni/spaghetti with ketchup instead of sauce. But I survived so it was all good. Winston the only reason that I shop at garage sales/second hand stores is to replenish my stocks - I make braided rugs, mosaics, etc. Not wanting second hand clothes either, I'll even shop at (horrors) Wally World (Wal*Mart) if desparate enough before garage-sale buying. But it's all good now and I'm thankful for all the experiences ...... just in case the BIG ONE hits out here on the wet coast and I have to revert to second-hand shopping. Cheers, Linda
ReplyDeleteHi les, I'm laughing, thinking about how "better" is was having a downstairs flat. We lived upstairs, and it was as if they were higher on the social ladder, if you lived downstairs. No stairs to climb, and yes the front, and back yards, and don't forget the basement woo hoo. It sure is funny seeing them now as you said, the "postage stamp" front yard hahaha. Mike
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ReplyDeleteBob. Believe it or not. To this day I do not eat baloney or macaroni. Strange isn'e it. Winston
I would not change growing up on 3rd Avenue for all the weed in Canada (the weed capitol of the world), as compared to all the tea in China. I think of where we all came from, and where we are today. We can be proud of our upbringing, and even though we did not have much, we were thankful for what we had. Although a few (heck a lot ) less hand-me-downs would have been better. Of course if that were the case we may not appreciate what we have now, nor could we rub our kids noses in it. Especially the part about walking 20 miles each way back and forth to school, all uphill in the winter, wearing my grandmothers nightgown. (FYI. I have never tried smoking that stuff and don't recall anyone I know who smoked it). Winston
ReplyDeleteWinston; When I was growing up in Verdun, it was a regular thing for my Mom to buy me clothes at the Salvation Army Thrift Store, and at Bazaars, and Rummage Sales. I never felt deprived or ashamed of anything I had. I had clothes to wear, food to eat, a place to live, and a loving family. I had everything. mpu
ReplyDeleteMPU. That is a good thing. But some of the clothes I had were not great. There were clothes that no one else would wear and made me stand out from the other kids. I had very little self-esteem, and things that I was forced to wear did not help. Winston
ReplyDeleteHi Margo, Why do you consider yourself lucky as both your parents worked? When I think back to my youth on Third Avenue I cannot think of one family I knew that had both parents that worked. My family wasn't poor, in my opinion, but we were a far cry from being rich or even well to do. In our era we just grew up in tougher times. I cannot ever remember going without a meal and I was the last of 12 children. But I can remember having nothing to open on Xmas mornings but that was something you lived with. I went to rummage sales,bazaars etc with my mom when I was a kid never wore anything brand new but today the shelters don't want any clothes that are more than a year old. Times have changed. Reggie Paine
ReplyDeleteHi MPU, People shouldn't knock these used clothing places until they go to one. I can well afford new clothes, but once in a while I drop into a place here called "Value Village". They sell mostly clothing,, but also things like golf clubs .and such. I picked up a 2 iron there last year for $3.50. Best thing I ever bought to help my lousy game improve to plain old poor. Back to the clothes. I popped in there on Saturday and picked up a Northern Reflections pullover fleece sweater for $4.99. So in perfect condition, I believe it was never worn. "Such a deal!" Art
ReplyDeleteGoodMorning Winston & MPU !
ReplyDeleteI also feel like you MPU coming from a family of nine we had alot of
pass me downs and second hand stuff as well. And Mom could make all sorts of
things with hamburger. When we did get something new it was great and there
was always something to do in Verdun. Parks, Swimming. Brownies, Pioneer
Girls etc. Coming from a backgroung such as ours taught me how to budget on
a shoestring and shop only for what I really need in life.
HF & RV
KY Tiny Tina
P.S. Like it has been said before on this site we knew how to have FUN and
be KIDS
To Reg & Margo; I must have lived on the wrong end of Third Ave, as during the war everbody's father or brothers who weren't in the Service worked at the CN, CP, Northern Electric, Bell, or in a munition plant DIL. etc. no one seemed poor, everyone went to school, and many had after school jobs etc. after the war, other than having two parents everthing just got better. I lived on Third from '39 thru '56 and parents were there till 85.and did not know any poor people just some took a little longer to switch to a fridge, and to get a TV in the fifties, Gordo PS how did Rue Rolland St as heading , that where the really rich people lived.
ReplyDeleteHi maroonvet (Gordo) Just as we used to wander through the neighbourhoods, we wander through the topic headings. Read the ones that interest you, skip the ones that don't. Like the saying goes "Don't judge a book by the cover", well "don't judge a subject by the heading". Lots of interesting stuff out here if you care to wander a little. Cheers.
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ReplyDeleteHi, Is there any one out there that accualy lived on this street. I lived at 1495 and my grandmother used to live at 1119. Most of my friend growing up lived on this Street. Cam
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ReplyDeleteI lived on Rolland at 1034 and then at 1224. Then in 1969 or so we moved to Lasalle.
BobB
ReplyDeletewhere abouts on third avenue did you live. I lived in
the 700's.
Margo
Hi Cam: We were neighbors back then, I lived at 1474 from 1966 up til the time I married, but my parents stayed on a while. You were almost across the street from me
ReplyDeleteHi Jude, I lived on Rolland untill '81
ReplyDeleteHi My name is Rosemarie and I lived on Beurling between Rolland and Stephens...does that count LOL I was there from 1972 to 1983 when I left to get married and moved to Scotland Stayed there 20 years). Back in Canada now, living in Cambridge, Ontario. I had a brother called Tony, who, unfortunately passed away in 1988 and I have a sister named Lia. Anyone remember us LOL?
ReplyDeleteHello sugarandspice (Rosemary)...........welcome to the Verdun cinnections site,.you will most likely find some people you know here,.or at least know of etc etc,.....Jump right into any topic,.and if you like tell us some Verdun?Montreal stories,..or better yet,.we hope you have a ton of Verdun/Montreal pictures hidden away,.that you would share with us,.....you can post pictures directly into one of your msg's or you can make your own Photo Album....if you have the time go through the links on the lefthand side of the opening page,.....and you will find a few pages of Photo Albums,.lots of neat stuff from in & around Verdun/Montreal........anyway Have Fun & Remember Verdun
ReplyDeleteHey Les_F I was reading your reply,message#39. Where is the Verdun Cinnections. You got a chuckle out of me,have fun keep up the fine work your doing. Steve "Save a Horse and Ride A Cowboy"
ReplyDeleteYou got me,........hahahaha Connections............ and I thought I was starting to pay more attention,before hitting the 'send reply'............ that's what happens when your stupid I guess...........hahahahahahahah HF&RV
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ReplyDeleteLOL thanks for the welcome Les but I'm not new to Verdun Cinnections....oops Connections even. I just don't post very much. howeverl, I really enjoy reading all the stuff people post. As for posting pics...I do believe I have a little album posted LOL.... Take care Rosemarie PS: since they were razzing you for your spelling...its Rosemarie (IE at the en, not Y) LMAOO
ReplyDeleteHi Cam.......I lived at 1503 Rolland from 1962 until 1969. I was friends with Arlene Purvis who lived a few doors down.
ReplyDeleteHi kiniki_1. I knew a Tommy Purvis,....would he be a relation to your friend,... ? HV&RV
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