just reading and looking around,but got to visit friends in verdun and always felt welcome lived in verdun and greenfield park. still find myself thinking of days gone by. if its ok i'll look around for awhile.thanks for letting me join.
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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verdun4me, Welcome to our world. Get a cup of coffee, set yourself down, and wander through our message boards. Also, take a look at our albums....lots of reliving to do there. Cheers.
Linda you didn't tell him to try the egg game. Steve
verdun4me, I remember a friend in Connaught School moving to Greenfield Park. I remember thinking that it must be some sort of swanky place, far far away! Of course I lived in Ville Emard my whole life, and anywhere else seemed so much more interesting. Funny how your perspective changes when your Mom finally lets you cross the street and you get to leave your own neighbourhood. I have since found out that G.P. is like any other neighbourhood.
lol it wasn't swanky but your right as i grow older i see that no matter where we go,people are the same,
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yes Greenfield Park is where my 4 children where
brought up , we moved there 1960-61.
Another great place to bring up your kids.
Margo
My kids where brought up in Greenfield Park and
played sports there and my Daughter was involved
with the Cheerleaders. There names where
Donna,Bob,Bill & Allen Elson did you know any of them?
Margo
just dropping in. this place sure brings a lot of old memorys to mind. i like the barbarn menu. that was when you had a special nite out.more likelyto be a hotdog inverdun lol i rember a chinese restaurant in vile emard,on church.and aplace ingreenfield park called kennywongs .seems everybody goes out to eat now more money i gues i wonder if it is even a treat anymore. i will stop in again it is like going home for a visit
Verdun4me, here is the Chinese food place in Ville Emard/Cote St.Paul, as of Juy 24th 2005. Many a pig-out were had at the Silver Dragon................ ......have not been in there for 30 years. mpu
Boy that Silver Dragon sure looks like a Tired Dragon. I can remember many a cold winter day waiting at the busy stop along Church Ave. I wonder how long it has been there? It looks a lot smaller than I remember it. Cheers.
I found htat as well,.whenever I've gone back for a visit,.everything seems a lot smaller,....and the distance to Downtown,..was relatively short,...you can see the high rise bldgs,from Wellington St in Verdun...........nothing is really that far,........Do you Remember the tables in the old 'Moustache' on Closse St,across from the Forum,....we thought they were big at the time,....but really they were quite small.but you only needed to keep your beer on them ...........hahahaha
thats theplace i rembr . it was really lit up at night just like vegas lol. anthr place was on decarie rd .the slvr dragon looks a little tired now,but i suppose my reflectionin its window might reveal a more tired look to lol. thank you multiperposeutencil.
Hi Verdun4Me ,...are you thinking of Ruby Foos, up on Decarie Blvd,? I remember it being considered a sort of Fancy Night out type of place,.....mind you in those days as mentioned , Going out was an event of sorts,....because otherwise ,it was always so east to just order -in,.......and the food always seemed, Excellent........and cheap when you think of it,....Although Chinese was always more expensive than a Pizza from Rex's............hahahahah I Remember going to eat Egg Rolls at 'Golden City Restaurant' in Ville Lasalle,......corner of 5th and Centrale,.........later it was called Lai Lings,...........and they had Great Egg Rolls,........We sure had some good food places available to us ,.....(whether it was healthy........that's debatable.......hahahah) After a couple of 'gros cinquantes' or 'gros mol' whatever the preferance then,.....up at the old '50' Club ,.....'the Cinquantes'.......it was a quick hop over to the Restaurant at 5th,.....for a feed........ Have Fun & Remember Verdun..........
Verdun4me. Welcome aboard. Tell us about yourself. Where you grew up, where you live now, people you grew up with, and maybe would like to get in touch with. There is a lot of help on here, and you might even know some of the Verdunites that are on here now. Winston Allison
wow,there seems to be a whole bunch of interesting things on here.the best i see is a complete variety of photographs , i have seen some before. but they are nice to se again. i like the amount of ideas and different thoughts here,.anyone know ttthe city hall area of greenfield park,regent st......or some familys miles,mate beacon,smith ,and a bunck more .don't remember emerson maybe i should .or the kids do.moved to ontario later.and then to a placecalled 100mile house oh church to thanks for good site.i like all my visits .and will come again .ihave some pictures in the basement,i will try to put them here soon.kidsd tel me to get off computre,lol
Someone asked also about the Chinese Restaurant on the South Shore,..I'm pretty sure it was you Verdun4Me,...... ..this was an popular Chines Night Clun in Montreal,.at one time,......as for the restaurant on the South shore,.....I'm still looking for a picture,..I know I have one here somewhere HF&RV
Apparently the old 'Kenny Wongs Restaurant ' was closed & torn down,.... ...it 'met' it's demise,............ ......but it seems ,..that they must have ,built a new place,....cause I did find this address,....for a Kenny Wong's Restaurant ,....on Taschereu Blvd,.......same owner??? I don't know,...but here's the link, http://www.jgosolutions.com/5146760301/index.html Hope that's of some interest. HF&RV
Verdun4Me, I don't know if it was you that mentioned the City Hall in Greenfield Park, but yes, I used to go to GP by bicycle from Verdun, as my aunt lived just one block away, and I used to go "play" in the old Chambly Transport busses at the garage at the end of Churchill. These busses were rejects from Montreal after many years of use. I went by the City Hall/Police/Fire stations today and took some pics..... Charles Lemoyne Hospital.........mpu
Not sure what is happening. Tried to reply to a message, and it told me I was in a "Members Only" site. Now, my puter was sick and we had to remove some spyware, so I don't know if that's the reason, so please bear with me while I figure this d%$#ed computer out.
When I tried to say my name was Mom1945 Linda it said somebody had that name already........yea right........so now I'm Linda N. Confusing, eh? Cheers.
Hi, my name is Linda N, and I'm going through the 1 step in re-registering. Cheers.
Be careful Linda N,......admitting to one step,..may have some want to suggest to you the other eleven...........hahahahaha Good Luck ,if you think there's something we can do to help,then fire away,....and I'll see if I can do something from this end. but your old ID should still be Ok,....but you may also have to 'actua;lly sign out' of any ID you are in,.then try signing back in under your old ID,.......the good news is if you are successful then you can post a bunch of pictures,...and use that memory space allotted each member ID,.. Have Fun & Remember Verdun,........ catch you all a little later I'm going to watch some show on TV ( so Teresa has informed me............hahahahaha)
Just testing.
Okay, y'all, I passed the first step. My name is Mom 1945-Linda. Really!!! Sorry for the nuisance postings while I was trying to find out who I am. It's now 10:30 pm, and I can go on with life knowing who I am. Cheers,
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Good morn'in everybody, Isn't it good that I know who I am? Fast learner...only did Step 1...to heck with the other 11 steps. hehehe I was trying to reply to MPU last evening. That pic of Charles LeMoyne Hospital really conjures up some bad memories or me. When my daughter was 2 months old she stopped breathing (SIDS) and that was the winter of 70/71 (bad snow year). The police came and got her and took her to that hospital as it was too far and too much snow to try the Children's Hosp. They kept her there for over 1 month, so I practically lived there. But all worked out okay in the end, but boy the memory of that hospital!!!!!
Linda is this the message you got? You are Restricted from This Area Steve
Steve, Yup, or something like that. Anyhow, got old groove back....I know who I am again! Thanks. Cheers.
those gp pictures sure make it easier to rmbr the old place. i didn't rembr gp being linked with longueil ? charles lemoyne hosp.very familiar bldg and lucky for me i've nevr had to go there. regent st,funyy how the names pop back in your mind, thanks for the visit.
the mention of freezing rain reminds me of a time crossing the champlan bridge during a freezing rain storm and nearly sliding throuhg those toll booths then having to go over the high part of the bridge.that was scary ,do they close the bridge at all now,or just salt and use sand.it was always a pain to live in gp.but today would be even more busy.i don't like the rush hour,ansd never did.
OK i think i See what you mean, I have sorry ikeep turning on my caps key. ;i have ben going in thourhg myname and it shows me my messges but now i see the other one,.ok Now im getting it alittle; reading all the icons helps;Ill get it ; Thanks; Sonow ican go in any mesage and answer it from there ; that helps ; i was able to read them ; and i see others in and out of conversations so i new it would get to me soone ror later ;lol i'll practice more Thnks for your help. ; Ill check back in on ;monday ; maybe even seem smarter lol
i think snow or rain sunny or not .thers always areason to enjoy your day.i rembr those winter days cold but the sun sometimes would shine and make one wintre day seem difrent for m a nother ; rmbr whenn the nite would be clear andd cold.when it was cloudy you would know the snow would be coming. skating was the fun as a kidbut snow ball fights now that was fun to ; the snow had t be the sticky stuf ; i hated the cold creaky snow that would break under your footprint ; it was difrent in gp. than when you went to montreal. the snow always seem to stay longer in greenfld pk ; growing up was ; lol.
Where abouts did you live in Greenfield Park as my
children where all brought up there.
Are you still living in Gpk?
Margo
I just love, love, love fresh snow - on an evening walk - and it just sparkles and glints like diamonds. Especially so in the light under a lamp post or when there's a bright moon shining in the sky. I used to feel like I was walking in a winter wonderland. Cheers.
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bubbacut, These are all the tears I'll be crying if you send snow this way. Of course the tears will only add to the water level out here. Oh well, can't win them all. Cheers.
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I hope this is the link to those old photos. www.museevirtuel.ca/ pm.php?id=record_detail&f... Steve
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hi i like reedin the messgs ,and get a laugh out of the pixs and stories,Dont get to seethem often but like tthe overall idea .beeing for verdun is sure ok gp was good to but verudn was best
been gone most of summer wiht a vist to greenfeild prk montreal pretty hot. traffic on the brige was verybusy i forgot anout that.tachereua blvd built up.regent street almost the smae as yeares ago.by for now
hi and think verdun has good memories, seems i visit to sledom but realy like the visits how do you hev so many pictiures ,they sare good to see again,some montreal spot s not rembered ,but still fun to see soory caan't see great without eyeglasses,nbut like evrything i see anyway been awhile but grenfield pk was good ,not like verdun,but good
cant changge my information profile,but will be back in 6wekes ,to kamoops then chec in again
amother month gone by,.merry christmas to all the verdun an grnfield park christmas nit far n ow thanks for all eht good picturs you all hve such good memories amd im glad of that thinking of verdun
grnfld pk and montreal having a good storm.nvere missed the snow months at a tmei in the mountians .hard to read everything in a few wks but always fun and glad to see i like the music chanel.thanks sayin g hi .in for the wekemnd and gone for a bit.makin hay when the sun dousnt shin ft mac mrynext stop its closer
back for a few dys.lots of wrk in ftmac,off to manitba nexrt maybe mtl and grpark. lots of food,teh bak to work mckenzie bc grt pictures .like to visit and see what new things aer happneing back to the grindstone thanks for tghr visit lots of things to ctach yp on ,to much to read today.thinks maybe back to 100mi for a spell in the next months bye fore now montreal verdun and grpark miss them all
Still waiting to hear where you lived in Greenfield Park, what is your name as my sons played sports in the Park and my daughter had alot to do with the Greenfield Park Sports assoc. and my husband coached sports. Their last name is Elson. Hope to hear from you soon. Margo
Welcome back Margo.
Yes Margo ,.good to hear from you ,...... glad to see youback on the boards.... ...............I can Remember going often as a kid to the DQ on Tachereau Blvd. we would usually be helping my oldmans friend Kenny Hasting's who was building a house on the South Shore,.and for a treat,.the DQ was it..... ......which I beleive was part of Greenfield Park (at least it was on that side of Tachereau).... Also had some friends who lived in GreenField Park too,.....John Mate ( I beleive he works out in the Northern parts of Western Canada ,.now as a surveyor,.........his girlfriend ,then wife,was a gal named Jill ( very tall gal,sorry don't recall the last name)............also I think Bill Beacon ,lived there as well (he is a sports writer now for AP or CP something like that,...... in my teens I went to a few part's over there,.as well as a few night Clubs on the Blvd,........ Greenfield Park was aptly named it was very Green as I Remember it,and quite a nice little community,.I guess most of that has changed ??? Do you still hqave family there,.or did you move them all to Ontario too, your close to that 'Angels Diner place right?? in anycase good to hear from you again........................ Have Fun & Remember Verdun
Hi V4ME,........... sounds like you are either always on the road,you seem to be in the Northern parts of Canada ( well sort of ,aside from Kamloops,or 100Mile House.......what do you do, that takes you all over like that? Have Fun & Remember Verdun
Sorry meant to ad this fina; chapter from the last / Previous post,........... Well…” she began embarrassingly, as if the place had belonged to her, “I’m not sure but I think there were messy legal matters with the local government… and… well, they preferred shutting down the whole place instead.” She went on to explain how ruthless and unfair (and unjustifiably so) certain city inspectors can be towards Chinese restaurants. I didn’t push further because her embarrassment was apparent. I didn’t have the official story nor did I have the details but I didn’t want to hear anymore at this point. I was sad enough to see the place go… adding further insult to injury was unnecessary. This probably explains why they didn’t let me visit their kitchen that night… probably thought I was another of those city inspectors in plain-Hawaiian clothes!
Well, we’ll miss you Kenny Wong. You may have not been an “official” Tiki palace but you did give us another opportunity to experience the heady atmosphere of exotica’s heyday… Is that so Wong?
Chez Wong (Kenny Wong’s) (permanently closed)
4065 Taschereau Boulevard
Greenfield Park, QC
HF&RV
My husband has a bitterly ironic saying for such losses of beloved and useful places of business: "Closed permanently to serve you better." Geniegal
Hi Would anyone have a picture of Verdun Stadium? Or the A&W on Chuch Ave? Lad
theLad:
Les Thanks for the pic of the Stadium.. Lad
regent area tascherow blvd and all around the cityhall building ,what a neat place to grow up in Anyone know the Mate family? driving thru the northern places wish i could share theview ,keep driving our country folks see you all in a monht maybee
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