WHAT A GRET SPOT! NEXT TO THE DOMINION STORE AND BELOW VERDUN TEUTORIAL COLLEGE.
EVEN MY MOM AND HER FRIENDS MRS. MARY PIGEON, MRS. JEAN WHALEN LOVED IT.
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY IT WAS CALLED KOSTAS CATHEDRAL?
FIGURE WHERE THE MONEY FOR CHURCH WENT.
WELL THAT WAS THEN AND THOSE MOMENTS OF FREEZINF=G TOES, FACES AND BUTTS WERE WARMED BY TIMES AT KOSTAS.
REMEMBER POP AT BROWN RINK? NICEST GUY.
WELL I AM 63 NOW AND STILL KAYAKING IN THE INTERCOASTAL HERE IN FL.
WALKING THE BEACH WITH NEW FRIENDS AND ENJOYING THE SIMPLE THINGS IN LIFE, I FREQUENT THE ISLAND IN BAHAMAS AS MY SECOND SET OF ROOTS IS THERE,
JUST LOVE THE TOURQUISE WATERS.
AND NATIVE PEOPLE.
CAROLYN BENNETT
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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Hi there, I was reading your message and noticed you mentioned Mary Pigeon and Jean Whalen. They were also friends of my grandmother (who lived next to Jean) - Rosemary Shorrock, and my mother, Jacqueline Heaney. Did you know them? My mother would have been 58 (she passed away 9 yrs ago). I also loved Kostas (my first date was there) and grew up skating and playing at Brown Park. Now I live in North Carolina. Julie (Heaney) Chapman
julie, i remember you as a little tike and your beautiful mom, tall and blonde, and her mom the dressmaker.
god what happened, diane pigeon, marys daughter told me of her death.
are you ok? lets chat.
you must be in your 30,s
i knew the heany boys ,they lived at the lane on allard, hockey was the game.
small world.
i looked like your mom, we were the same build.
when did rosemary pass?
i guess she took care of you, right?
she made diane,s wedding dress.
you were so cute and so beautiful.
grandma ,you and mom always together.
i hope you remember me. i lived on corner of bann. and valiquette.well we will have these memoires forever.
good nite.
carolyn.
Are you talking about Kostas restaurant on Bannantyne near brown Blvd. I remember when it first opened and we all thought we were so cool hanging around there. I also remember Pop at the rink. I lived on Manning near Bannantyne and hung around Proudfoot's store and Currie's grocery store on the corner, next to the old St Thomas More chapel - now long gone Frank Leigh
hey frank, carolyn bennett here, thanks for reviving kostas cathedral site, is it still there? i livve in florida now, seldom get home.brown blvd rink was my hangout, loved it. pops was a kind fellow. i went to school with joan dore. regards, carolyn
Hi Carolyn (bahamas865) ! Kosta’s Restaurant on Bannantyne (corner Godin) (I think the author of the photo is Guy, a VC member) JM
Hey Julie, I also live in NC. (Charlotte). I remember a Jackie Shorrock and I believe she married Bobby Heaney. I also usta work with his brother David many moons ago.
hey dave, carolyn bennett here, we were thinking of moving to your town, charlotte, but know little about it. i am amazed at the photo of kostas now, this area looks great, i must take a trip to memory lane, soon,julie if your on hi, again. is riverview school still there? i wonder what my corner of bann & valiquette looks like. maybe GUY will step in and send me a photo. dave, do you visit ever? carolyn
JM, thanks so much, can, believe it. carolyn
Hi bahama Yes Riverview is still there .There is a pic of the school in the picture section. I am not sure excatly where though at the moment.
Hi bahama865 & Cam3122 ! Some pics of Riverview by VC members Have a nice day ! JM
thanks so much, some things never change, i am waiting and hopeful someone will take a photo of my home 6277-79 bannantyne, if anyone is in the neighborhood, thanks carolyn
Hi Frank......What year did Kostas open?? I started hangin' around their in 1955-56 when the one and only waitress was always called "MAW" she looked elderly to me then had glasses and was great to us teens. Cherry cokes,fries with gravy,and those hamburgers were sooo good . Also Curries was a favorite of my brothers. He would phone up for a case of beer during his Navy Years, and they knew his voice and address automatically. Altho' I didn't think it was called Curries,is this the meat store at the corner of bannantyne and the street before Riverview? Not sure......as we lived on 3rd ave prior to Allard ave and we also shopped at Curries on Verdun ave and 3rd?? cookie
yep, maw at kostas, paw at the rink... old and young alike went there, and smoking allowed, my past thoughts paint a vivid pic. it was great, but so was the roof at the NAT. the old guys like ray labelle, hank pardy, des finley, andy the lifeguard, i was just a young girl and i remember well. it was my summer at the pool. i learned to swimm there. dreams.hated to see labor day weekend come. ok, anyone want to chat tonite at 9 pm fl. time. as usual, i will check in. dah... carolyn
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Hey everybody great group. This is my 1st post. I lived on Godin in the 60's. The meat store on Riverview and Bannantyne was Campeau's. Went there very often for "a half pound of baloney and 6 slices of cooked ham" for my dad!
Welcome to Verdun Connections waccused. Good to see you here!
i remember mr.AND mrs. campeau very well, i lived on bannan.& valiq. they were the nicest people, i knew them for years, like 40. and lussiers grocery store corn. of rolland and bann. great fresh meat, and filet of sole. not farmed. farmed fish is the worst deficient fish you can eat. fish must feed on other fish. gynetically modified anything has little food value. but free from mercury. not hormones.order your fish from a great site great alaska seafood from cape spencer, the site is great. and we order from florida over nite.the best of the best. 4 kinds of salmon, 300 pound halibut, dream on and check it out. carolyn.
hey carol, don't know if u are aware that des findlay passed on recently...believe ray is the executor of des' estate. andy 'the lifeguard' is andy lecesse and at one time was the director at kinsmen boys club at verdun and hickson. believe hank was, at one time, a wrestler.......sonny
sonny, hi, say hi to my friend, in calgary. i knew andy well, he went out with alice my friend. and gladys told me about des. what happened his wife also. carolyn
Keith, are you still out there? I didn't get a reply to my recent emails. Have you been receiving them?
Carolyn, If you'd like some info on Charlotte or surrounding areas, please feel free to email me. DC
thanks dave
HI CAROLYN; WHEN I GET MY CAMERA I WILL GO AND TAKE PICTURES OF YOUR HOUSE, I REMEMBER WHERE YOU LIVED ON 6TH AVE. & BANNANTYNE JOAN LONG
hey joan, thats great, 310 or 410 on 6th, 6277 bann. i have many photos of both places. heard from betty yet? me neither... thanks. joan. call gloria. shes under her maiden name in albany ny directory. betty never called.
spent many a day in Kostas.. i still say they had the best cheeseburgers i have ever had.. threw a piece of gum up at the ceiling and it stuck.. stayed there for 4 years.. i sure miss that place... jd
Great memories of Kosta's for sure.... I hung out there with Cookie(Sam), her brother Wayne, Heather Milligan, Mary Fisher, Barb Squires, Gary Allen, "Pony" Piche, Irene Piche. We hung around either outside or inside for hours every night and Kosta or MAW never shooed us away....they were pretty cool. Kosta's Kathedral - in a previous message, I told the story of Heather & I going there on Sunday mornings on the way to Mass and sending our younger brother and sister to church to pick up the bulletin 'to prove' that WE had gone to church. In the meantime, Heather and I sat there drinking cherry cokes and smoking(we thought we were s-o-o cool back then...lol)....so I guess our 'collection money for church' was donated(?) to Kosta's Kathedral. I think Kosta's burned down last year or earlier. Somebody showed us photos of this sad event on VC. Thanks for the memories..... judy in NB
Boy, do I remember that Jude.
Thanks to Danny and I, you and Heather never got found out. (I think) Acouple of years ago Danny and I talked about all of this. Was a good laugh!
SIS
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