Tuesday, January 23, 2007

HOVERCRAFT Gloworm


 I remeber that umbrella so well. Because it
had the union jack on it.Mom was afraid to take it outside during the FLQ
crisis.

I guess she thought that we would get hurt or some
thing like that. Maybe she was right!

 

Little sis
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21 comments:

  1. winnie3ave MSNJanuary 23, 2007 at 7:06 PM





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    My mother flew the Union Jack until the day she died!!!! Winston Allison
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  2. wendythepool MSNJanuary 23, 2007 at 8:10 PM

    Hi Gloria, I sent a message when I first saw this, and I guess I did'nt do it correct, but I remember when Bill was working as a host on the Hovercraft for expo 67.
    Wendy

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  3. gloworm138 MSNJanuary 23, 2007 at 9:34 PM

    Just wondering if maybe your Mom was a Newfy (if not a Brit)  My Dad thought the only flag was the Union Jack   Glo

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  4. gloworm138 MSNJanuary 23, 2007 at 9:36 PM

    Hi Wendy   Seems so long ago ay.  Boy that Hoover Craft could fly it was neat.  I would like to go in one again.   Glo

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  5. arbutus MSNJanuary 23, 2007 at 10:02 PM

    Here you go Gloria.       Plus see if you're in the crowd.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyBCksMb3wM&feature=PlayList&p=05E4910E946648B4&index=4

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  6. arbutus MSNJanuary 23, 2007 at 10:05 PM

    Another Expo 67 video clip. Great memories.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRY8jF94DLw&feature=PlayList&p=05E4910E946648B4&index=5   Gary Mace Saanich, BC   1045 Valiquette/920 Moffat

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  7. winnie3ave MSNJanuary 23, 2007 at 11:51 PM


    Glo. When I lived in the Phillippines for 2 years, I use to take the Hovercraft from Cavite City, to Manila. That Hovercraft was probably 4 times as big as the one just pictured, and very modern It would take us across Manila Bay in a very short time, and so smooth. I think it cost the eqiuvalent of 50 Cents. Here I was in a third world country, and having some modern convienences. WOW...What a life!!!!!!


    Winston Allison
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  8. winnie3ave MSNJanuary 23, 2007 at 11:55 PM


    No. My mother was originally from Wales, and my dad from Ireland. But my mother was a complete Royalist. Loyalty.....that is a good thing. While I am loyal to the United States, my heart is still in Verdun!!!! Winston Allison



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  9. arbutus MSNJanuary 23, 2007 at 11:57 PM

    More Expo 67 stuff. Hovercraft for Gloria and Lynn   .                            

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  10. arbutus MSNJanuary 24, 2007 at 3:38 AM

    Expo 67 Memoribilia            

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  11. gloworm138 MSNJanuary 24, 2007 at 11:38 AM

    Thanks Gary   I liked the Certificate too.  Those were the Days my Friend We thought they'd never End.  Gloria

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  12. wendythepool MSNJanuary 24, 2007 at 2:31 PM

    Hi those are some cool pics. I was working on the 26th floor of the building on Dorchester and Peel, I can't remember the name of the building ,but I watched that American pavillion burn.That was something to see.

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  13. guy5479 MSNJanuary 24, 2007 at 5:49 PM

    Here is a picture of my family taken at Expo 67, thats 40 years ago already. Guy

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  14. gloworm138 MSNJanuary 24, 2007 at 6:12 PM

    Thanks Guy   Great picture and I am sure good memories too.   Glo

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  15. maggiemck MSNJanuary 24, 2007 at 6:44 PM

    Hey, were you working at Canadian Universal Insurance? That's where I was when the US Pavillion burned. In the accounting Dept. 26th Floor of the CIBC building at Dorchester and Pell.

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  16. maggiemck MSNJanuary 24, 2007 at 6:46 PM

    I guess if they can change Dorchester to Rene Levesque then I can change Peel to Pell, eh? LOL

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  17. arbutus MSNJanuary 24, 2007 at 7:09 PM

    "Burn Baby Burn"   This May 20, 1976, photograph captures a fire at the former USA Pavilion ("Biosphere"). The fire would destroy the translucent acrylic bubble, but the steel latticework remained.       All that's left.   For those of us who visited Expo 67, the US pavilion designed by Buckminster Fuller was one of the highlights. Today, it's one of the few buildings remaining on the Expo 67 site on Île Ste Hélène. Most of the Expo 67 islands have been converted into parkland. A fire destroyed the shell, and so now the dome consists of just the frame. The building now houses an ecology museum, the Biosphère    

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  18. johnmelinvin2 MSNJanuary 25, 2007 at 2:49 AM

    i still call  Dorchester..Dorchester and so do most of my friends...

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  19. wendythepool MSNJanuary 25, 2007 at 10:04 AM

    Hi Maggie, yes I was. My boss was Bernadette McCaffrey.I couldn't remember the name of the co.nor the building.I worked there till Aug.77.So you worked there also. Wild
    Wendy

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  20. winnie3ave MSNJanuary 25, 2007 at 10:38 AM


    John. I don't blame you. Dorchester is correct. !!!!!!!!


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  21. maggiemck MSNJanuary 25, 2007 at 12:03 PM

    I was there from June of 76 until Novemebr of 77. Lynn Loiselle was also there in the Underwriting department. It was a huge company.

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