The Lad
I like your I.D. The Lad my Dad would call all you
guys the lad weather you were old or not.
guys the lad weather you were old or not.
I've been having lot's of fun on this site. I hope
you do too.
you do too.
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.
31 comments:
Hi Glad to hear from you. Picked that up from home and when I worked in the Point at the yards.All these years later I still use it.I figured it would be catchy. Take care The Lad
Hi When did you hang around the monument and the hole? Did you ever hang out at Willibrord park downstairs where they made leather goods? The lad
what about the, pit and the, tree ?
Hi Good one forgot about the pit.. Lad
Re The pit Grew up with your brother and Ross,Donnie and the whole group of usual supects. You grew up with my sister. Lad
Saw ya worked at the yards..CNR??..I worked there fer a few years..
Hi When.Where. What did u do after u left? Lad
just saw thi posting I also worked for the CNR at the point shop in the office
Hi When and where...car shop or mp.... Lad
See my reply in CNR shops..general.
The Pit, the hole, the Rec, the Monument. All places I hung out at during the late 60's early 70's.
Lots of fond memories.
My dad worked for the CN. I believe he left there in the 80's to move out west.
I wonder if I know any of you.
Kitsch
Hi Kitsch, What's your name what address did you live at. That would help to track down folks that knew you. Gary Mace Saanich, BC ex 1045 Valiquette / 920 Moffat 1955 to 1966
i should remember you gary... how old were you when you lived on valiquette in 1955.... i lived at 1078 from 1951 to 1970....
Rainy, Lived on Valiquette 1955 to 1962. 10 years old in 1955. Remember Arthur Jones, Billy Peers, Richard Pirstol, Skippy Snair, Russel Lingard. Lets take a peak back then. With only nick names it's hard to know who's who. That's why I started to use my name and Verdun addresses. Someone recently suggested occasionally mentioning our old addresses. Gary Mace Saanich BC ex 1045 Valiquette / 920 Moffat !960 Lovell's Valiquette
Hi Where did your Dad work at the RailRoad. Lad
The Lad My Dad worked for C.N. R.
he was an Engineer.
was on the Rapido run for years. I grew up
taking alot of train trips. We would sometimes jump the train in the Pt. yards.
Dad would come home and say " Mother pack up the kid we're going on a run" It
was lot's of fun many times I rode up front on the engine.
To this day when I hear a train Whistle I think of
my dad. There are lot's of trains in North Bay. Sometimes when I walk the track
the smell brings me right back to our train hopping days. Take
Care.
Good memories...one thing I never did was ride in the cab... rode in it in the yard or hanging off it.cold in winter... Always wanted to go for a ride but rules had changed so no such luck... Envy you for that one... hey keep your eyes open when walking the tracks.. take care Lad
My dad worked for CNR also, and he once brought home an old seat that was being replaced in one of the engines. He worked on it at home and reconfigured it into a bedroom chair, and was actually quite comfy. Have you ever listened to a train whistle....as Johnny Cash used to say....can you hear that lonesome whistle blow. Just that sound brings my dad right back to me.
All aboard the Rapido............................Oct 31st 1965 from the CBC archives,.................. http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-69-1797-12183-10/on_this_day/life_society/twt
Hi Mom ,my sister did an across Canada tour a few yars back,.and bought one of those wooden train whistles,...... and just for you I found one on the net,...it replicates the sound really well.... http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textt/Trainwhistle.html Just press play...............................
Just to clarify ,that's not my sister in the vid............hahahaha she just happens to have one of these old wooden whistles...................
Les_F I envy your sister. Took many trips on the train with my parents and siblings, but have not done any since I've matured (lol). It seems like it was just something that we took for granted, with my dad getting passes for us, but looking back I see that I was very privileged. These days I travel by a different mode (no..not on a broom, hahaha), but it is my wish to take an "across Canada" trip by train some day (sigh). And, yes, that whistle really does sound like a train!!!!! Thanks.
The Lad When I was riding up front in
the train It felt like the tracks were comming up to hit you in the face. It was
pretty scary. But Loads of fun . I will watch myself when walking on the tracks.
Keep your stick on the ice!
Lynn in Levis
Mom1945-Linda What a great idea to make
the train seat into a chair ! When you hear that whistle blown I hang my head
and cry. I was so lucky to go on all those runs with my Dad.
The train will always have good memories for
me.
Lynn
gary i remember all those people you mentioned. they were a few years older than me, but i do remember ..
Linda. Wouldn't that be great, if we were wealthy enough, to rent some train cars, start a one end of Canada, east or west......taking it slow, and picking up VC members along the way. What a hoot that would be....Then turn aroung and drop them off on the way back.... Tiring? Yes!!! Fun? Yes!!! Dreams.....what a great life this is!!!!!!
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Count me in for the train ride of remember when's
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anyone notice in the lovell list above that there are stars beside some names.. anyone know why?... and of course i am a little upset because ...no star beside my family name..
I think they denoted a shared line. In the fourties many families had what was called a party line. You might pick up the phone and hear someone else talking. Private lines were almost completed by 1955 or so. The star is probably to let a caller know that their conversation might be overheard. Ed
hi was that donnie willit and ross larkin who is your sister april.
April You mention Donny and Ross who did u ask the question too? Lad
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