Hi does anyone remember having greesy chips with gravy at this restaurant? Gail Mcwilliams, Eric Ditty, Pat & louis Bordeau and a few others.There was a Bobby Gravel from Crawford Park. Does anyone remember these people. My name is Pat Haselden . Hope to hear from you guys.
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Hi Pat,...Welcome to the VerdunConnections ,....the name Eric Ditty sounds familiar,..but would he be in the 60ish range nowadays??
ReplyDeleteHi Les, Thanks for the reply. Yes he must be about 63
ReplyDeletenow. He lived on 6th ave. verdun Pat
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I also Remember a young gal,named Janice Gravel who was killled the summer of her Grad .......1968 VCHS student,......also a David Hill was in the same car,.......September 27th ,1968 I wonder if she's from the same Gravel family?
ReplyDeleteA Haselden slice from Richard Ave Verdun circa 1960. A walk down memory lane Pat. Enjoy. Gary Mace Saanich, BC ex 1045 Valiquette / 920 Moffat
ReplyDeleteHi Pat Sure do remember you and all the people you mentioned. We hung out at Dawson's Boys Club. Played Basketball. Don't know if you remember me Gloria Yetman. Glo
ReplyDeleteHi Artbutus, Thanks so much for memory lane. That was
ReplyDeletemy brother on that list. Thanks again. Pat
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Hi Les. I really don't know about that one. The only
ReplyDeleteGravel I knew was bobby. Pat
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Pat, Did you live on Osborne. Gary
ReplyDeleteHi Gary, No I lived in lasalle but went to verdun High
ReplyDeleteand hung around verdun. pat
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Hi Les. I don't remember the actual incident but I was told by my mom that it happened on "grad" night. David Hill was my Uncle Bert's nephew. The accident happened along LaSalle Blvd.
ReplyDeleteYes that's the right area MaggieMck,.......I wrote in the 1968 yearbook,beside their names,...and the date was the 27th Sept,......but that seemed odd,as I recall it being theGrad night,as well,....(which I'm certain it was),...but maybe they didn't celebrate it till the brginning of the next school year.??? I'll scan the yearbook and post it later........I can Remember thinking it was quite a big deal to have someone you go to school with die ,........... Unlike now ,.....it holds little surprise.......
ReplyDeleteI recall that we had the "grad dance" in May (mine was on my 17th birthday) and then we had graduation ceremonies in the fall (after they knew who passed finals). So it being "grad" night in September would make sense. If that was the first death of a schoolmate you experienced, you were lucky (if you can call it that).
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone Remember Buddy Singer,? he drowned I believe,..I can Remember that he was the first 'body' as a teen that I saw in the Funeral Parlour on Bannantyne ? near was it Argyle roughly.?? I can't Remember exactly where but I do Remember looking at him and it not being Real (whatever that means)......................Strange memory's...
ReplyDeletethe gravel family was friends with my family..we both lived on valiquette... they were an extremely nice family..all of them.. and yes it was grad night that the accident occurred...sad...
ReplyDeletesad ending for some lives ,that had yet begun..... Remember when we were young,and a year or two in age was an eternity, Seems silly now doesn't it......................I seem to think were four people in the car,....................but that's a long time ago:
ReplyDeleteJanice Gravelis listed at Cote Des Neiges as having been buried October 2, 1968.
ReplyDeleteHill, David Edward also listed at Cote des Neiges cemetary as having been buried October 2, 1968.
ReplyDeleteHi ShirleyBH2,......is that Cemetary have a complete listing online? that's pretty neat,..I haven't checked out there site for years,....I guess it's getting more usuer friendly,.......How did you know to check that cemetary? Makes Sense though from Sept 27th accident to Oct 2nd,....what a tragic thing for anyone to have to go through,............. Thanks for that info:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cimetierenddn.org/en/services/necrologie/recherche.asp I dont put too much info just last name and first name of deceased that's it.
ReplyDeleteWell I know that the Catholic High Schools in Montral had the grad dance late June but it has also been in May before the exams - not sure if the nuns back then decided that having the dance after the exams everyone could then relax and enjoy enjoy enjoy with no worry about cramming for exams then in September we had the actual graduation ceremony. So thinking that perhaps with a name like Gravel that they could have been Catholic I took a chance and bingo.
ReplyDeleteI graduated from Marymount High School in 1964 and our grad dance was in September. It was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel. The grad ceremony was in June after exams but before the diplomas arrived in the mail. Dianne
ReplyDeleteand no doubt happy di.. you got drunk on wine on your graduation... and no doubt got a rebate on the limousine rental....
ReplyDeleteRainy day man...what can I say...I was taught by the best!!! Rebate Queen!!!
ReplyDeleteRainy day man.... just one thing, a classy broad like me didn't get drunk on her grad night....and I probably would have gotten a rebate on the limo if we went to the grad dance by limo back in the day!!!! Rebate Queen
ReplyDeleteRemember these VHS hangouts. Bannantyne was this place also known as Mom's (hard to get a seat at lunch) Woodland near Champlain (basement level) On Argyle near Bannantyne ( 2 for a nickel cigarettes) Gary Mace Saanich, BC
ReplyDeleteArbus I knew were mom's was right near
ReplyDeletethe poolhall. Alot of people hung out there Did you know Peggy
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Yes Gary I used to go there every lunch time from school, weird I just thought of the guy that worked there was named "Barry" no ?????
ReplyDeleteGary I am 60 and left Verdun in 1964 for Vietnam a very short time than Canadian Navy for 5 yrs.thab BC going to Montreal for the fiirst time in 20 yrs. Tks for the info and anymore u can give.
Bobby Gravel name does ring a bell.. I lived in Crawfordpark also, born and raised there.
ReplyDeleteHi Leakedmacdaddy: Barry Ross used to run Verdun Fish & Chips. His parents used to own it and he took over when they retired. Gord Gibbons Brampton, Ontario
ReplyDeletethen Brian Blackburn who worked for Barry,.also took over the store & ran it for a while too.......... that was a very popular spot,............ could barely get in the place when it was near lunchtime for either of the High Schools,...VHS or VCHS............................I wonder how many people were served there over the years??????? ......have fun & remember Verdun
ReplyDeletePeggy died afew years ago; her ex-husband Patty Cunningham gave an absolutely moving eulogy
ReplyDeleteI believe that's Paddy Cunningham. Ed
ReplyDeleteHi Dianne, Do you remember Sr. Kathleen Norris (Mother Saint Hilda, probably back then). She was my aunt and I know she was at Marymount HS I think about the same time you graduated. Donna
ReplyDeleteHi tHeMOM53.....Donna I think I do recall Mother Saint Hilda...but she wasn't one of my teachers ....where and what years did you go to school?.........Looking back to those years, we had a lot of fun! Dianne
ReplyDeletePaddy Cunningham...........Where is he these days. Was he the youngest or was there another Brother....Timmy?? God thats going way back to playing tag on third ave.......LOL Toni Lazure......Brossard
ReplyDeleteYes there was a Timmy Cunningham. Remember he broke his arm in high school gym class using the sringboard & trying to jump over the horse one evening. Went to grade school & high school with him - lost touch.
ReplyDeleteI remember when I tried one of those vaults at Woodland School in Boenke's class - flew right over the end of the horse and landed on my head. I was lucky I did no break my neck. My 72 lb spotter stood there like a deer facing headlights and watched my fly by. Boenke commented that I was quite flexible. Gord Gibbons Brampton, Ontario
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