In front of the Douclas Hospital, there is a dance floor where you can dance for free every evening, weather permitting, situated where the City of
Verdun had their greenhouse. The dance floor is of a covered 5500 sf rubber coated cement floor. All kinds of dancing are practiced, in line, country, salsa, tango, square dancing and swing. As much as 400 people attend on saturdays. Sounds like a lot of fun.
Guy
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Guy That's a great shot of some Verdun couple's Having Fun,..... I'll bet they will Rememeber these days-------- A whole new generation enjoying a Verdun built dance spot,...........I have seen this dance pavillion before ,.in some pictures that George McCrae (from the PointStCharles site) had posted ,quite a while ago,.....He had some shots showing the sort of Dance floor Roof ,..almost looked like a grandstand from a stadium (sort of)\ Thanks for posting this newage Verdun Stuff,.................. Much Appreciated The people look like they are having a ball,.Swing Dancing,..... Have Fun & Remember Verdun
,and just to Recall the fun the younger kids had many years ago,just alittle further down the Boardwalk,.at Woodland (Cement Downs),............. ........Kids & Younger thinking people ,usually just want to Have Fun to add to their future Memories,............................................ HF&RV
nice picture Guy...around what year would it of been ..I had seven sisters..they all loved to dance..What a nice place to grow up in.,Verdun..I just loved growing up there.If we only knew what we know today..We would have danced more and kept more pictures and memories..
does anyone know what year they took down the black fence around the Douglas..
The top picture is currant. The second photo was posted by Les. My guess would be the 60s. Guy
the fence was falling from old age, rusting aprox 1985, they took it down, the quebec goverment, didn't have the funds to replace?? at this time, there is no more land to build in verdun, the douglas hospital grounds is worth a fortune. its just a question of time the quebec goverment will sell the land.
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