Good afternoon !
I’m sure many of you will remember this place
(Griffintown, 1949)
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JM
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.
15 comments:
Jean-Marie,
Great stuff, very intersesting. I sent this on to a friend in Ottawa who grew up in Griffintown. Many Thanks-Walter
Thanks Walter, The site (Ghosts of Griffintown) contains many interesting chapters: http://ourworld.cs.com/griffintowndoc/id25.htm?f=fs JM
My father was raised in the Point, Griffintown and Goose Village. In that order; as more sibblings were born they required cheaper rent. 7 of my uncles and aunts lived. After the war he married my dear mom and moved to 2nd Avenue in Verdun-- A huge step up from Victoria Town. Whenever he had a few, he'd reminisce of the old days, and how grateful my brother and I were to live in Verdun. Amen!
Second Avenue.
Thanks Jim ,for those maps. They bring back memories for me too. I used to go to McDonnell's after Mass at St.Anne's(although our parish was really St.Gabriel's ,as well as my school) with my Mom(Hilda Spence ) Shae knew quite a few people there. . I think she called it the "Coffee Pot" though .?? I remember the social aspect of it. Actually your name rings a bell wih me.I can remember my mother bringing up the name "Hachey".Does the name "Spence" sound familiar to you? B.F.N. Sharon
What I remember of Griffintown was Grey Nun street (Souers Grise en francais). The trailers had to be almost parralel with the buildings. That narrow one block long street would have about twenty trucks loading and unloading. The loading docks dropped down on a hinge to allow trucks space without blocking the street. Ed
Hi Sharon ! Sorry, I don’t remember any family by the name of Spence. After leaving Bathurst, N.B., my paternal grandparents lived in St-Henri (1921-24), then moved to Verdun in 1924. JM
Thanks Jean-Marie,
A great web link, I will send it on to my Griffentown Friends even though I can't see anyone on the site. Oh yeah, it's the "Ghosts of Griffintown." Now I see-Walter
Interesting site on Point St. Charles and Griffintown http://www.histoire-pointesaintcharles.org/index.html JM
Interesting site JMH Thanks for that,........... here's one of the photo's from that site: .....The thing I find odd,.is that if this is a Cork Factory,...What's the old Block & Tackle used for hanging from what appears to be a Steel I-beam,.which has replaced the old Concrete Header above the door? How Heavy were Corks back in te old days.........hahahahahah If the Corks were that heavy,.then I can just imagine the bottle of wine... ......YIKES !!!! hahahahaha HF&RV
GOOSE VILLAGE, MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER LIVED AT 93 FORFAR ST. SHE HAD 18 CHILDREN, MRS. OLIVER CARON WAS HER NAME, HER LAST CHILD WAS BORN WHEN SHE WAS 53 AND MRS CARON LIVED TO BE 101. SHE PASSED IN 1929. THE STOREY IS MUCH LONGER AS WRITTEN BY EDGAR ANDREW COLLARD, BUT HATS OFF TO HER, THANKS TO EVERYONE CONTRIBUTING TO THIS SITE. CAROLYN BENNETT PALM HARBOR FL.
The block and tackle was not for lifting the cork, cork is not heavy. It was used to hoist the bottle that a cork that size fit. You should know that Les, Are you corked again? Ed
Just half Ed,.afterall it's only 8am here.........hahahahaha Haven't finished coffee yet. or had breakfast...........hahahahaha but I often heard that You should never 'Eat' on an empty stomach. hahahahahah that would be a helluva a bottle wouldn't it? HF&RV
Les,
Where was the skinny house in Point St Charles located? Fresco
Fresco. That skinny house was on a skinny lot on a skinny street inhabitated by skinny people. I THINK!!!!!!!
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