The simple things that we take for granted until they are no longer at our fingertips. Here are the rules: I name something (only 1 thing per post) that I miss, the next person must name something that begins with the last letter of my item, then the next one works with their last letter, etc...Name the item first in the post.
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.
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Mount Royal Hopping on the bus to spend the day sledding or wandering on the "mountain"
'N' otre Dame Street,.....one of the main streets ,running the length of the Island of Montreal hf&rv
Notre dame street-ok "T"-ummm Tools...those penny candies we used to buy at savards...never found them anywhere else...ok...next is "S"
I don't mean to be fussy, Les, (okay, yes I do) but my item ended with "L" (Mount Royal)
Sorry Maggie ,....I was going by the """""""" Quotation """" marks around the "last" word in your post.........hahahahahha What I would have said would have been "Lasalle" where I would leave my house to drive up to the transfer restaurant in VilleSt Pierre,.before continuing on along "NotreDame Street" So Solly ,So velly velly Solly,................ "L"es_F hf&rv
Lanes of the avenues. Especially between 1st and 2nd.
Bill
Stillwells
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Very hard to think up an item that starts with an "H", so how about Having good food in Verdun.
"H" ........ Home hf&rv
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The Pav.
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Lane ways
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ROAD Apples
St Thomas More - the school and the church.
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S - Stephens Ave.
E- for Ethel street
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M - Mike's Submarine
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Savoy T.
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T Texaco
A Argyle Academy
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Hi Trevi pizza good one
A - The auditorium. Did I spell that right?
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T- for Terrain Park
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Night Life!
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Hi call me UNCLE I just took a shot here... sorry gang.. I was stumped.. Lad
Ethel Ave
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I guess this "game" is a lot easier for kids to play. It is really tough to keep to the rules.
Lanes - kids' domain
Soma-that band which used to play at VHS and VCHS
Angrignon
Naditorium
mojo's-penny candy from savards and johnnys on Argyle
Melrose
Evelyn
Nun's Island
Desmarchais Bvld.
"D" ( at the end of Blvd).............is for Dances,.....all the Dances that were put on all around Verdun ,.from the Church Halls ,to the Schools & the "Y" & the old days Dances at some of Verdun's Parks: ...........................and of course this next one we've seen a few times,.but always worth seeing again,.an outdoor dance at Cement Downs in front of the Old Pav,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ...................."Let's Twist Again Like We Did Last Summer" hahahahaha Have Fun and Remember Verdun....................
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"R" Redtop on the Boardwalk.............................hf&rv
Proulx............ The grocer on the corner of Wellington and 4th.He would always answer the phone Chez Proulx.
X- Crossing Guard (It's a stretch, I know) Always there to make sure we crossed safely to get to school, and in the summer months, to the playgrounds.
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T - Torture!
Elastic guns we made and played with. Always got hell for pointing them at people. Ron.
N-Noon Hour, rushing home from school, dinner waiting. Most moms were at home for us. (I'm discounting plurals or we would always go back to S)
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Last...day of school in June. Ron
T - Tunnel
Lead........as in lead pipes,lead paint. Lucky we werent poisened. Ron.
"L" Large All Dressed, hf&rv
Ok you beat me to "L" ....hahahahaha so "D" Deliver a Large All "D"ressed...................toute garnie Svp
I was very tempted to put Les. Ron
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E- Endless summer
"R"ecess,............................................................... hf&rv
"S"avoy Theater.......................................................................hf&rv
"R" emembering.......................................................
Greenberg's
"S"ally "S"hops,................. was right across the street from Normans Patates.on Wellington ,.and just down from Greenberg's actually.......... A great place to ride our skateboards in those days they had a nice marble entrance or polished grabite,...........super smooth,. hf&rv
looks like another "S" ,,,,,,,,,,Sorry bout that,..........how about Snowstorm....................................... hf&rv
m...."Ma's " on verdun ave below the poolhall...great food and a wonderful ,friendly place...
Steinberg
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Buy Rite......grocery store on Well. between 5th and 4th closer to 4th. (spelling of Buy Rite?)
M- of Course can only be one thing Montreal Smoke Meat
E - Elastics! Remember playing on the schoolyard. Two "enders" with a long elastic stretched out and a girls jumping in and out at different levels. Simple times!
"S"teamies ,..........of course .....................hf&rv
"S"trap,...........and I got it fairly often............hahahahaha HF&RV
Ok............"P" izza,......... bay "P"izza..........from whereever you think is scrumptious,............ Trevi,..Rex's ,..Woodland,..... 2nd ave ( at one time was good too),.........Mike's / Da' Michelle (Hickson & Wellington)....... Yes "P"izza was a treat ,and a great easy fast food ,prior to all the fast food crap,available today...............You know almost everywhere in Montreal ,every municipality,.be it Lasalle ,.Ville St Pierre,.NDG,. St Henri , Ville Emard/Cote St PAul............and the Point ,.and just about anyhwere on the Island We all could find Our favourite "P"izza, joints........................among other things,but that's another letter................................ HF&RV
Argoulets.......... early settlers along Riv. St. Pierre acted as a bulwark for the attacks on Ville Marie. Ron.
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Extra sauce on the fries. Ron
"I"G.A. IGA stores,...Remember their motto/slogan "Who Cares" ...... IGA cares ! hf&rv
Argyle Ave. Did we have that before?
"{ E}" ncroyable,......................all the memories we have : hahahahahha HaveFun & RememberVerdun hope I spelled that correctly ,.??? but at least We can use the "E" again...............hahahahha
Envy.......for the returne of the good times
"Y"MCA,....................learning to swim in the "Y" pool on Gordon Avenue,.................and later the "Y" dances on Lasalle Blvd: Remember this pool,..................the "Y" on Gordon Ave, where as kids you earned different level badges to be sewn on your swim suit......... HF&RV
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"A" uditorium,......................................... it's as easy as the A,B,C's..................................... ..Have Fun and Remember Verdun..
"M"arket.........................& there were many ,from local Steinbergs,Dominion,IGA,Metro (formerly) Richelieu,....and all the corner Epiceries/Grocery's ( before they became Depanneurs).....Remember them?? ........but some the well known or better known were large places where Vendors & Farmers could showcase their wares,every weekend to thousands of shoppers ,who cam from all over the Island of Montreal,especially us from Verdun,just a short drive through the tunnel ,to Atwater Market Remember Atwater Market ...... Now that's an old shot baby,............(not to be mistaken for Stevie RAy Vaughn's that's a ColdShotBaby............sorry couldn't resist the stupidity... hahahahhahaha ........................... Just thought I'd jazz it up for you a bit ,with a more modern shot & use of colour...................................................................................how'd I do...... Ok ,just a quick step inside ,the old Market,.Remember the smell of Fresh Fish on Ice,..........and the hacked up sides of Beef ,hanging on hooks ,being moved around in the freezers,by the army of men in white smocks?? ( and I don't mean the Dougie).........hahahahhahahaa hv&rv
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"T" en Pin Bowling ? Never did much of this,but I Remember there were Bowling Teams in St Willibrord's School,.and they would all walk down to the Bowling Alley ( which luckily ,also had pool tables,too).the place was near Houle's Electric (or was it Plumbing) anyway the Bowling Alley next door to it: not far from "T"revi Pizza ( which I think has been used ????) HF&RV
N....Neige lots of it today. Can't forget ones COAT de neige today.. Ron.
"E" gg Roll,.................Montreal had great "E"gg Rolls, HF&RV
L...Letter Slots on the front doors.
Bill
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"S"econd Ave: Biking Bill the 'letter slots ' it's funny I can't recall seeing those things in years,& only back East it seems... Everyone seems to have a mail box,..... another thing that popped into mind along with those letter slots,are,those distinctive Blue Address plates with white numbers,....... hf&rv
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Totally understandable Sandy but how does the "T" apply to the "Nat"? This game is not working out as I had hoped. We keep coming back around to the same letters. If someone else can think of a game that works better, please start it!
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Maggie Like the game...now if I may the only T I could think of was maybe the T for the Tramways. The big T on the side of the bus....and was there not a Tousignant store? Lad
Sous Marines yes Mike's were great and so were Rex's. Sp carry the "S" ONE more time Willie
"S" eeing all the particiaption in keeping this game going,& drawing out many of the members who have sat back reading ,/..........Glad to see you jumping in,......"S"o ,.........now I'll say " S" for Seeing ..... "G" to you ..................hahahahahhaha hf&rv
Galoshes which I hated to wear in the winter time. Too ugly and uncool.
Bill
"S"chool, walking to school in any Season, meeting friends on the way,and hanging around the schoolyard until the principal came out and rang the bell........the first ring ,you were to freeze in your tracks,then after he scruitinised the whole yard ( to see who was moving,which then gave him reason to belt you with the strap) then the 2nd ring of the bell,signalled everyone to 'line up' by class ,& then be allowed to enter the building..................................................................................HF&RV "L" to you
"E"ducation,...We 'learned' many things in school,......but I suspect We 'learned' alot more street sense at an early age,just playing & paying attention ,in the streets & parks of Verdun, "E" ducation,......Reminds me of the joke,about the kid who comes home ,after his first day at school, and was peomptly asked by his parents "What ,did you learn at school today Johnny?" .....he answered that he " Learned" another kid ,not to call him Stupid: hahahahhaha or the other one about the kids first day at Sunday School, when asked what he learned that day,he answered that they learned a Song about a 'cross eye'd bear' ..............how did it go his Mom asked: He said it started like this. Gladly for Jesus, the Cross I'd Bare ( sp??) Bear "N" to you
Norman's Lad
St. Lawrence River R to you!
"R" ow boats for "R"ent at the old LeBlanc's Wharf around 2nd ave on the river,all the wharves were getting pretty old by the time ,us kids would play on there,and half the boats were full of water.Yikes! but it was all fun ,.& cheap,.......I don't recall any lifejackets in those days either.................................. HF&RV "W" to you ( that's an easy one).hahahaha
Woodland Restaurant Lad
The One and Two, was never there, but heard alot about it. Wendy
New to this but the "one and two" was known in the Point and was the "One and Two Club" - a strip joint on the corner of Coleraine and Butler - my family lived right above it - interesting days those...
I'm not certain of which letter should be used for continuity,the last as far as I can see is Woodland Restaurant,......so I'm thinking the present letter would be 'T' (at the end of restaurant)or is it ,or should it be 'D' at the end of Woodland,....??? I'll have to go with my first thought of 'T' .......and so I will say "T"herrien Park,............................that being a "K" to the next memory,??? ...........................HF&RV
I have to use "K" in "K"iK Cola,.......................... Kik Cola,............................... "A": to you................ hf&rv
"A"uditorium.................................................. "AUDITORIUM"...................... "M" to you,........................................... HAVE FUN & REMEMBER VERDUN.....................
O- Omar Barry or is it Barrie?
Hi, I think it's Barrie, so with that I'm going to say Eatons and hope I'm not repeating it. Wendy
S Steinberg's Lad
G - Greenbergs (instead of using the s for plural)
Saturdat night dance at the Y then onto Kostas for ffs and gravy
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