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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
DO YOU REMEMBER STREET GAMES?
REMEMBER PLAYING MARBLES AND DOING TRADES WITH YOUR FRIENDS, COLLECTING HOCKEY CARDS AND ELVIS CARDS ETC AND BEING SO EXCITED IF YOU MANAGED TO GET A ROCKET RICHARD OR JEAN BELLEVEAU CARD. IF YOUR COLLECTION HAD DOUBLES OF THE SUPER STARS, YOU COULD MANAGE A GREAT TRADE FOR 3 OR 4 OTHERS! PLAYING HOCKEY IN THE STREET, BASEBALL IN THE LANEWAYS, POP FLYS WITH YOUR BALL AGAINST THE ROAD CURB, TRUTH OR DARE, SIMON SAYS AND OF COURSE SKIPPING FRENCH ROPES! ROLLERSKATING DOWN THE CENTER OF THE STREET AND HOLDING ON TO THE BACK OF CARS, PEA SHOOTERS! I USED TO LIE IN WAIT ON THE SECOND FLOOR GALLERY AND AIM MY PEASHOOTER AT THE MAILMAN (HE NEARLY CAUGHT ME, BUT NEVER DID!). HALLOWEEN NIGHT...WASN'T THAT A SIGHT TO SEE AND THE PAPER SHOPPING BAGS YOU COULD FILL UP, DUMP AT HOME AND START OFF AGAIN. HEAVEN HELP THE ODD PERSON WHO TRIED TO CHASE US AWAY ON HALLOWEEN...EGGS ON THEIR GALLERY, GLUE IN THEIR LOCKS ETC ETC (AS YOU CAN SEE, I WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A TOMBOY AND A LITTLE NAUGHTY, BUT HAD A WHALE OF A TIME. HOPE YOU DID TOO!....DIANE
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Sure do remember them. Especially the night before Haollwe'en when we would burn stuff we collected on the streets.
Robin
That was Mat night? I ve recently read about a similar tradition in Detroit known as Devil's Night where the acres and acres of abandoned houses and mansions close to the old downtown get randomly burned. How crazy are Detroit's ghettos? Firemen have been known to get shot arriving at the scene.
Ken McLaughlin
Mat night was better in the pointe
The Good Old Days
Do you remember the good old days? Well I sure do!
If your memory needs a little nudge, some of these things will
take you right back, and I hope bring a smile to your face!
Pick up the phone and you heard, "Number please?"
And you said, "Randolph 4- 3381."
Sometimes you picked up the phone and heard voices!
Remember those party lines! We shared the lines!
You had to remember your ring before you
answered the phone, one long, two short!
Playing tag and hide and go seek on a summer evening.
Catching lightening bugs in a jar.
Sometimes we pinched off the glowing end and
put it on our finger for a glorious glowing ring!
(I feel so guilty! How could we do that!)
Wringer washers! What work that was,
and then if you didn't get your arm caught
in the wringer you had to lug a basket of wet
clothes to the back yard and hang them on the line.
Sprinkle bottles...remember how we had to sprinkle
down the clothes after they dried and roll them up tight
and put them back in the basket? Then came the
hard part! We ironed everything! Then came steam
irons and we threw out the sprinkle bottle.
Do you remember any of these:
Window fans, Kick the Can, roller skates with keys,
coonskin caps, hula hoops, 45 records,
cherry cokes, juke boxes, pony tails, bobbi sox,
penny loafers, sideburns, Breck & Halo Shampoo,
drive in movies, jacks, going home for lunch,
marbles, monopoly, rabbit ears, aluminum glasses,
sweater sets, white gloves, and can can slips,
the smell of Old Spice, penny candy, and
Mother May I.
See The USA In Your Chevrolet
You'll wonder where the yellow went
if you brush your teeth with Pepsodent.
Step on a crack...break your mother's back.
(I still don't step on cracks)
Red Rover, Red Rover, won't you come over.
Pepsi-cola hits the spot,
12 full ounces that's a lot.
Twice as much for a nickel too
Pepsi Cola is the drink for you.
Hi! I'm Buster Brown, I live in a shoe!
That's my dog Tige, and he lives there too!
Pontiac was my phone number and fortunately we didn't have a party line, however every once in awhile, lines seemed to cross and you could hear another person's conversation...could be interesting!.
Dad wore Old Spice and Mom always shopped with me on Ste Catherine Street every Sat morning, dressed in high heels, gloves, hat and fur coat in winter...no jeans and sneakers in those days!
We would have lunch at "The Chicken Coop" or sometimes "The Indian Room", shop at Eaton's, Simpson's, Morgan's and another department store on Ste Cath & Crescent (still there, but my memory fails me at the moment). We travelled by bus, then streetcar to get uptown in the earlier days.
Hey Diane
Are you too young to remember we had YORK telephone numbers before the PONTIAC numbers. Mine use to be York 4421. Gosh I don't know where that memory came from.
George
I remember York phone numbers - mine was York 7442. When my brother and I used to go to Ste. Catherine shtrre shopping we woud always go to the Honey Dew for lunch (just east of Morgans). I loved their hot dogs and orange drink. best hot dogs however were at the old Forum. I don't know the brand of the dogs but they were really good.
Robin
Hemlock went to Pontiac then to 767 at least mine did and the Hemlock's name was used on the taxis on Woodland then they went to Pontiac
Hey George...gee I wish I was too young to remember YORK numbers, but your comment jogged my memory. I'm about the same age as you....Diane
Hi Diane:
Official senior citizens this year . Correct!!!
Because we both went to school with Roberta Brennan that's how I am assuming the above. BUT, you know what happens when you Ass u me. LOL
I hope you are not living anywhere close to the fires raging on at the moment. Sad state of affairs.
Take care,
George
Yep, you're right on...65 on Nov 24th! Scary as time just seems to fly by so quickly and yet I still feel like I'm about 30! That's when there are no aches or pains ETC. ETC.! No use dwelling on the passage of time, just enjoy the present, live life to the full and hold on to all the happy Verdun memories! Okay George now that this gal's given away her secret, when's your birthday!...Diane...PS. Fires are a real tragedy.(156 dead so far). ..hope the nightmare ends soon. It's all happening on the Eastcoast and we're in the West, same as Montreal to Vancouver so we're safe. Temperatures haven't been as severe as the East, but summer isn't over yet!
Hi Diane:
It's 15th of October 1944.
George
Good day Mate
I saw on CNN this morning that they are now calling the burning area a criminal zone because they believe some of it is arson.
What are you're local stations / newspapers saying.
George
G'Day Mate,
News is saying they believe it's arson, in fact they're following up 2 suspects regarding a new fire being started. Newspaper cartoon today shows a photo of "Joan of Arc" burning at the stake...and two Aussie blokes looking on...caption reads:"Looks like an appropriate punishment for arson, don't you think Mate?" Summer is always a dangerous time for bushfires all over Australia, but the East has had unbelievably high temperatures and the area's a tinderbox! Marysville is gone and it was such a beautiful little country town, almost like an English village with well kept gardens and quaint shops on the main street. The whole area has magnificent scenery, but a death trap when fire rips through as there's only one highway into the High Country. Australia doesn't force people to evacuate their properties. Example: At our country property in Margaret River, we receive a Shire Notice every spring, warning us of the dangers ahead, setting a deadline for property to be cleared and firebreaks established...fines are the penalty for non compliance. In the event of a bushfire, the Shire Notice encourages you to evacuate and how to proceed, but in the event you choose to stay to defend your property, instructions are included on how to best prepare for the situation. Personally, I think total evacuation should be mandatory! WA (Western Australia) is the only state to have controlled burnoffs of underbrush every year. This requires expert supervision and is a very expensive exercise, but it is effective in keeping bushfires from becoming an out of control inferno like Victoria and NSW. Not to say it can't happen here as the native trees and bush areas are massive in WA and we can't keep it all under control. Nature just takes over sometimes and global warming has definitely arrived Down Under! ...warm regards and thanks for your interest......Diane
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