Here is another photo of the Bandstand under construction dated Sept. 27th 1938 from the Conrad Poirier Collection wich I have added to my Album no. 20 Collection.
Here is a group of youngsters watching a movie at the same Woodland Park on the 16th of August 1944 from the Conrad Poirier Collection. The movie was then projected on a screen on the Bandstand. I often saw movies there in the early 40s and our favorites were the cowboy movies of course.
Guy
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I've posted a lot of these over the years,.....and here is another of the very beginnings of the build.
link to article in an old Montreal Gazette,re: the building of the bandstand ,including the names of all in the photo,looks like the Pav in the background too..... HF&RV
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aokxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Z6gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6849%2C1084638
Les,
Yes, I have that photo in my collection. Did you know that it was also a toilet wich I vaguely remember using, must be in the beginning of the 40s. I have a few other photos of the Woodland park wich I will also post. There are hundreds of these Verdun photos but of course I can't post them all. I will just select those that are representative of the era. I guess there aren't many left that are familiar with the Bandstand but it would be nice to hear from those that are and would like to share their memories.
Guy
I remember around '62 '63 the civil defense exercises at the Pav . Those terrible sirens fireworks that whistled and exploded. people pretending to be victims The civil defense personnel all in uniform. I was only 16 and it staid with me. That sure put the fear in us of those bad Russians. Surely you older guys have images and memories of this?
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