ShiloBrats Guestbook

Submitted by
Name: Mike Purcell
From: Moncton NB
E-mail: mike_purcell@rogers.com

Comments:
I received my piece of the gym floor last week, thank you very much. Thanks also for the emails I received re my postings of 2 weeks ago, I have been away in Halifax and just got back a few days ago but I will reply to them.

Added: January 10, 2010

Submitted by
Name: Paige (Forrester) Clark
From: Hersey, MI
E-mail: Paige_Clark@ferris.edu

Comments:
PMQ demolition? What's going on in Shilo? It seems to be the only base I lived on that is still in existance! There's no Gypsumville, no Rockliffe, no Lahr. When I saw the pictures of Gypsumville on the facebook group, I just about cried. Very eery feeling to say the least.

Please tell they're just demolishing in order to rebuild because the originals are just too old...please?

Don't think I could take hearing another base is going...going...gone

Added: January 10, 2010

Submitted by
Name: Faye Helgason
E-mail: fayeh51@yahoo.com

Comments:
You're welcome Paige, and greetings from (brrrrrr) Florida. Don't forget to go to What's New and click on the slide show to see ideas for displaying your PEHS memento!
and thanks to Sharron Mooney for taking pictures of more of the PMQs scheduled for demolition in the coming days or weeks. yikes!!! what's happening to our home?

Added: January 9, 2010

Submitted by
Name: Paige (Forrester) Clark
From: Hersey, MI
E-mail: Paige_Clark@ferris.edu

Comments:
Hi all,

Got my little piece of PEHS in the mail today! So cool. Thanks so much, Faye, for sending that along to me. My husband is going to build some kind of frame for it.

Happy New Year to all!

Added: January 9, 2010

Submitted by
Name: Joe Schiller
From: Langley, BC

Comments:
Saw in the local newspaper today that the Olympic torch will be passing through Shilo this afternoon.

Added: January 8, 2010

Submitted by
Name: Blaine Switzer
From: North delta B.C.
E-mail: bswitzer@dccnet.com

Comments:
Just came across this site.We lived in shilo 2 separate times.Not sure of the dates,but late 50's and mid 60's62-66.We lived on halifax and also @ #5 Quebec.This sure brings back fond memories,it's hard to believe so much time has passed.

Added: January 7, 2010

Submitted by
Name: Greg Greene
From: Calgary
E-mail: gg0@telusplanet.net

Comments:
I remember that Bill. After that we had to arrange the battery in a 'line abreast' formation rather than the 'diamond' formation the gunnery school was using. I believe it was a shell exploding over the front gun emplacement of the battery that caused the accident.

Added: January 5, 2010

Submitted by
Name: Bill Gillespie
From: Alberta/BC
E-mail: bgillespie@shaw.ca

Comments:
Talk of these events brings to mind a couple of incidents on the firing ranges in early to mid 60's:

One was injuries to RCA personnel due to the roll-over of a "deuce and a half" truck on the ranges.

Second was shrapnel injuries to Gunners caused by premature detonation of 105mm shell exiting muzzle of 105 howitzer during range exercises.

Added: January 4, 2010

Submitted by
Name: Mike Purcell
From: Moncton NB
E-mail: mike_purcell@rogers.com

Comments:
Well, it's good to know that we have a historian resource person. Maybe Theresa may also have info on a tank and car collision on the old tank road. I think the car was at the point where the tanks enters onto the road.I'm sure it happened during a school term. Why do I remember these type of things???

Added: January 3, 2010

Submitted by
Name: doug jordan
From: wpg
E-mail: doug.jordan@gmail.com

Comments:
Theresa Poirier is the unofficial historian of those times. She can probably tell you all about the tragedy and many other interesting stories.

Added: January 3, 2010