ShiloBrats Guestbook

Submitted by
Name: greg greene
From: Creston BC
E-mail: greg.greene74@gmail.com

Comments:
Hi there fellow brats - just wondering if any of you are ham radio operators. If so - let me know and we'll see if we can set a time for a QSO !

73
VE7GPG

Added: March 22, 2016

Submitted by
Name: Bump Murphy
From: CRBC

Comments:
Howdy folks. Bump here. ....It is sunny and warm on the West Coast here. Snow capped mountains from the mainland are reflecting from the mirror calm waters flowing thru Seymour Narrows. The flowers and fauna are up and running. Arggggggg! The pain. All the gardening and shovelling the flowers off the sidewalks. Mowing lawns. ...Oh well. ...My brother is bracing for yet more snow in Halifax. Chuckle.

Added: March 17, 2016

Submitted by
Name: shannon amon
From: all over the country
E-mail: shannonmakuk@hotmail.com

Comments:
now I remember..34 Dieppe was in Whitehorse... I lived on Stonehenge..i think #14???

Added: February 27, 2016

Submitted by
Name: shannon amon
From: all over the country
E-mail: shannonmakuk@hotmail.com

Comments:
I was in Shilo for grade 4..remember doing baton twirling in the summer heat in 1 of the hangars and passing out....fond memories of this place..I think we lived at 34 Dieppe? I want to visit in the summer of 2016..would be so cool to see!

Added: February 27, 2016

Submitted by
Name: Ian Malcolm
From: Ottawa
E-mail: jmalcolm99@gmail.com

Comments:
All this remembering about Shilo in the winter ruffled my declining capabilities and I thought again of school days and Mrs. Sheehan. "Mary T" loved to include a theme to consider for her classes and one time we had to bring in something that involved humour. There were some original contributions including Wayne Helgason holding up a giant hand attached to his wrist and someone rolling a coke can down the aisle to demonstrate I am not sure quite what. When Mary T came to me, she asked for my contribution but unfortunately the dog had eaten my homework, but I managed to come up with "I laughed". Mary T burst into laughter which to me epitomizes her in the classroom: demanding of her students but always ready to see the humour in the day to day. Funny what we sometimes remember.

Added: February 27, 2016

Submitted by
Name: Ian Malcolm
From: Ottawa
E-mail: jmalcolm99@gmail.com

Comments:
One last comment from me on Shilo winters jogged back to memory by Bill's comment. Sometimes the fog in the hockey rink was so thick that we had a rule that you could not shoot on the goalie from outside the blue line as he could not see the puck!

And don't believe everything you may hear from Andy - especially when it comes to shoveling snow, mowing the grass, cleaning the garage etc etc. Cheers

Ian

Added: February 26, 2016

Submitted by
Name: Kirk
From: Victoria
E-mail: darbydoodledoo@hotmail.com

Comments:
I remember well the ice sculptures during the winter carnival times, and since I worked with Andy I can attest that he thought he shoveled the most Ian. Great memories for sure

Added: February 25, 2016

Submitted by
Name: Mike Purcell
From: Riverview, NB
E-mail: mppurcell@gmail.com

Comments:
I left Shilo in 1957(1950-1957)11 years old, bound for NS. I was wondering when PEPS opened I last went there for grade 5. If I make it to next year, I may go back for a 60th anniversary of leaving. I enjoy this site, you are all doing a good job.

Added: February 25, 2016

Submitted by
Name: Ian Malcolm
From: Ottawa
E-mail: jmalcolm99@gmail.com

Comments:
Actually, the winters in Shilo were great. We used to get the key to the ice hockey arena on the weekends and play shinny all day long. A lot of good players came out of those days - couldn't run on their feet of course but they could skate and shoot!

My "old man" (I am now older than he was at the time) was a true Scot who believed that sons were there to work and many a day Andy, Rob and I were "invited" out of bed to shovel the driveway so Dad could get to work. Naturally it depends on which Malcolm son you talk to to determine who shoveled the most. One thing for sure - we all got heaping helpings of fine porridge once the job was done!

Added: February 24, 2016

Submitted by
Name: Chris Booth
E-mail: tce@syban.net

Comments:
I remebered shoveling the 4 foot banks of snow at the end of the driveway too. Blizzard of 72?, when my dads van was burried to the roof of the house. Does anyone remember SesameStreet ice sculptures on kingston ave., they were painted the right colors too.

Added: February 24, 2016