ShiloBrats Guestbook

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

Submitted by
Name: Bill Brown

Comments:
Winter in Shilo was cold alight. I can remember it 50 below F and the fog so thick you could not see your hand in front of your face. Walking across the field to PEHS you could almost get lost in that short distance, from 104 Kingston Ave.

Faye you are too young to remember walking back from the old YPA hall after the dance and it was probably 50 below F again in your dress shoes, heaven forbid you would not wear boots. By the time you got home your feet were ready to fall off lol

Added: February 24, 2016

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

Comments:
Winters in Shilo never seemed to be too cold for me. They probably were, but at nine years old, on 53 Frontenac, walking under the street lamps with my best pal Diane Desmarais (pronounced Dis mar is in those days). Come to think of it, we used to know the winter vehicles as Bomb a Deers, when in fact the company was Bombardier.
Diane and I would walk around pretending that the glistening snow was a blanket of diamonds, and we were princesses. Our scarves were wrapped tightly around our heads, but once parents were out of view, we used them as boas, dancing under the stars.
Who has a little story to tell of our days in Shilo, or, little memories from your post Shilo days?

Added: February 23, 2016

Submitted by
Name: Cameron Haggerty
From: Sprucewoods/Shilo
E-mail: cdhgerty@mymts.net

Comments:
I just finished reading Ian Malcolm's post, about the past Shilo winters. I, too, remember some awful winter storms here. I remember herding horses, from one stable to another, for Joe McCabe - during the Christmas break 1965. This was the same day the Wilson brothers were out hunting; got caught in the storm and Ron Wilson died. I froze my feet so bad that day - herding those horses - that I lost toenails.

Ian says he remembers that a warm winter day in Shilo meant -10*. I, too, remember that and also that you didn't DARE wear long underwear - because people would laugh at you!! Winters seemed to last from early Nov till April some years - and still do here in Shilo.

STill really hot in the summers, and, perhaps, though - now - NOT quite as cold OR AS MUCH SNOW - in the winters. Global warming has hit Shilo too.

Added: February 21, 2016

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

Comments:
While I was shoveling out from the "monster" snowstorm in Ottawa last week and then reading about the unfortunate civil servants waiting for their buses due to traffic delays, my thoughts went back to Shilo winters. Back in the past century winters were never offset by El Nino (or whatever we call it); we sure hadn't heard about global warming; and, a warm day was when it got up to -10. I remember playing hockey on the Shilo roads in ice skates because the roads were packed down and smooth. After about two hours in -30 degrees, your feet got so cold you did not realize that you still had feet. Is there anything more painful than hockey feet thawing out? What I would give to take part in those games once again.

Ian

Added: February 20, 2016

Submitted by
Name: Wm. Murphy
From: CRBC

Comments:
Gosh. I was waiting for someone to say it. "Happy Valentine". Especially all of you lovely lady ShilobBrats.

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Added: February 14, 2016

Submitted by
Name: Ken Jenkins
From: Courtenay, Vancouver Island
E-mail: kenjenkins@shaw.ca

Comments:
So good to hear from you Michael, your memory of Brian Howie, and the legacy of the Howie brothers in Shilo, Winnipeg and later Vancouver resonates with everyone who knew them and many who didn't. It is a true gift to selflessly inspire everyone around you with just what you do everyday, and that is what Brian did, and Bruce still does. Brian's memorial service was attended by many of those inspired childhood friends from Shilo who were able to come, and share those memories again.
Who else wishes to share their memories and inspiration of Brian and Bruce Howie.

Added: January 20, 2016

Submitted by
Name: Michael Powell
From: I am living in Winnipeg on Langridge street
E-mail: michaelpowell13@live.com

Comments:
It is with a terrific sense of lose for all who knew Brian Howie feel about the man who inspired so much joy and humour.
Shilo was a place made all the more compelling because of the friendship shown to me by Brian and Bruce Howie--they gave me more than guitar lessons--they inspired me. Who are we without the love and friendship. I had many wonderful visits with the Howie in Shilo and Winnipeg before leaving Canada to travel.
We, all who love you, will carry Brian in our hearts, always.

Added: January 20, 2016

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

Comments:
Considering that this would probably be the last reunion for a number of us Shilobrats, it is a pity, that noon has come forward to lead our brigade.
I could see us having a last Shilo-based big get together, with tributes to those who have passed, and give one last chance to shilobrats who haven't made it to one of the previous reunions. It's been over ten years since the last big one, and I would love to help someone organize it!!

Added: January 18, 2016