ShiloBrats Guestbook

Submitted by
Name: Bump Murphy

Comments:
I remember very clearly leaving from back door and travelling towards and thru the homes(driveway) and on to the triangle there that directs us on Stonehenge and French. We walked strait across that triangle and made our way over the field a bit and the Ball park was to our right and the school which I know as Princess Elizabeth, was right there. We used that school playground many many times. ...My brother Ernie once dared me to hang from my knees on the steel monkey bar. Then proceeded to lift my legs up and over to knock me up over and down where I came to rest sharply on the concrete below. Several stitches in my head at the MIR. Never knew the school as a High School. As young boys we watched the new school being built across from it. Then we attended there as we progressed in grade. I was in it(O'Kelly) when we left Shilo. Funny! I do not remember that name. ....I do remember that we would walk up from ground floor to the top by way of a wide staircase which was all glass I thought. Something like that. ......seems to me there was a gully to one side that separated the school yard from houses on other side of it. Memories huh. ......My sister should still have all our old report cards hanging around somewhere in a chest. My Mother passed away a few years ago. ......I remember all the really magical Xmas concerts and parties in the gym at PES. ....One thing does not come to mind are the names of any of my teachers. ....The school report cards were like greeting cards and folded out. They had the Army Camp Shilo crest on them. Sabres and all . Buffalo I think.

Added: August 27, 2015

Submitted by
Name: Thora (Mulligan) Dorn
From: Edmonton, Alberta
E-mail: thora.dorn@shaw.ca

Comments:
I realize I never told you that my mother, Thelma Mulligan, passed away October 8, 2013.

Added: August 27, 2015

Submitted by
Name: Thora (Mulligan) Dorn
From: Edmonton, Alberta
E-mail: thora.dorn@shaw.ca

Comments:
I haven't been on this site to comment since Otter passed over. So many new comments to read, and so much information to peruse! Well done, Otter would be proud how well you have managed to keep this site going.

For those who don't know me, I lived at 97 Royal Ave. from 1959 to 1970 with my brother, David (Otter), sister Diane, and later sister Caroline and brother Phillip.

I remember going to O'Kelly School, as one year at PEHS. My sister Diane and I stopped at Shilo this last summer and could not believe how much the place had changed. Our house is still there, but almost everything else we knew was gone - even the gate was at the other end than I remembered.

I married another military BRAT from Winnipeg, Gary Dorn in 1973. We have one daughter, Sandra, and one grandson, Izaac.

Added: August 27, 2015

Submitted by
Name: Bump Mirphy

Comments:
For Bill Brown: Thanx Bill. I am pleased with all the welcome wishes from others on this site. .....My full name is William E. Murphy. Mother and Father being Audrey/Bill Murphy. Brothers and sisters as Shilo Brats were: Ernie and myself and then sister Gale and then Larry, Roseanne, Guy, and Clay. Three more siblings born In NS. after our family left Shilo. We were in Shilo for approx. 10 years or more. Around 1950 to '60 or '61. We were in an H hut with other families as a first PMQ. Then for a year in a new small PMQ on South side. Then moved to a larger PMQ. as they were built. We spent remainder of time at #7 Ubique. ....As kids we really never thought much about time frames. Chuckle. Our year references were made visible to us by the next birthday or Halloween or Xmas. Well you know what I mean. My mother had a keen memory for all of it before her death. All us boys and our playmates were too busy playing outside winter and summer. Discovering and exploiting Camp Shilo as well as all the surrounding territory. I have heard a mention of people calling me Billie Murphy but I do not remember that one. Only Bump Murphy. To this day I am only known to my family as Bump. Many names dropped on this site or in the picture files were friends of ours. ....Hope this twigs a memory for you. ..l am hearing all the nice thoughts towards Doug.

Added: August 25, 2015

Submitted by
Name: Bill Brown

Comments:
It is nice to see a new face being Bump using the guestbook. It seems he is filling Doug's request to use this site. GOOD FOR YOU BUMP.

It would be nice Bump if you posted your name beside Bump so people will know who you are. Thanks

Added: August 25, 2015

Submitted by
Name: bump

Comments:
Thanx Karen,
In fact I actually have near photographic memory. It very much helped as I moved,along in life with all the education and schooling. I went back to University in 1998. ...I was the old dude that hadmtoalmost show an ID to prove my age. Too funny. ......Now with 4 children in home from 5,6,and seven years plus two teenage boys out or most out of the nest, it is a trial to walk across my kitchen floor to the fridge before,forgetting I am looking for coffe cream. ....Kids huh. ...So many tasks and errands around that atmosphere in our day. I need to mark arrows on the tips of my shoes to put my shoes on the right feet. ....You know. .......I remember the PX Was up at the end of Camp after passing by the Sports Palace. ...It was a treat to visit the PX and the grocery store. ....I got my fishing lures there. Crocodiles they were called. Red and white things. Always caught fish. ...Boxes of cracker jacks were great. There were train sets( one car) in each box. I had a long train. Loco's or caboose were hard to get. ...Remember the 'black ball' hard candy about the size of small marbles. One penny got you five or so. Black loco rice cigars. The boys always spent their allowance on pkgs of candy cigarettes. All white with a red sprinkle candy tip. ...The Sports Palace had a sort of fast food and drinks and notions counter in it at front. I believe there was a set of mail slots in it at the front door for the servicemen to mail and also receive mail. I remember buying my first fountain pen in there. there was a lever on the side of it to * * * in the ink from a ink well. Old technology for sure.
The newer ball point * * * could be gotten with three colours of ink. One would push down a small tip button to change from red to blue to black. ....It was all so magical to us boys so young. ...Remember a Spin and Marty from Walt Disney on Sunday nights. Annette and other Mouseketeers. ...If I only still had the comic books I had then. So many first editions. Oh well. Hind site. Felix the cat clocks. Tick roc. ..Jave I mentioned the mums wore 'veils' on their hats when dressing up. My mum always wore those hats and dresses and bracelets and Patti Page hairdo"s. ..How much is that doggie in the window.

Added: August 23, 2015

Submitted by
Name: David Misener
From: Kelowna, BC
E-mail: david.misener@sd23.bc.ca

Comments:
Hi there,
We lived in Shilo from 1970-76. Lots of great memories for sure. Bryan Misener was my brother, Bob and Ellen were our parents.
Cheers,

Added: August 23, 2015

Submitted by
Name: Karen Pollock
From: Winnipeg
E-mail: damumkaren@hotmail.com

Comments:
Bump, this is the first time you've posted without talking about your "poor memory", but it seems you have the best memory of anyone. I sure remember Ma and Pa Kettle, Roy Rogers, and the Lone Ranger movies, and the newsreels which were often about the world wars and the military. Nowadays a couple and their 2 kids can blow through $100 just going to a movie. :!cash:

Added: August 23, 2015

Submitted by
Name: bump

Comments:
I spent lots of times in the theatre. Many a Sat. matinee. ...Like you say. ...I cannot exactly say what the admission price. I thought five cents.Then a nickel for a double ppopcicle. probably the same for a box of popcorn. Most of the goodies were gone before the movie began. We used the popcorn boxes to make play binoculars. The popcicles we would gather five sticks and make flying saucers to toss around until they exploded. ....Sometimes it was a long wait(for us little brats) before we would eventually stand up for O'Canada. ..Then lights dimmed and the curtain was drawn. ...Then Rosie the Riveter and the talking song ball would bounce across the screen. ...Then some very early animated black and white cartoon. ..Then an advert for local business. Then on with the show. Chuckle. I learned my craft and was forever more a Cowboy hero Junky. ...Old Westerns still make up a large part of my TV. ...Sometimes the feature was an Randolph Scott 'oater' or Roy Rodgers, Gene Autry and so on. ...Not in the least was Ma and Pa Kettle. ......My mum was a movie screen nut. I got to see many movies in that theatre. The theatre in Brandon as well. Myself and friends were quite PO'd when pop went up to 7 cents or that for a bottle. ...Wasn't the barber shop right next door?

Added: August 23, 2015

Submitted by
Name: MICHAEL ALLEN
From: ETOBICOKE, ONTARIO
E-mail: MICHAELSMAIL@ROGERS.COM

Comments:
Does anybody else remember going to the THEATRE in the REC BUILDING? I could be wrong about this but I think the admission price back in the early 60's was TEN CENTS .... and, for that price, you got a couple of cartoons, a "serial" (always a Western and always a "cliffhanger" (sometimes literally!!) at the end, and then the Feature Movie.

I am pretty sure my Dad used to give me 25 cents and I would go for the afternoon. I had these big mittens that my Mom knit .... no "idiot strings" fortunately ... but I remember I would fill both mittens up with candy .... eat it all through the show and still come home with at least one mitten full!!

Great memories from a great childhood .... anybody else care to weigh in on going to the movies?? :!thinking:

Added: August 22, 2015