ShiloBrats Guestbook

Submitted by
Name: Bump
From: CRBC

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Howdy Phyliss,
I left Shilo in summer of '60. I believe. I was in school in Sept. 1961 in a one room schoolhouse outside Spryfield(outskirts of Halifax). The Navy PMQ''s were out there. My Dad loved the Leblan Park Legion in the Park. Right on the way home. ...So I would have been 11/12 years in those days. As I mentioned we were one of first in PMQ' (Base Housing Married Quarters. We were at #7 Ubique for a long time. I am sure Rod was a friend of ours. One afternoon near supper time one of our friends and I am sure he lived in your side of duplex, came a barrelling down the back of your yard onto the road or sidewalk or whatever on his bike racing the rest of us young boys. He hit an object or mis-braked or some sort of mech failure ocurred and he promptly went head over heels over handle bars of his glider type bike. He did himself an injury pretty good there in the southern half of his body. He did survive but had to ride it out. Excuse the pun.
Gliders were the new bike style. No more fix 'me up junkers,for us anymore. They were probably the choice Xmas present of the year for all of us. All new 3speed gears. Red and white colour with two tone red and white seats. Oh boy!
Chuckle. Remember the Mums wearing veils when they got all dollied up to go to town or Church or to an evening out at the Camp Clubs.
Hank Williams and Ermest Tubb. Ricky Nelson and Fats Domino. Bud Abbot and Lou Costello. Milton Berle and Jack Benny (Oh Rochester!)
Roy Rogers, Cisco Kid, Gene Autrey, Lone Ranger and Tonto, and Tex Ritter. .....Andy and Barney and Opie and Aunt Bee.
Phyliss: Looking out from your place on Royal and to the left across the street there should have been an empty space or lot that made the corner turning right on Ubique.

Added: July 28, 2015

Submitted by
Name: Phyllis Dafoe
From: Newcastle Ontario
E-mail: dragonflymarketing@hotmail.com

Comments:
Hi Karen and Bump
Yes we did live on Royal when the Holmes were there. I remember all those people (or almost all) that you are mentioning.
My maiden name is Dafoe --went back to it after Tony Findlay passed away. I have 2 younger brothers, Rod and Bryon -- you probably are talking about Rod -- he would have been 11 or 12 then. My other brother was just 2 at that time.
Amazing -- old memories never go away --- I still dream as if I am back in Shilo. Bet a lot of Shilobrats do!

Added: July 28, 2015

Submitted by
Name: Bump Murphy

Comments:
Howdy Phyliss,
Bump here. ...Funny. Now I remember . What was your family name before marriage? ..Our family of Murphy knew well both families in your duplex. You may have had a younger brother whom I played with.
I certainly remember the name of Tony Findlay. ..There was an older Findlay boy and we did not hang out with him. ...The front of your house overlooked Royal on the corner there. If I remember it had a front yard that angled down to the road. There was a medium I think in the road that separated the lanes. .....One time when we were driving home from the motor pool, my dad stopped to,chat with a friend who was making his way home on a bicycle. He was holding on to Dad's window and speaking thru it. Well my Dad Pulled away when they were done and the poor man scrambled to maintain his balance but alas he fell down onto the road. He got himself back into an upright position and dusted,himself off,and the last I saw of him was he there scratching his head trying to figure out 'wha happen'. All right in front of your house.
Dad had some kind of contract or agreement of employ with the Base Maple Leaf Services. He delivered groceries after work and on week ends for the grocery store part. ...I have so many good memories of us two or three kids sitting on the back of my Dads station wagon full of boxed groceries. ...Our feet hanging down over the lowered tail gate. Awe hung on to the tailgate wires or the inside somewhere and balanced ourselves like a carnival ride making sure we would not fall out. When he slowed down for a turn or to go up a drive, we had so much fun dragging our feet out the back on the road. That was fun. After ball games several of us would ride home that way. Hanging off the back tailgate of my dads station wagon. The wind in our hair and singing songs of Davey Crockett and old Mike Fink the riverboat man.
I have my Fathers love of cars. Right from the start. My dad never made a good deal on a car all of his life. ...chuckle. I learned from that. I knew every car on the planet from 8 or 9 years old. ....I still carry it on today. For the classics I mean. ...I have a nice low mileage example of of a 1968 Camaro SS in my shop now as we speak. Had it for a dozen years. Believe me I have had 'me all. You name it. Corvette, Mustang Shelby, HP Road Runners. Hemi Challenger. You name it convertibles. ...I loved all the old cars,that were Dailey new when I grew up. It just stayed with me.
More Later: I will touch on my flavour of music and artists. Floyd will be waiting for that bit of a story. Early Stones I liked. Forget the rest. Except for Jack Sparrows Dad.

Added: July 27, 2015

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

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Phyllis - did you live there when the Holmes family lived in that block of duplexes? Also, the Calders lived in one of them, not sure about the numbers. I knew Linda Holmes and Gloria Calder when I lived in the first bungalow on Stonehenge. I remember the Hennesseys and the Pottingers in that area.
Floyd - I'm sure I must have crossed paths with you at some time in that 5 km. radius of Inkster and Keewatin where I have conducted most of my business in the last few years. Mick Jagger turned 72 yesterday, and while I haven't actually seen him, I could sure hear the Stones when they played the old Wpg. Stadium in the mid-nineties. My teenage kids sat on top of Garbage Hill and watched the show, and I could hear it from my front yard in the Maples. :!clap:

Added: July 27, 2015

Submitted by
Name: Phyllis Dafoe
From: Newcastle Ontario
E-mail: dragonflymarketing@hotmail.com

Comments:
Hi there -- just thought I'd mention that the address for the Hennessey family was 91 Royal --- we lived in the adjoining semi at 93 Royal, and the Hennesseys were right next door to us. We kindof were kitty corner at Royal and Ubique, so that's why you might think the Hennesseys lived on Ubique.
I was married to Tony Findlay -- who has since passed away; but the Findlays next door neighbours in their adjoining semi were the very large family of the Pottingers.
Hope this helps.

Added: July 27, 2015

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

Comments:
Further to my post of July 24, I have just found out from my sister in Grand Manan, that Hazel Titus (mother of Brian and Sharon, and others) passed away today in Portage. The Titus family were longtimers who lived on Ubique and were originally from New Brunswick. :!sadsmile:

Added: July 26, 2015

Submitted by
Name: Bump Murphy
E-mail: capesmokey@yahoo.ca

Comments:
Floyd,
Please be advised that my capesmokey email has an alias name. Sorry about that as it would seem foreign to you or anyone else reading these posts. I got your mail and replied. First name of the alias is HN. Possibly it may have been sent to your trash.
Alf: Ditto for you. Sorry guys. ....and me a 'techie'.
I wonder if any of the gals remember my younger sisters Gail and Roseane. My younger brothers Larry, Guy, and Clay never left me alone. A they tagged along everywhere with me if they could walk or run fast enough. Eight boys and two girls we were. ..Two are gone now.
I am out West and they all back East. They only hang out with each other. They are very very close. God help the so and so that would ever try to come between them. The boys are 'the fighting Murphy's'. My sisters could hold their own. Irish Newfoundland blood lines.

Added: July 26, 2015

Submitted by
Name: Floyd Turner
From: Alberta

Comments:
Karen, I enjoyed your Life Was Calling story. You moved to The Maples in 1978 and I moved to neighbouring Tyndall Park in 1977. We probably walked past each other shopping at the Garden City mall. You asked about my sister Brenda. I'm sorry to say she passed away in 2010 after a long battle with cancer. You have a very eclectic taste in music, judging by your bucket list. I highly recommend you move the Stones to the top of list. For old geezers, they still put on a heck of a show.

Added: July 24, 2015

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

Comments:
First of all - I'm so happy to see all of these interesting posts. This is the kind of dialogue that Dave "Otter" Mulligan envisioned when he started this site 12 or 13 years ago - reuniting people and digging up and sharing old memories. Secondly - Sheila (Love) Rodgers - how did we miss seeing each other at BMHC so many years ago? I worked in the same building where the lab was (both in records office and in the infirmaries), and I brought lots of lovely specimens (yeccchh!!) over to the lab as a student and grunt nurse. I also remember Pat Barker and Cathy Derbyshire taking their Psych. Nursing courses in the class ahead of me. BUMP - you are really cooking with gas, and I sure enjoy reading all you little anecdotes. I'm glad you remembered the Tuttle name (I got stuck on that Turner name), because Cheryl Tuttle was in the same class as me, and I think her brother (Fred) was a bit older. I'm going to throw three other names at you, and see what you come up with. #1 the Titus family. They lived at the other end of Ubique. I visited their mother (Hazel) in Portage a couple of summers ago. Think Brian and Nancy.
#2 the Scott family. When we lived at 2 Stonehenge, they lived at 4 Stonehenge. Another Brian here. #3 Tanis Brown lived near the Titus family. I had lunch with her a year ago and we still correspond regularly. Maybe you will remember me from my maiden name (Middleton). It's interesting that you're so candid about the subject of "alcohol" at Shilo. I remember the Provost cruising around every Friday night when the Sergeants Mess emptied out after "Happy Hour". Lastly, I can't help but think about Doug :!devil:

He would have been over the moon reading the last couple of pages. Greetings to all.

Added: July 24, 2015