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Our family moved from Esquimalt BC (Work Point Barracks PMQ's) to Shilo in 1951-52. My brother and I went to Princess Elizabeth school I was in grade 3 and my brother was in grade 4. We then moved back to Esquimalt after only a year at Shilo. Our family lived a #17 Esquimalt crescent. My name is John McKay, my older brother is Wally and my mom Emily and dad Gordon. My dad was in the Dental Corp - RCDC. My parents are long gone, I will be 72 this year and my brother Wally 73. My brother is travelling across Canada with his wife and he phoned me today, June 20 2015, from Brandon to ask me where we lived in Shilo, I remember all that stuff but he doesn't, so I told him and he said he was going to go there and see the old house. I remember the parachute jump tower, it was across a field from out backyard. I remember back then you could walk to the edge or end of town and see nothing but prairie flat land forever. I recall wind / sand storms with the tumbling tumbleweeds and we would get sand between the storm windows and our inside windows. Every kid had a skating rink in their backyard, dad turned the hose on in the winter and the next day the skating rink was ready. Great memories for only a year there when I was 8 years old.
Our family moved from Esquimalt BC (Work Point Barracks PMQ's) to Shilo in 1951-52. My brother and I went to Princess Elizabeth school I was in grade 3 and my brother was in grade 4. We then moved back to Esquimalt after only a year at Shilo. Our family lived a #17 Esquimalt crescent. My name is John McKay, my older brother is Wally and my mom Emily and dad Gordon. My dad was in the Dental Corp - RCDC. My parents are long gone, I will be 72 this year and my brother Wally 73. My brother is travelling across Canada with his wife and he phoned me today, June 20 2015, from Brandon to ask me where we lived in Shilo, I remember all that stuff but he doesn't, so I told him and he said he was going to go there and see the old house. I remember the parachute jump tower, it was across a field from out backyard. I remember back then you could walk to the edge or end of town and see nothing but prairie flat land forever. I recall wind / sand storms with the tumbling tumbleweeds and we would get sand between the storm windows and our inside windows. Every kid had a skating rink in their backyard, dad turned the hose on in the winter and the next day the skating rink was ready. Great memories for only a year there when I was 8 years old.
Added: June 21, 2015
Name: Turk
From: Victoria
E-mail: mturk204@shaw.ca
First day of Summer 2015 and enjoy and be safe.
Cheers
Turk