Canadian Canners

This picture of Canadian Canners elicited numerous comments in some of my recent emails. Some of my buddies found summer employment which no doubt encouraged them to go on in their education and find different employment. My Middleton summer employment included the Peat Moss fields in Alyesford and McKenzie's Cold Storage in Middleton. Any other industrial pictures ?

May Hibernate

Seem to have a lot on my plate - meetings, getting a newsletter out, and collecting stuff for a TAS Art Exhibit. Most of the art is art and will be paintings, scuptures, etc. but they seem to want a cartoon element, comic relief. Therefore, I've got to collect, select and frame as well as doing some digital items. Fun, but time consuming. I amy hibernate, or retreat to my den, and put my two blogs on hold for awhile. Cheers, Neil

Sunday Afternoon at the Beach

In the midst of this cold snap, let's go to the beach in Margaretsville, late Twenties or the Thirties. I can see my father and mother nearest the camera. Besides my mother is a Dr. Mullhall from Liverpool. His wife and her two sisters continue that row. The last lady with the hat is my Grandmother Fisher. Not sure who the youngsters are. If my brother or I are there; we're young and hidden.
May be before our time. - Neil

MRHS Hockey

This picture from a newspaper clipping is the first MRHS hockey team 60 years ago.
Front Row: Roy "Bummer" Dowell; Charlie vidito, Bob Montgomery, Billy armstrong, Bob Rafuse, and Ken Perkins; Second row: Al Peppard (coach), Don Appleby, Ted Marshall, Fred Grant, Gerald Stillwell, Frank Martin, and Wilfred Morley (manager).

60 Years of Hockey

These two pictures, forwarded by Wilf, were in a brochure celebrating 60 Years of Hockey at MRHS. Hope the celebration events in Middleton were a great success. Most of us remember the old rink. I always got a skating pass as a Christmas present (didn't help my skating much), and most of the hockey teams pictured earlier played in that rink. The new one must have been quite an achievement and improvement.

Baseball Reunion

The boys of Summer. The remnants of the 1947-48 Middleton Cardinals (pictures posted earlier in the blog) gathered for a practice about fifty years after their playing days. No serious running or sliding or such shinanigans. Will post the picture today in memory of Roy Dowell, (front left beside me) who passed away recently. (May work out the full slate of names at a later time.)

Happy New Year! We've made it into another decade! Cheers, N