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October 8, 2016

The Wish Book

Got the wish book earlier this week, and my how its fallen.  Less than 200 pages and the paper is so cheap feeling.  I remember as a kid we’d get this and pour over it for days, dog earring pages, circling toys and skates, slyly looking at the underwear models…. The bonus was we had […]

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June 17, 2014

Randall’s Store

When I was a boy, Bax and Eli Randall had a store on the road in around the harbour in Shoal Harbour.  I even remember an old gas pump outside saying something like 35 cents a gallon, though it wasn’t operational that I can recall. The store had pretty much everything, building supplies (who didn’t […]

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September 21, 2013

The Fair

The fair back home means only one thing, Thomas Amusements.  When I was younger I’m pretty sure there was a second one too; maybe Kavanaugh, Kincaid?  I forget for sure.  In any event, for many, less so me, it was a highlight, or two depending on how often they came to town, of summer. These […]

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January 22, 2013

Never enough stores

Random Island had about 2000 people when I was growing up, and of course a major metropolis like this needs somewhere to shop.  So lets see, how many stores were there?  I’ll probably miss a few but and misspell more, and only trying to list those on the go in the mid 70’s… Boyd Smith’s […]

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Random Posts
  • Why I Did French in High SchoolWhy I Did French in High SchoolApril 8, 2013
    I’d like to say I was forward thinking and interested in bilingualism, but to be honest my main love was sciences, and the option we had back in those days was to take French or Geology.  I really wanted to take Geology, I did and still find it interesting.  But …
  • Dr. Chase’s AlmanacDr. Chase’s AlmanacOctober 10, 2016
    Nowadays we seem to have the Farmer’s Almanac, and maybe we did when I was a boy too, but what I remember most is the Chase’s Almanac.  Like all of the, full of anecdotes, and bathroom reading material, and planting times etc. But I think what stood out most were …
  • A plea….January 31, 2013
    Enjoying writing this thing, and I see a few at least enjoy reading it.  Now I’m asking if you can help me with any pictures you may have?  I’m not looking for fancy stuff, just mundane every day pictures from back home, old churches, schools, inside and out.  Old tools, …
A little About Me
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Some views of Halifax, and an Intro from Me
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