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Cover Up! Recycling Our Textbooks
Back when we were attending school in the sixties and seventies, you had to buy new books or use second hand ones. Most people would try to get books from a cousin, sibling or neighbour. To keep the books new so … Continue reading
Posted in School Memories, Uncategorized
Tagged book covers, brown paper, covering textbooks, recycling
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The TCH Ran Through Our Town
I remember crossing the TCH many times in my young life often several times a day going to school and church walking to the post office and mostly it was mere seconds but it stayed in my memory There was … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood Memories, School Memories, Teenage Memories
Tagged church, cross the TCH, Pasadena, school, TCH, visitors
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Valentine’s Day As A Child
Valentine’s Day was nothing spectacular when I was a child growing up in Pasadena, Newfoundland. In fact I remember getting a large book of valentines that had to be cut out first and then I had to write the names of my … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood Memories, School Memories
Tagged cards, childhood, friends, school, Valentines
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My Darling Mother Made My Favorite Meal
Chicken soup with dumplings When I lived on Midland Row, we didn’t have much but we had the love of a large family and larger extended family. My mother was the glue that held us all together. She came between … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Memories, Childhood Memories, School Memories, St. Shotts Connection, Teenage Memories
Tagged chicken, dumplings, extended family, love, moose, soup
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The Ice Cream of Our Youth
I was just having a scoop of vanilla ice cream and it tasted so good that it reminded me of those rare ice cream cones we had as children, at Hi Way Diner or South Brook Park. There wasn’t … Continue reading
Toutons and Molasses
If you ever go to the Classic Cafe(8a.m.-10p.m.) in St. John’s you will find it on their menu It is considered a traditional Newfoundland dish something you may not find in any other part of Canada In my childhood home it … Continue reading
You’re Shockin’ Stun, Girl!
No, the teacher didn’t say that to me. And I’m not telling ya who the teacher was,but I was at Holy Rosary School and I just couldn’t get division of a number by a two digit number. You do the Math! I … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood Memories, School Memories
Tagged confidence, division, Math, school, teacher
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School Days
I recall the first day of school each year when we had a new uniform and a cheap school bag with new pencils and exercise books, a pack of crayons, an eraser and sharpener I remember the smell and … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood Memories, Poetry, School Memories
Tagged bookbag, crayons, recess, start of school year
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The Food of Our Childhood
Toasted Bread When your mind is continually going back in time, of course you know you’re going to think about meals and foods that we ate back then. What do you remember about your meals when you were a child? … Continue reading
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