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Four year old taken on wild ride

By Lorne Buchanan – Winnipeg, Man. Growing up on a farm at Francis, 42 miles southeast of Regina, Sask., I remember many of the living conditions during the 1930s. I recall how hard my parents and [more...]

‘Mrs. Rubin took us on imaginary trips’

By Gerald Richards – Brandon, Man. When I started school at Halbrite in August, 1949, my teacher was Mrs. Rubin. She taught Grades 1 to 3. In her classroom, there was order and regularity. We’d [more...]

Uncle froze getting her to hospital

By Loretta Oddan – Medicine Hat, Alta. My dad had an auction sale in 1947 with his friend Jack Heilman. They needed money [more...]

“Mom has Santa been here yet?”

By Merlin Roome – Qualicum Beach, B.C. I was four years old on the first Christmas Eve I remember. That was 80 [more...]

Funny laugh came from the henhouse

By Dorothy (Miller) Hunsley – Mississauga, Ont. We drove west one summer when our daughter was about three years old. After two days driving to get out of Ontario, the questions came fast and furious [more…]

Mother not happy to leave the convenience of city life

By Joanne Rawluk – Gypsumville, Man. It was in 1945 that my dad, a five-year veteran of the Second World War, returned home to his wife and three children, ages eight, six, and five. He tried [more…]

The entire family piled into dad’s pickup truck

Widow sang duets with ‘smart little critter’

All tress’d up with no place to go!

Four year old taken on wild ride

‘Mrs. Rubin took us on imaginary trips’

Uncle froze getting her to hospital

“Mom has Santa been here yet?”

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