By Hilda Born – Abbotsford, B.C. Sibling relationships are some of the strongest and most enduring. My sisters share my memories, only in a different way. We had the same parents and lived in the [more…]
By Lilian (Oswell) Beynon – Lloydminster, Alta. Finding an old winter photo reminded me of the winters of my childhood in the ‘30s on the farm at Tangleflags, Sask. We lived in a log house that [more…]
Ladies hockey team in 1934 or ‘35 at Fork River, Man., when Margret and her sister Gladys were teenagers. Back l-r: Lydia Berkis; Anne Hunt; Eva Morris; Margret Hafenbrak; Gladys Hafenbrak; Helen Berkis. Front l-r: [more…]
By Julian Smith – London, Ont. The Kinsmen Club of Saskatoon started a new Peewee hockey league in 1937. Saskatoon had just built the new arena rink located downtown, near the technical collegiate. There were [more…]
By Victor Daradick – High Level, Alta. Can you imagine the poor teachers who had to try teaching these children? We really weren’t that bad – just bad enough to drive several teachers to near [more…]
“Canadian Gothic” photo depiction of a Scottish immigrant couple in the mid-1920s on parched prairie land somewhere east of the towns of Woodhouse and Claresholm in Alberta. They are my Aunt Nan and Uncle Bob [more…]
By James McWilliams – Surrey, B.C. I grew up in Moose Jaw until I joined the Canadian Army the day after my 18th birthday. After years as a soldier, then a student at three universities, a [more…]
By Ralph Barker – North Battleford, Sask. In 1945, my father, John (Jack) Barker of Sandwith, Sask., found and bought an W4 International gas tractor and an eight-foot one-way discer. He arranged to have them [more…]
Photo flashbacks of the Primrose Ranch Gang (top) circa 1943. They played CFQC radio Saskatoon at noon. The Wagon Masters (bottom), circa 1956, played Thursday evenings over CKY Winnipeg. The steel guitar player, Jimmie Pirie, [more…]
By Jim Smyth – Kipling, Sask. The faint writing on the back of this postcard states, “This is me at the opening ball game in Winnipeg.” The date printed on the front is 1913. We [more…]
Harvesttime in the early 1950s. (Top) Ernest Oddan is pictured on the binder and Leonard Oddan is on the homemade tractor. Raymond Oddan did most of the work building it, while brothers, Lawrence, Edward, Ernest, and [more…]
1925 Model-T Ford owned by Charles Turner of Killarney, Man., when he was 18 years old. It had 450/75-21 tires. His dad owned a 1918 Model-T. The famous automobile was introduced in October 1908 and [more…]
The old Preston schoolhouse is located a few miles from the town of Ridgedale in northeast Saskatchewan. Pictured are Betty’s sister, Bernice Peacock and brother, George Darbyshire, who attended the old school. – Picture from Betty [more…]
By Bette Banks – Sutton West, Ont. Our Grade 8 class of Queen Mary Public School in Prince Albert, Sask. were on our annual picnic. We had all biked across the North Saskatchewan River to the [more…]
Hockey season in 1947 at Lintlaw, Sask. These kids were headed on an exciting train ride of six miles for a game against Okla, Sk. Front left: Shirley Evans; Morley Crabbe; Jerry Trobach; Bill Evans; [more…]
Get a load of this tractor in the box of a truck from 1938! Can anyone identify the make and model of the motorcycle? The photo was taken in Hittendal, Minnesota in 1912. What would [more…]
By Barbara (Irwin) Prystupa – Langley, B.C. We lived on a farm eight miles north of Borden, Sask. One fall day in 1948, my father was in town, either with a load of grain or picking [more…]
By Gusty Chartrand – Regina, Sask. This is Class E of the first 12-week Summer Normal School Session held at Lakeview School in Regina. It ran from July 2 to Sept. 14, 1942. This class was comprised [more…]
By Gordon Phillips – Surrey, B.C. One year my younger brother, Bob, and I received a little red wagon for our birthdays which occurred about two weeks apart in the same month. In fact, all [more…]
Snapshots of Regina in 1919 from former soldier, Alfred Meek of Shaunavon, Sask. Top photo: Regina Town Hall where he was discharged; middle: the view from the barracks, looking toward the elevators; bottom: a yacht [more…]
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