Year: 2023

While the residential area where I spent my childhood has changed little, downtown has completely changed. The only thing I recognise are the street names.

I went to Shaughnessy Elementary for grades 1 to 3. The school looks the same, except the air raid sirens have gone. They we added after the Cuban missile crisis. There were two entrances to the school, one of the east side (right) for boys and one on the west side (left) for girls. When…

Between 1963 and 1967 I attended St. George’s School, located at the time, just a couple blocks west of Dunbar and 29th. The alternative to taking my bike to school was public transit: the Granville St. Bus to 41st, the 41st Bus to Dunbar, and the Dunbar bus to 29th. The fare was 3-1/2 cents,…