I have just added Dave Tribe’s September oral history
video about his days growing up in Royal Oak to our website. This is another
great addition to our archive of personal recollections about all the mostly good
times spent in Royal Oak and the people and places in the area. The direct link
is https://youtu.be/v-UBzS6DSCo You will also find the link on the
blogsite’s oral history page.
Dave’s humorous and personal talk joins those given by Morgan (Scott) Ostler,
Grant Sheldrake, Peter Goddard, Lisle (Layritz) Jakeman, Gary Cunningham, Peter
Thomas, Katherine Whitworth, Ron Burnham, Elsie (Dudman) Laird, Jack Mather,
Fred Green, Norma (Carmichael) Sealy, Phyllis (Rodgers) Fatt, Lewis Burden,
Paul Taylor, Susan Doyle-Lawrence, Daryl Foster, Carol (Bleathman) Wright,
Vicky Sanders, John Lucas, Richard Pearce, Marguerite Gayfer, Ray Travers,
Grace (Sinclair) Nickels, Bruce McMorran, Arnold Goyatte, Lorraine (Hilton) McCloy,
Grant MacDonald, Doug Rose, Don Fish, Norm Pimlott with Colleen Pimlott-Marsel,
Shirley (Waters) Hunt, Doug Gait, the ladies of the Colquitz Telephone
Exchange, Dorothy (Ochs) Varley, Joann (Wootten) Halsall, Jack Burdge, Cairine (Ash)
Green, Pat (Lock) Coates, Barry Hall, Bud French, Gertie (Campbell) Wilson and Enid
(Cuthbert) Bull.
And by the way, if you are looking for some new recipes
go to http://royaloakschoolyard.blogspot.ca/p/publications-books-and-links-etc-etc.html
and have a look at a Royal Oak Elementary School
cookbook from 1965 that was a gift to Barbara Handysides from her brother when
he was in Grade 5.
