tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333906077861498892024-03-21T11:38:19.547-07:00 Royal Oak School YardPhotos, Oral History videos, links and other material about the Royal Oak area, its schools, its people and history.- CONTACT us by leaving a COMMENT.- An index is below and to the right...Daryl Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00321039857173339567noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233390607786149889.post-53442109781417439772019-12-31T14:46:00.000-08:002019-12-31T14:46:40.423-08:00Just in time for gardening in 2020Rob Galey of Galey Farms was our speaker in November. His talk was interesting and informative about the farm that I think most of us are aware of and are often customers. I hope that you watch and enjoy. The direct link to the video on You Tube is at <a href="https://youtu.be/LdoIP58TCa0" title="https://youtu.be/LdoIP58TCa0">https://youtu.be/LdoIP58TCa0</a> or you can see it via our blog at <a href="https://royaloakschoolyard.blogspot.com/">https://royaloakschoolyard.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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My best wishes to all for a Happy and Fulfilling New Year.<br />
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Daryl Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00321039857173339567noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233390607786149889.post-10946815825110525162019-11-07T12:43:00.001-08:002019-11-07T12:43:13.245-08:00What's new.....<div>
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David Genn <a href="https://youtu.be/nbimvYX6Xgk" title="https://youtu.be/nbimvYX6Xgk">https://youtu.be/nbimvYX6Xgk</a></div>
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Sergei Gibson <a href="https://youtu.be/tjkCB9Nvcw4" title="https://youtu.be/tjkCB9Nvcw4">https://youtu.be/tjkCB9Nvcw4</a> Mr. Gibson is a member of the Gibson</div>
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Vivian (Underwood) Hermsen <a href="https://youtu.be/6vOrofY0JrQ" title="https://youtu.be/6vOrofY0JrQ">https://youtu.be/6vOrofY0JrQ</a></div>
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Unfortunately several obituaries have been added <a href="http://royaloakschoolyard.blogspot.com/p/obituaries.html"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">http://royaloakschoolyard.blogspot.com/p/obituaries.html</span></a></div>
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Daryl Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00321039857173339567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233390607786149889.post-20218361844774452832019-06-05T12:42:00.002-07:002019-06-05T12:46:33.651-07:00Gary Cunningham speaks again.Gary picks up where he left off in Part 1 of his Oral History video. I think that you will enjoy watching and find it entertaining. The direct link to Youtube is <a href="https://youtu.be/-sILOrZuRSs" title="https://youtu.be/-sILOrZuRSs">https://youtu.be/-sILOrZuRSs</a> or you can view it via the link on our blog oral history page. Daryl Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00321039857173339567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233390607786149889.post-88154208797377216832018-12-18T11:22:00.002-08:002018-12-18T11:25:39.245-08:00November's Oral History<b>Heather Davie</b>s packed a lot of information into into a quick presentation at our November meeting.<br />
I hope that you will watch and enjoy and listen for names, places and events that you recognize.<br />
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<br />Daryl Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00321039857173339567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233390607786149889.post-13048908986242796032018-10-05T10:38:00.000-07:002018-10-05T10:38:13.074-07:00Double featureNights are getting longer so it is probably a good time to settle down to a great double feature. We have oral history videos by Millie Jacobs at <a href="https://youtu.be/pD7NHLPor2U" title="https://youtu.be/pD7NHLPor2U">https://youtu.be/pD7NHLPor2U</a><br />
and by Diana Ball at <a href="https://youtu.be/UVUtrnhjuBk" title="https://youtu.be/UVUtrnhjuBk">https://youtu.be/UVUtrnhjuBk</a><br />
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As always, both are interesting to watch and bring their own slant to growing up in and around Royal Oak.<br />
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Millie, who was 98 years old when she recorded her video died shortly after. We offer our sympathies to her family. <br />
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<br />Daryl Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00321039857173339567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233390607786149889.post-64803845173377532602018-07-04T15:49:00.003-07:002018-07-04T16:08:56.600-07:00Marson and Quayle to MooreQuayle and Marson are two names that most people who lived in or around Royal Oak will know..<br />
In this video Dianne (Quayle) Moore, the daughter of Alf and Loraine (Marson) Quayle talks about her family and her time growing up in Royal Oak. Their home was the first house past the Thatch/Maltwoods. Trivia question? Did any of our speakers live closer to the center of Royal Oak, the corner of East and West Saanich Roads than Dianne? I can think of one family that lived closer and one that would probably be in a tie but they have not yet been speakers.<br />
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The link to Dianne's very interesting and entertaining talk is on the oral history page of our Blog, and the direct link to YouTube is below.<br />
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<b>We have had more than 48,500 visits to our Blog. Must be some interesting things there. Have you visited lately?</b><br />
<br />Daryl Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00321039857173339567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233390607786149889.post-86715682280799529522018-06-10T14:54:00.000-07:002018-06-10T14:54:02.349-07:00New oral history videosI got a bit behind so you are getting three new oral history videos at once.<br />
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<u>From March....</u><br />
#55 Telling stories after school<br />
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<u>From April....</u><br />
#56 Telling stories after school<br />
<b>Audio/video by Sharlie Chatterton</b><br />
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<u>From May.....</u><br />
#57 Telling stories after school<br />
<b>Audio/video by M. A. C. (Marion) Farrant</b><br />
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Daryl Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00321039857173339567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233390607786149889.post-46073892039386200712018-03-10T10:31:00.000-08:002018-03-10T10:38:08.762-08:00Have you seen this house?One of the highlights of David Squance's January talk was about the time the family owned Norfolk Lodge, a home that I am sure most of you have seen many times, but perhaps did not know it by that name. If you were not there to hear the original presentation I hope that you will have a look. Another great addition to our growing collection of oral history videos connected to the greater Royal Oak area.<br />
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We all, I think, sometimes sit around with friends and family and talk about the good old days. I would sure like to be around 50 or a hundred years from now to watch these videos again and reflect on those good old days.<br />
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You will find it at this link and of course it is posted on our blog. <a href="https://youtu.be/hZlFSb8BfRw" title="https://youtu.be/hZlFSb8BfRw">https://youtu.be/hZlFSb8BfRw</a> Daryl Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00321039857173339567noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233390607786149889.post-10736671912140025252018-01-04T12:53:00.003-08:002018-01-04T12:53:56.799-08:00November talk.Novembers talk was by Frank Copley of Copley Brothers. I would think that most would remember the name even if they did not know the family. Frank gave an entertaining talk and you may watch the video at <a href="https://youtu.be/EKVSQDyzdUQ">https://youtu.be/EKVSQDyzdUQ</a> on You Tube or from the oral history pages on our blog at <a href="https://royaloakschoolyard.blogspot.ca/">https://royaloakschoolyard.blogspot.ca/</a><br />
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Wishing you the best for the New Year.Daryl Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00321039857173339567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233390607786149889.post-40333828675082280462017-11-13T17:06:00.001-08:002017-11-13T17:16:53.674-08:00We've been working on the railroad.Well not all of us. Just Richard Pearce, Ron Burnham, Bryan Polson and Peter Goddard who have put together a video about the three railroads that used to run up and down the Saanich Peninsula. Some personal recollections, some historical facts and some things you may not have known plus lots of photos. Although I don't think that any of you were alive when any of these railroads were operating, except for a short spur line running to Borden's Mercantile, I'm reasonably sure that all of you have seen and heard small bits of information about their existence and the role they played in our history. Enid says to be sure to watch for my spelling mistake! (Fixed on the archive version)<br />
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Daryl Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00321039857173339567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233390607786149889.post-26235478102469496132017-10-09T18:07:00.002-07:002017-10-09T18:11:36.604-07:00This is greatJoy Scott, formerly Joy Mahon from Mann Avenue tells some interesting stories about her life including what it is like to be a prisoner of war by the Japanese in Shanghai during WW11. This is one you will want to watch. Direct link to You Tube is <a href="https://youtu.be/LiHx8h9NDk0" title="https://youtu.be/LiHx8h9NDk0">https://youtu.be/LiHx8h9NDk0</a>Daryl Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00321039857173339567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233390607786149889.post-1686958568381650492017-09-24T15:32:00.000-07:002017-09-24T15:32:05.922-07:00Oral History Videos<div class="MsoNormal">
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<i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Our blog</span></i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> <a href="http://royaloakschoolyard.blogspot.ca/" title="http://royaloakschoolyard.blogspot.ca/">http://royaloakschoolyard.blogspot.ca/</a></span>Daryl Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00321039857173339567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233390607786149889.post-2518359571370520802017-05-02T14:57:00.001-07:002017-05-02T14:57:24.198-07:00The Minter familyIf you lived near Elk Lake in the late 1940's or 1950's the name Minter is likely familiar to you. Our speaker in March was Joan (Minter) Smirl and I have just posted the resulting video to our blog site. It contains a great deal of interesting material about the family and the area.<br />
The direct link is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65Vg5dNQDDQ" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65Vg5dNQDDQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65Vg5dNQDDQ</a> and as you know you can find it and all the oral history videos on the oral history page of the blog. Happy May.Daryl Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00321039857173339567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233390607786149889.post-1222564006957653442017-02-27T11:36:00.002-08:002017-02-27T12:13:23.982-08:00Two new videos.<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="background-color: #fff7ee;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.4pt;"><br /></span></strong></span></span></span>
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<br />Daryl Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00321039857173339567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233390607786149889.post-86047622488656559372017-02-07T00:36:00.002-08:002017-02-07T00:37:47.008-08:00#1 for 2017.2017.....It is hard to believe that we are starting this group's 5th year and still having fun.<br />
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The talk by John Whittaker in January is now a video that you may watch at this link <a href="https://youtu.be/ySWHtNcCyDw" title="https://youtu.be/ySWHtNcCyDw">https://youtu.be/ySWHtNcCyDw</a> or by going to the link on the oral history page.<br />
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This informative and entertaining talk will be particularly interesting to those who lived or spent time in Cordova Bay in the '40's and '50's.<br />
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Enjoy.Daryl Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00321039857173339567noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233390607786149889.post-83053673660485066082017-01-21T12:15:00.000-08:002017-02-07T00:39:30.670-08:00Ending 2016 on a High Note.In November Enid Bull and Heather Smith went to the home of George Lohr to record some of his memories after living almost 90 years at Prospect Lake. Mr. Lohr's son Steve Lohr was also present and he added much to the story from the "next generation" point of view.<br />
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The direct link to the video is <a _7a3cbkjcjm="" href="https://youtu.be/_7a3cBkJCjM" https:="" style="background-color: #fff7ee; color: #305b16; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.32px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" title="https://youtu.be/_7a3cBkJCjM" youtu.be="">https://youtu.be/_7a3cBkJCjM</a><span style="background-color: #fff7ee; color: #5b0909; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 19.32px; font-weight: bold;">_ </span><span style="background-color: #fff7ee; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">and as always available on the Oral History page.</span>Daryl Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00321039857173339567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233390607786149889.post-57125492985832034572016-12-10T16:19:00.002-08:002016-12-10T16:34:17.500-08:00Good news & bad news.<br />
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I am very sorry to tell you that another classmate from the 1953 Graduating
class has passed away. Yateve (Swift) Herman's obituary can be read at<br />
<a href="http://royaloakschoolyard.blogspot.ca/p/obituaries.html"><span style="color: #305b16; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://royaloakschoolyard.blogspot.ca/p/obituaries.html</span></a><br />
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</span></a>Also, you may not have been able to locate John Green's obituary. It
has been re-posted at the same link. My apologies.<br />
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<u>The good news is</u>........ Barbara Handysides' fun and informative talk
from October is now available for you to view on You tube at<br />
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</span></a></span>Links to all the Oral History videos can be found at<br />
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Daryl Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00321039857173339567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233390607786149889.post-73307282879860173982016-11-29T16:30:00.002-08:002016-11-29T16:30:49.417-08:00In SympathyI regret to inform you that I have added the names of Valerie (Bate) Abramson and Donald Douglas to the obituary page.<br />
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Our most sincere sympathy to their families.Daryl Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00321039857173339567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233390607786149889.post-36468282160430577452016-10-20T12:29:00.001-07:002016-11-29T16:24:47.930-08:00See what's new.<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">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 </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://youtu.be/v-UBzS6DSCo" title="https://youtu.be/v-UBzS6DSCo">https://youtu.be/v-UBzS6DSCo</a> You will also find the link on the
blogsite’s oral history page.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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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
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go to </span><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://royaloakschoolyard.blogspot.ca/p/publications-books-and-links-etc-etc.html" title="http://royaloakschoolyard.blogspot.ca/p/publications-books-and-links-etc-etc.html">http://royaloakschoolyard.blogspot.ca/p/publications-books-and-links-etc-etc.html</a>
</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">and have a look at a Royal Oak Elementary School
cookbook from 1965 that was a gift to Barbara Handysides from her brother when
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Daryl Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00321039857173339567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233390607786149889.post-7102906278734253042016-09-29T12:43:00.001-07:002016-09-29T12:43:42.952-07:00Three cheers for...Three cheers for our President Enid Bull. Not only did she start this wonderful group and I think is the main reason it is still together and going strong she has now also found the time to do an oral history talk. I had the pleasure of making it into a video that you may see at <a href="https://youtu.be/bxBNTJ6paTM" title="https://youtu.be/bxBNTJ6paTM">https://youtu.be/bxBNTJ6paTM</a> Wonderful stories of a young lady growing up on a farm in rural Saanich.<br />
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Remember you can find links to all the oral histories on our Oral History page.<br />
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More new Royal Oak School class photos have been added particularly from the 1920's, 30's and 40's. As usual many students are unidentified from these photos as well as all the others. I hope you will have a look at the photos from your years in school and see if you can fill in any blanks.<br />
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Hope to see you at the next meeting on Thursday October 13 at St. Michael and all Angels Church hall. Doors open at 1:00 pm.Daryl Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00321039857173339567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233390607786149889.post-39772700397043308072016-07-04T11:51:00.000-07:002016-07-04T11:51:21.929-07:00Mrs. Gertrude (Campbell) WilsonOur most recent Oral History video is a bit of a departure.<br />
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In April a very nice lady by the name of Beverley Earl gave me some class photos from Royal Oak and Mt. View High School along with video clips of the photo's owner, Mrs. Gertrude (Campbell) Wilson naming some of the students in the photos. Most of these photos were new to us and from a period that was so far, poorly documented.<br />
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Wishing to learn more Beverley kindly arranged for a second visit to Mrs. Wilson at her home to see if we might learn about the Campbell family and perhaps identify a few more of the students in the photos. Our hard working secretary Heather Smith took the cameras and videoed the interview.<br />
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At 92 years of age Mrs. Wilson's memory is impressive. I think that you will enjoy hearing her talk about growing up with her twin sister Gladys and six older siblings at the caretakers house by the Beaver Lake reservoir.<br />
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You may see the video via this link <a href="https://youtu.be/qVePAAaucWo" title="https://youtu.be/qVePAAaucWo">https://youtu.be/qVePAAaucWo</a><br />
which as usual is also on the Oral History page.Daryl Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00321039857173339567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233390607786149889.post-72483637874900865182016-05-19T11:57:00.003-07:002016-05-19T11:57:52.859-07:00A message from the prairie.<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<strong><span style="line-height: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hi,</span></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 14pt;">This most interesting
message was posted on our BLOG in January and I belatedly bring it to your
attention now. I wanted to be sure that you were aware of it for more than one
reason. First is that someone found our Blog and responded to our plea for help
identifying students in school photos by pointing out that one of them was
herself. Second that she included a
couple of brief memories in the exact vein that
</span><span style="line-height: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri;">Helen
Carr </span><span style="line-height: 14pt;"> recently asked
for that can add so much to the historical importance and interest of what we
are trying to do. And third, that she is a wonderful writer and more of her
story can be found at the links below about her time living at Cordova Bay and
elsewhere.</span></span></strong></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>This is the
original message from Shirley (Shillington) Vick in
Edmonton………</strong></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="line-height: 14pt;"><span style="color: #000053; font-size: x-small;"><strong>“Just found your web and find it
most interesting. I was in Miss Adamson's 1942/43 class, (at Royal Oak School) I
am #10 of the unknown students and my pre marriage name was Shirley Shillington.
My father was in the RCAF and I lived in Cordova Bay so had to take a school bus
to get to Royal Oak. Because the schools were so crowded, I was sent to
Craigflower in grade 2 and Keating in grade 3 and for part of grade 4. Then the
war ended and my family returned to Saskatoon.</strong></span></span></i></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #000053; font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="line-height: 14pt;">I have a picture from
Craigflower but don't know about Keating. I do have a memory of some interesting
events for example: In Grade one Royal Oak #OROS-42-43-Gr 1 & 2 I was the
first one in the class to get the chicken pox but didn't realize that is what I
had for a couple of days. Finally, I was off school and when I returned everyone
in the class was done with chicken pox except one girl, the class had all caught
the chicken pox from me. At Christmas in Royal Oak we had a concert and I seem
to have some recollection of us wearing white, maybe we were angels or whatever.
Anyway, an older girl then started singing White Christmas and after a few lines
she turned to the rest of us and said, Now, everyone join in." Keating was an
interesting experience, the school bus would be waiting for us at the bottom of
the long hill so I remember that hill quite well. The amazing memory though was
that we had foxholes around the perimeter of the school ground. Nowadays
children have fire drills, we had air raids and had to run out and hide in the
fox holes. I notice in the minutes of your meeting that a lot of members will
turn 80 this year, I am also one of those coming up to 80. I live in
Edmonton</span></i><span style="line-height: 14pt;">.”</span></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">I hope that you will take a few moments to visit Shirley’s blog. You
might find that you have been mentioned and you will certainly remember the
context.</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>To pick up Shirley’s story from
when her and her family arrive in Victoria click on this
link.</strong> <a href="http://prairieshirley.blogspot.ca/2016/01/we-arrive-in-victoria.html" title="http://prairieshirley.blogspot.ca/2016/01/we-arrive-in-victoria.html">http://prairieshirley.blogspot.ca/2016/01/we-arrive-in-victoria.html</a>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>When you reach the bottom of the page</strong> <strong>click on
the “NEWER POST” to move forward in time.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>For Shirley’s Blog home page click
here.</strong> <a href="https://plus.google.com/107603256468526955136"><span style="color: blue;">https://plus.google.com/107603256468526955136</span></a></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you have a message for Shirley send it to me and I will forward
it.</span></strong></div>
Daryl Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00321039857173339567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233390607786149889.post-15247761850260958062016-05-13T10:27:00.004-07:002016-05-13T10:41:18.910-07:00It's May already.Our April speaker was Bud French who told us about the exploits of his grandfather James George French who kept and raised animals of all kinds at various location in and around Victoria including what is now French Beach Park. His video is now available for you to watch at <span style="color: blue;"><a 2cw3pwfabak="" href="https://youtu.be/2CW3Pwfabak" https:="" title="https://youtu.be/2CW3Pwfabak" youtu.be="">https://youtu.be/2CW3Pwfabak</a> </span> or by clicking on the link on the oral history page.<br />
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An interesting addition to our<br />
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<li style="border-top-color: rgb(137, 137, 137); border-top-style: dashed; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0.35em 0px;"><b style="color: #5b0909;">"</b><a href="http://royaloakschoolyard.blogspot.ca/p/those-were-daysin-writing-from-kids-who.html" style="color: #5b0909; font-weight: normal;">Those were the days....In writing from the kids who went to school around and at Royal Oak</a><b style="color: #5b0909;">" </b>page has been contributed by Bob Clarke that includes a page </li>
<li style="border-top-color: rgb(137, 137, 137); border-top-style: dashed; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0.35em 0px;">written by his mother. It is worth reading at this link. <a href="http://royaloakschoolyard.blogspot.ca/p/those-were-daysin-writing-from-kids-who.html" style="font-size: 18.4px; line-height: 1.2;" title="http://royaloakschoolyard.blogspot.ca/p/those-were-daysin-writing-from-kids-who.html">http://royaloakschoolyard.blogspot.ca/p/those-were-daysin-writing-from-kids-who.html</a></li>
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Daryl Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00321039857173339567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233390607786149889.post-50613456801595055042016-04-16T16:02:00.002-07:002016-04-17T10:14:56.811-07:00New additions<div style="text-align: justify;">
A very nice addition is a short memoir from <span style="background-color: #fff7ee; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: justify;">Tony Oostenbrink that was written by his mother </span><span style="background-color: #fff7ee; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: justify;">Maria (nee) Van Egmond</span><span style="background-color: #fff7ee; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: justify;"> when she first came to Canada and started school at Keating. This is a great read.</span></div>
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Regrettably there is a also a new obituary......</div>
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Barry Hall's talk from March can now be seen on You Tube at...<a href="https://youtu.be/dyMf0rAV97k" title="https://youtu.be/dyMf0rAV97k">https://youtu.be/dyMf0rAV97k</a></div>
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We have also received some class photos from the 20's and 30's from Gertie (Campbell) Wilson. They can be seen in video form at ....</div>
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We still need help identifying students in these photos as well as many others.</div>
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Please have a look at class photos from the years you attended and perhaps some names will come to mind. Old boyfriend. Old girlfriend. Someone who owes you money.</div>
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