06/04/2026
Come on in and visit. We are not much, now, but in my earliest days, it was as busy as the Jetsons show.
There are not many of us left "Brats" because it closed in 1960, but it was amazing military operations.
Over 45 thousand Newfoundland. Labrador and Nova Scotia women married U.S. Military during the Air Force, Navy, and Canadian and British troops occupation during the support of planes and military across the Atlantic and back. The Queen came to visit for the Regatta.
My sister has the 8mm film of those days. We didn't take pictures because we had the Bell and Howell camera and projector. We have movies of snow, and me in my pink snowsuit. I was a flaming redhead, hahahaah, I clashed, but it was fun galore.
Polio hit hard late 57. I had both vaccines and my brother had one. He had to learn to walk, again, so we put him on the tricycle. We taped his weak leg to the peddle, and he pushed with the other. As he got stronger, I rode the back of his trike to add more weight and resistance.
He lived and lived to be 70.
We used to put jelly in fresh snow and eat it like a snow cone.
Simple way of life--my home is now just a part of the city.
