Eric on TSN

Hi Marty, here is a video of George Hollingdrake’s Grandson,doing an interview with James Duthie of TSN and Jason Spezza of the Ottawa Senators just after he returned from Austria where the Cdn team won a bronze medal at the world under 18 hockey championships. JMcC

 

http://watch.tsn.ca/#clip608685

 

Rob.

Thanks John McC.

Some names to go with the pic

 

 HI MARTY,

HERE ARE THE NAMES OF THE CHILDREN WAITING TO SEE  PRINCESS ELIZABETH IN 1951 ON DELORIMIER STREET,  L. TO R. GORDON WILLIS, JEAN GARDNER, HEATHER FINN, ?? , JUDY GARDNER,  RUSSELL LAUZIER.

THANKS MARTY

NORMAND SIMARD

PS ANYBODY KNOW THE NAME WE ARE MISSING.

Thanks Normand

Motel Simard

 

HI MARTY,

WELL  MOTEL SIMARD WAS ON TASCHEREAU NEAR LAPINIERE, JUST ABOUT IN THE CHAMPLAIN MALL PARKING. BEFORE THEY  DEMOLISHED  IT  THERE WAS A  RESTAURANT AND BAR THERE.

THANKS MARTY

NORMAND SIMARD

Thanks Normand

Willie Nelson 1965

Whether or not you listen to country,  you likely know Willie Nelson’s present-day appearance.   He is an interesting-looking guy,  a face full of character….but have a look at the handsome face that preceded all those character lines.   So clean-cut,   with wonderful  features…. Aging is not all that amusing.  I found myself staring at this young face,  and trying to imagine how it aged into his present,  very rough look.  If he got all trimmed up as he was then,  popped into a suit,   it’d be a lot easier.

It’s hard to believe that Willie Nelson ever looked this way!

Click below

Willie Nelson 1965

Thanks Ivan R.

MOTEL SIMARD

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HI MARTY,

HERE ARE A FEW RECENT  PICTURES OF WHERE MOTEL SIMARD WAS  TO HELP BLOGGERS FIND THAT MOTEL SIMARD, I ALSO ADDED A DIFFERENT PIC OF MOTEL SIMARD ,  TO HELP BLOGGERS .

THANKS MARTY

NORMAND SIMARD

Thanks Normand

1951, waiting for Princess Elizabeth

HI MARTY,

WELL THEY FOUND THE NAMES OF THE GIRLS IN FRONT OF CANADA DRIVE IN,  JEAN & JUDY GARDNER, NOW LETS TRY AND FIND THEM  AGAIN ON THIS PIC TAKEN 1951 ON DELORIMIER, THEY WHERE WAITING TO SEE PRINCESS ELIZABETH.

THANKS MARTY

NORMAND SIMARD

Thanks Normand

Very interesting WW II Trivia

You might enjoy this from Col D. G. Swinford, USMC, Ret and history buff. You would really have to dig deep to get this kind of ringside seat to history:

1. The first German serviceman killed in WW II was killed by the Japanese ( China , 1937), the first American serviceman killed was killed by the Russians ( Finland 1940); highest ranking American killed was Lt Gen Lesley McNair, killed by the US Army Air Corps. So much for allies.

2. The youngest US serviceman was 12 year old Calvin Graham, USN. He was wounded and given a Dishonorable Discharge for lying about his age. His benefits were later restored by act of Congress.

3. At the time of Pearl Harbor, the top US Navy command was called CINCUS (pronounced ‘sink us’), the shoulder patch of the US Army’s 45th Infantry division was the Swastika, and Hitler’s private train was named ‘Amerika.’ All three were soon changed for PR purposes.

4. More US servicemen died in the Air Corps than the Marine Corps. While completing the required 30 missions, your chance of being killed was 71%.

5. Generally speaking, there was no such thing as an average fighter pilot. You were either an ace or a target. For instance, Japanese Ace Hiroyoshi Nishizawa shot down over 80 planes. He died while a passenger on a cargo plane.

6. It was a common practice on fighter planes to load every 5th round with a tracer round to aid in aiming. This was a mistake. Tracers had different ballistics so (at long range) if your tracers were hitting the target 80% of your rounds were missing. Worse yet tracers instantly told your enemy he was under fire and from which direction. Worst of all was the practice of loading a string of tracers at the end of the belt to tell you that you were out of ammo. This was definitely not something you wanted to tell the enemy. Units that stopped using tracers saw their success rate nearly double and their loss rate go down.

YOU’VE GOT TO LOVE THIS ONE……..

7. When allied armies reached the Rhine, the first thing men did was pee in it. This was pretty universal from the lowest private to Winston Churchill (who made a big show of it) and Gen. Patton (who had himself photographed in the act).

8. German Me-264 bombers were capable of bombing New York City, but they decided it wasn’t worth the effort.

9. German submarine U-120 was sunk by a malfunctioning toilet.

10. Among the first ‘Germans’ captured at Normandy were several Koreans. They had been forced to fight for the Japanese Army until they were captured by the Russians and forced to fight for the Russian Army until they were captured by the Germans and forced to fight for the German Army until they were captured by the US Army.

AND THE BEST FOR LAST….

11. Following a massive naval bombardment, 35,000 United States and Canadian troops stormed ashore at Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands . 21 troops were killed in the assault on the island. It could have been worse if there had been any Japanese on the island.

Thanks Win S,

Motel Simard…

HI MARTY,

I WONDER IF BLOGGERS REMEMBER WHERE MOTEL SIMARD WAS, A LITTLE CLUE IT IS NOT CUBA, IT WAS CLOSER TO G.PK.  

THANKS MARTY

NORMAND SIMARD

Thanks Normand

NICE VISIT @ CANADA DRIVE IN

HI MARTY,

 

I HAD NICE VISIT @ CANADA DRIVE IN ,  JAN 25 2012, LET US  SEE IF BLOGGERS CAN GUESS WHO THEY ARE, NOW OF COURSE I AM GOING TO HELP BY GIVING A CLUE, THESE 2 GIRLS WHERE IN MONTREAL NEAR  DELORIMIER STADIUM, NOT FAR FROM JACQUES CARTIER BRIDGE  LOOKING AT PRINCESS ELIZABETH  AND PRINCE PHILLIP GO BY, WHEN THEY WHERE TOURING CANADA IN OCTOBER 1951.

THANKS MARTY

NORMAND SIMARD

Thanks Normand

Just another guy in his backyard

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HI MARTY,

SOME GUY SENT ME THESE BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS, IT IS PROBABLY HIS WINTER BACK YARD. THE WATER  LOOKS CLEAR

THANKS MARTY

NORMAND SIMARD

Thanks Normand

Looks Like Hooters to me…LOL

Video

After I finished crying, I sent this on to you my friends!

 You absolutely must see this video. It is taken from a British series where a guy called Gareth Malone takes a group of people and turns them into a choir. This time he’s taken a group of military wives whose husbands are all away in Afghanistan and turned them into a choir. Gareth looks about 16yrs old but is actually in his mid-30s and a Choir master for the London Symphony Orchestra, among other things.

They wrote a song based on excerpts from letters written by the couples whilst apart and this is the beautiful result.

 

The single is out in the UK on Monday and thousands have been pre-ordered (including by us!) and all the money raised is going to military charities.

 

Enjoy!

 

 http://www.youtube.com/user/militarywiveschoir?feature=watch

Thanks Ken J. 

Landing in the Hudson River

Really Neat!!!!

 

We all saw this after it happened, but these videos give an idea of what this captain went through as it happened.

Click here: #t=109

<http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tE_5eiYn0D0#t=109> 

Thanks Ralph B.

Showing Off,,,(Proud Grandpa)

Hi Marty, rec’d this from Herbie Holmes which is self-explanatory. Many of your subscribers will remember Herb as a long time “Parker” now living in Maxville On. He is 84 years old in great  health and since Maxville is about the size of GFPK circa 1950 Herb can still walk around Maxville the way he did the Park( everybody in Maxville knows Herb) because he never did learn to drive. JMcC

Subject: Showing off

The last week in December and the first week in January a band out of Montreal played on the George Stroumboulopoulos Show and The Late Show With David Letterman respectively. Take a close look at the harpist, my granddaughter.

Click on the links below to watch both videos. Please let me know if they worked.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boHhpY4_SEs&list=FLZNVoKAKjs6qKv_wGliftlw&index=1&feature=plpp_video

http://www.cbc.ca/strombo/music-2/the-barr-brothers—mrs-claus.html 

Thanks John McC.

Congrats

Old GPK Pic

 

HI MARTY,

HERE IS A  RARE COLOR PICTURE,  IT WAS TAKEN IN 1955 ON CHURCHILL, LOOK AT THAT NICE HOLLINGDRAKE SIGN.  

THANKS MARTY

NORMAND SIMARD

Thanks Normand

2 CUTE LITTLE G.PK. GIRLS

HI MARTY,

DOES SOMEDODY RECONGNISE THESE 2 CUTE LITTLE G.PK. GIRLS. THE PIC IS A LITTLE FUZZY, BUT THE LITTLE GIRLS ARE SMILLING AND CUTE.

THANKS MARTY

NORMAND SIMARD

Thanks Normand

White Sport Coat and A Pink Carnation

This has been around before but I love it
To: Undisclosed-Recipient: ;@smtp104.rog.mail.gq1.yahoo.com
Subject: White Sport Coat and A Pink Carnation …a must watch

>> I like the way this video is made.  At the bottom of the screen there are
>> 2 buttons; reverse, pause, and play.  If you didn’t read a page fast enough
>> you can go back, and pause it and take your time reading it.
>> If you grew up in the 50′s you will enjoy this video.  If you didn’t, you
>> should enjoy the history lesson.
>> This is one of the best 50′s video’s I’ve seen. You will enjoy this. But
>> only if you were in our generation or very close. . . .  And if you were not in this generation — listen and eat your hearts out. It was the best of
>> times…
>> <http://oldfortyfives.com/TakeMeBackToTheFifties.htm>
>> http://oldfortyfives.com/TakeMeBackToTheFifties.htm

Thanks Sam and Ellen S.

The Lonely Oak Tree

 

HI MARTY,

I GOT A CALL FROM THIS LONELY TREE FROM  318 NOW 1518 DEVONSHIRE HE SAW MY STORY ABOUT THAT POOR OAK TREE BEHIND THE LIBRARY  AND BEFORE HE GETS THE SAME TREATEMENT, HE WANTS TO TELL ME  SOME STORIES OF WHAT HE SAW IN HIS LIFE IN THE SHADE OF HIS LEAVES AND   IN THE DARKNEST OF NIGHT, THE DRIVEWAYS  ETC  ANYWAY HE IS SUPPOSE TO GET BACK TO ME,  I WONDER WHAT HE HAS TO SAY, PROBABLY NICE STUFF ABOUT THE OLD DAYS.     

THANKS MARTY

NORMAND SIMARD 

Thanks Normand

COMPLETE OBIT. ANNIE GARDNER ( NÉE MACDONALD )

Thanks Normand

Wild gorilla encounter – WOW! A MUST WATCH

How lucky can one get to be touched by a family like this!

HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY!!!!  Thrill of a lifetime. You gotta watch this one. WOW!!!!! Remarkable footage of an encounter not expected talk about going ape s#$@ J - enjoy Wild Gorilla Encounter Thanks Ellen and Sam S.

Addendum

Hi Marty,

Just an addendum to the obit announcement re Annie Gardiner. Annie was the sister of George and Jim,both deceased, and a sister Florence-if memory serves– MacDonald and they lived down the street from us just south of Third St. Annie was obviously married before I arrived as Judy was a classmate, but she was often seen on Murray when she came to visit her parents at the homestead. George and Jim were both vets of WW 11 and members of Br #94 and George specifically was a real mover and shaker in GFPK sports. JMcC

Thanks John.