Sunday Morning 1970's

On Sunday's not only do I try to post high school memories, but also various pictures that I snapped around Oshawa during those times.

The first is a snowy November shot of the Remembrance Day Cenotaph at The McLaughlin Bandshell downtown. It was just past Remembrance Day and you can see the wreaths at the memorial. We were out counting cars for our Urban Studies project. As a matter of fact, there is a picture earlier in this blog, of Dan Dalby and I sitting counting cars, and the picture below, is the view opposite to where we were posted. We were sitting in front of the old Canadian Tire Store on Simcoe Street South opposite the bandshell and the OPUC utilities head office.

Colleen Bulger was always a vibrant, dynamic, life-of-the-party personality. She also had a unique talent. She could mirror-write. Below is a sample of her skill:

The two aircraft pictures below were taken at the Oshawa airport, on our class trip fly day.

There is an online database of aircraft registration numbers, and I looked these planes up. The Cessna pictured above was manufactured in 1968 and still is flying. It is currently registered to a woman in Toronto named Wendy Cragg.

The small plane in the above picture has been de-registered and is no longer flying. It was an American Aviation model with a Lycoming engine built in 1969 and lasted until the 1990's

I wasn't much a fan of Ramblers in a General Motors town, but there were enough of them around:

I snapped a pic of this Scrabble game on a shelf in the high school office. I had no idea what it was doing there. When in doubt, take a picture of it.

And finally, this retro ad for honey, I just couldn't resist. It is a happy graphic.