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Uxbridge Recollections
It’s interesting what memories pop up from our childhood – snapshots of life that emerge in full colour from a gray cloud of time. The photo above shows what downtown Uxbridge looked like when I lived there in the 1950’s. I…
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My Father’s New Car
Memories from Uxbridge in 1955 – a green Chevrolet Bel Air, the Everly Brothers and the Williamson’s. I don’t recall much about the cars that my family owned when I was very young – except for a car seat that my parents…
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My Early School Years
This is my first alma mater, Uxbridge Public School as it looks now on Google. From Sept. of 1952 when I started kindergarten through to the beginning of Grade 5, this was my destination on school days. A few random memories…
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Hurricane Hazel and the Old Mill
I mentioned previously that the infamous Hurricane Hazel roared through Uxbridge while we were living there. The date was Oct. 15, 1954 and it produced an intriguing childhood memory – wearing kleenex for socks in my shoes. Hurricane Hazel is the…
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The New House and The Swing
My parents decided to build a house on the edge of Uxbridge while we were living in the old house I mentioned in my previous post. I don’t know how they came to that decision. It seems like such a daunting…
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The Old House and My Father
I don’t have a lot of memories of my father. He died of a sudden illness when I was 12, but one of my favourite memories comes from the time we lived in this old house. The house is in Uxbridge,…
