Any of various national associations of ex-servicemen and (now) ex-servicewomen instituted after the First World War.
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Interviewer: So you remember helping out your dad a lot then do you? Speaker: Yes. Yeah we would ah- a lot- of course in those days, we hunted, we fished on Lake-Simcoe and- and ah as a kid um I would set into the bowling alley which is now the legion. So we would manually set up games of ten pin. |
Any of various national associations of ex-servicemen and (now) ex-servicewomen instituted after the First World War. |
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But, ah, the other day Elmer phoned and said he was going- when he was going by to see his brother he left this, ah, Legion magazine. ... I don't- I don't think all the Legion magazines would be the same but this is a special edition, I guess- ... For this time of year. |
Any of various national associations of ex-servicemen and (now) ex-servicewomen instituted after the First World War. |
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Speaker 2: And there were people around town that played maybe fiddles and- ... And all that. ... Speaker: So that was a bit different. And eventually, ah, after that they got the Legion. That would be after we got married, right? Speaker 2: Yeah. Speaker: Yeah. 'Cause it was a bowling alley at one time. And then the bowling alley sort of petered out. |
Any of various national associations of ex-servicemen and (now) ex-servicewomen instituted after the First World War. |
... it was a bowling alley at one time. And then the bowling alley sort of petered out. 'Cause we belonged to bowling- we did belong to the bowling, ah- ... League. ... And then, ah, it kind of petered out and they- somebody- I guess the Legion bought it and made it into a Legion. ... So that's where the dances then- ... Became popular. |
Any of various national associations of ex-servicemen and (now) ex-servicewomen instituted after the First World War. |
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We had over a hundred people there. Well almost a hundred, not- not over the hundred, about a hundred. ... And we just kept it simple. We just booked the legion, said we'll do visiting potluck. Somebody said "Are you having music," I said no. "Are you having speeches?" "No. We're just going to visit and talk." And we did and it was great. |
Any of various national associations of ex-servicemen and (now) ex-servicewomen instituted after the First World War. |
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Interviewer: So you're saying you got married in town in Barry's-Bay, where did you have your reception? Speaker: Our reception actually was at the Legion. At the Legion, yes. Interviewer: Okay, that must've been nice. |
Any of various national associations of ex-servicemen and (now) ex-servicewomen instituted after the First World War. |
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Interviewer: What about the reception for your wedding? Where did you do that? Speaker: Okay we had the wedding at Saint-Lawrence's, and then we went to the Legion. Where did we take pictures? I don't even think we took pictures. We didn't go anywhere fancy, you-know like a lot of people go to (inc)-Park or they go to Wilno ... Um anyway we went to the Legion and then we had dinner um- and I ah- it was mostly my mother. |
Any of various national associations of ex-servicemen and (now) ex-servicewomen instituted after the First World War. |
We used to go on the train when the train was here, we were young, eight, nine. We would all go, the- the ah- I think it was the Legion would pay for all the kids to go on a train and feed us and we would go to see the queen. Whenever she came to Ottawa. I-mean we've been this mass of people and-all- every- we were s-- "Wave now! Everybody wave now!" |
Any of various national associations of ex-servicemen and (now) ex-servicewomen instituted after the First World War. |
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Interviewer: Oh, you married your high-school sweetheart! Speaker: Ah, yes but ah, later on we divorced, but anyway. (laughs) Such is life, but I was glad, because I had my three kids, and ah, I'm very happy about that, oh, we did a lot of things. There was- at the Legion hall in Barry's-Bay, there was Le-- there were dances, that we used to go to, every Saturday night, they had a dance at the Legion, so my sisters and friends, we would all- all go there on Saturday nights! |
Any of various national associations of ex-servicemen and (now) ex-servicewomen instituted after the First World War. |