Return to Website

Please leave your memories of Winnipeg here.  If you would like others to contact you, be sure to fill in your e-mail address.

There is a limit of 2000 characters per post, so if you have a lot to say, you will have to divide it between posts - so if you want it to read properly, post the last 2000 characters first.



  First
  Prev
  Post
  Home
Next  
Last  
Viewing Page 1 of 17 (Total Entries: 332)
August 17th 2022
12:13:58 AM
Name  

Luke

Where are you from?  

La Salle

Please enter your comments?  

buncha old pics for me to look at while chillin at my pad.

   
April 7th 2022
12:47:39 AM
Name  

Lynda Freeman

Where are you from?  

Cranbrook BC

Please enter your comments?  

I saw the Guess Who while working at Eatons. They performed in the 5th floor Grill Room and I was a clerk on the 5th floor in children\'s clothing. It was pretty exciting. I was always amazed at their talent and proud that they came from Winnipeg. Sometimes I still listen to Randy Bachman on FM Cranbrook he\'s on both Friday night and Saturday night still a good entertainer

Email Email    
January 23rd 2022
05:25:11 AM
Name  

Jacqueline Sullivan(nee Pelissier)

Where are you from?  

Burlington Ontario

Please enter your comments?  

What do you know about the hockey teams \"Maroons\" and the CMM mining hockey team?

Can you find out which hockey team Ernest Pelissier played for? Brother to Louis Pelissier, Scott Bryant\'s grandfather?

Thanks so much.

Email Email    
July 1st 2021
02:14:48 AM
Name  

Alex

Where are you from?  

Winnipeg

Please enter your comments?  

Reading some of this reminded me of the old Blue Bombers stadium; boy do I ever miss being a kid and running down those spiral ramps leading to the stands!

   
August 10th 2020
05:45:07 PM
Name  

Lynn Conrad

Where are you from?  

Vancouver, B.C.

Please enter your comments?  

I am not from Winnipeg. It is me, Jayne/Donna and I wanted to say how much I am enjoying your beautiful artwork. You are very, very talented, my friend.

Email Email    
March 28th 2018
07:34:33 PM
Name  

CYNTHIA YEVASKEWICH

Where are you from?  

winnipeg st vital

Please enter your comments?  

I lived at 159 hindley ave. The house still sits there today. I took photos of it when I was last there visiting for my cousins wedding. Kathy Coutts. So the names Yevaskewich, Evaskewich, were my birth last names, but my family spelled it with a y not the E. Evaskewich was the proper spelling. Also last names some of you may know are, Senkiw, West, Reed or Reid and Coutts, Ditchfield. Hope someone knows me...love this site, I just started to read everything. My grandmother and her brother were both put in an orphanage, it was named home of the friendless. Any further photos or info would be kindly appreciated. Stephen Colin West was my grandfathers name.

Email Email    
January 4th 2017
12:01:15 PM
Name  

Dave Metcalfe

Where are you from?  

England

Please enter your comments?  

My great Aunt Alice Maud Metcalf emigrated to Canada in June 1910. She was to marry someone with surname of Smith, which I think she did. However, my family understand she died in 1911 or 1912. The photos of Winnipeg on your website around that time are fascinating. Especially the one showing Kelly Block building in winter of 1911.
I have been unable to trace either wedding or the death of my great Aunt - I am trying to research remotely from UK (not easy). If anyone can shed light on the above story I would very happy! Dave.

Email Email    
December 3rd 2016
11:12:10 PM
Name  

Mardie

Where are you from?  

Winnipeg

Please enter your comments?  

The enlarged photo of Main Street in the 1890s that has a comment saying that debris was left on the street actually shows the burned rubble left from a very recent fire. The building that burned is on the left side foreground.

Thanks for putting this together. It was an enjoyable read.

Email Email    
December 1st 2016
11:55:00 AM
Private Entry.
Viewing restricted to Guestbook Owner.

May 24th 2016
01:24:48 PM
Private Entry.
Viewing restricted to Guestbook Owner.

March 2nd 2016
06:22:16 AM
Private Entry.
Viewing restricted to Guestbook Owner.

February 29th 2016
02:26:28 AM
Private Entry.
Viewing restricted to Guestbook Owner.

September 2nd 2014
04:10:26 PM
Name  

Ed Barker

Where are you from?  

Winnipeg

Please enter your comments?  

Does anyone remember those large toboggan slides when Polo Park was a horse racing track? Does any one have a picture ? They were very fast and scary when you were young fellow. During the summer my friends and I, (along with a lot of grown ups) would climb to the top of the slide that went across Omand\'s Creek to watch the horse racing. I found one picture of the slide closest to Portage Ave. in a picture of the race track, but it was so far away that it was hard to see.During the winter many kids came to slide down the banks of the creek. I lived on Queen St. and I spent a lot of time summer and winter around the creek and looking for golf balls from the Polo Park Golf Course there. Great memories!

Email Email    
September 13th 2013
11:29:37 AM
Name  

Mark

Where are you from?  

Winnipeg

Please enter your comments?  

My Aunt lived in the Bawlf Residence in the1960s. At that time it was converted to apartments. It was known as \"the castle\". She\'s got some great stories living there... it was the 60\'s . Would it be possible to get a higher resolution image of the house? I would love to have it framed to give to my Aunt. Let me know when you have the chance. Thanks!

Email Email    
January 23rd 2013
12:54:55 PM
Name  

Ed Pascal

Where are you from?  

Winnipeg

Please enter your comments?  

It appears that most elaborate building construction was done prior to 1914. In 1914 the Panama Canal was opened, and took much transport traffic away from Winnipeg, greatly affecting its economy.

   
December 29th 2012
12:03:09 AM
Name  

Christie

Where are you from?  

Winnipeg

Please enter your comments?  

Regarding the Peck Building at 33 Princess. It is still standing although they have added 2 floors on the top, leaving only one of the original top corner facades as it was. It can be found on the NE corner of Princess St. and Notre Dame Ave.

Email Email    
October 24th 2012
04:20:23 PM
Name  

Frangelica

Where are you from?  

Winnipeg

Please enter your comments?  

About my previous post. I may have been mistaken. One should always put things aside to rethink before sending a message.

The Apostolic Church must have been where Chris Jones said it was - across the street from Calvary Temple which I also attended. I re-checked the street addresses.

Email Email    
October 24th 2012
03:48:42 PM
Name  

Frangelica

Where are you from?  

Winnipeg

Please enter your comments?  

In the John Steel Collection under Winnipeg Churches Hospitals and Institutions there is an add-on comment which I believe refers to the photo about a Westminster Church.

"Chris Jones came to my rescue again on this one. This church stood at SE Hargrave and Notre Dame. Later an auction hall, and later still the 'Apostolic' church, it was demolished in 1959."

I don't know about the Westminster Church but I do know that the Apostolic (Pentecostal) Church was located at 338 Notre Dame Avenue, now a parking lot. I knew it as that about 1947 to 1950 but I see that it was previously Grace Methodist Church. I knew it was not at Hargrave and Notre Dame because as a child I went to this church on occasion and marvelled at the little triangular park which was created by the non-grid streets. The Walker Theatre, the church, a dairy I seem to recall surrounded the little park. I confirmed the address in the 1948 Henderson's Directory. Some of the Directories are now available online.

You have a marvellous site. Thanks for all you hard work.

Email Email    
August 15th 2012
12:48:31 AM
Name  

Michael Mackey

Where are you from?  

Winnipeg, MB

Please enter your comments?  

From 1962 - 1966 I lived at St Joseph's Vocational School which was on Portage Ave across from Polo Park. The sisters of providence were running the school. I have some fond memories from that time. It was a residence, a school and a church.I really want to receive e-mail from anyone who lived there during any of the same years as I. // Michael

Email Email    
June 22nd 2012
10:24:34 PM
Private Entry.
Viewing restricted to Guestbook Owner.



  First
  Prev
  Post
  Home
Next  
Last  
Viewing Page 1 of 17 (Total Entries: 332)


Powered by Bravenet