I think I would like to digress a little and go back to where I was born. Is there anyone from Amherstburg, Ontario reading this post? Any Burgers out there? Do you have any fond memories or photos of old Amherstburg that you would like to share?
As a child growing up in this what-was-once a small town, I have so many wonderful memories, even though I was still young when we moved from there. I remember the wonderful smell in the air in the spring with all the blossoming fruit trees; going to the convent and stealing the green apples from off of their trees, always narrowly escaping the watchful eyes of the nuns.
There was at the time one small theater and a park with a swimming pool where all the young people would go to swim or ice skate in the winter.
The population was so small that everyone knew just about everyone regardless of what race they were. I remember a house on George near Dalhousie Street (I think) hosting an ice rink in their back yard and allowing us to come and skate.
Our summer days would be filled with fun because the towns children would come over to George Street where we lived and would always be playing some sort of game or sport: hopscotch, skip, baseball; shoot the marble, drop the marble in a can, drop the knife; hide-n-go-seek, tag, or some other game like 'big step, little step' etc... We ALWAYS found some sort of way to have fun. The older children did not exclude the younger children, but we all participated in the games.
I remember the Parish Hall where once every so often there was a rummage sale and we would crowd those steps to be the first in line. I remember buying makeup and lipstick once and mother making me throw it away.
Remember Brown's Confectionary, and Bussy's Ice Cream Parlor?
So many thoughts coming to my rememberance (thank you God).
By mejamison
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