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My First Podcast Episode: Julie Sadler Gary Strike and the Friendly Giant Post
Meet my two new imaginary friends Mara ( after Mara Rooney) and Pip ( after my local chipmunk) Mara and Pip: Linda Seccaspina this week is doing what she loves best — finding the people and the projects that a town would quietly forget if nobody wrote them down. Plus a beloved CBC children’s television program. Pip: A dental hygienist who’s been volunteering since she was fifteen, a sailor who…
Gary Strike Memories.. My Mother and I Visit Rideau Hall
Grandma Strike (LORENIA) My brother, Tom started his career working for NCC, out of the back yards of Rideau Hall, in the summer after attending Guelph University wear he ended up supervising 10 employees, under *Ed Lawrence, the famous Gardner. They looked after the grounds and flowers of 9 official residents; Rideau Hall, the Prime Minister’s residents, Stone Away, the Official Opposition’s…
Gary Strike Memories.. The Canada Boat Project and Joe Clark
The “Canada Boat” project refers to a passionate historic restoration initiative championed by Gary Strike, a prominent businessman, former city councillor from Carleton Place, Ontario, and a fiercely patriotic community advocate. Project Origin and History The Inspiration: In 1991, Gary Strike watched a news story detailing a group’s struggle to restore an iconic old sailboat named…
The Local Amelia Earhart Connection Story
By Gary Strike In 1992, I was having coffee with an old friend, Thelma Lovelace. She had lived in Carleton Place since 1984, when she moved from St. Stevens, New Brunswick. While living there with her husband, Harry, she used to listen to short wave radio and claims that on July 2nd.,1937 she heard Amelia Earhart’s distress. She stated that they had crashed into the Pacific Ocean, her navigator…
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St. James Park Monument Part 1 and Part 2
St. James Park Monument Part 1 and Part 2
Thanks to Glenda Mahoney 2014 Part 1 Glenda Mahoney What do you Know about the Prince of Wales Cairn? Anyone Want Breakfast ? The Story of St. James Weekly Breakfast with Photos — Holly Carol Parkinson Swimming at the Dam, St. James Park and Other Things
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The Carleton Place Airport that Got Away- 1940 and the R101 Airship
The Carleton Place Airport that Got Away- 1940 and the R101 Airship
Tony Percy told a story that he remembered as a boy in 1930 ( July 1930) the British R101 Airship flew over Carleton Place on its way from Ottawa to Toronto. The airship was a on a tour of Canada and the United States. Tony remembered the airship sailing over Carleton Place in the early evening and he could see the lights of the passenger compartment. The Ottawa CitizenOttawa, Ontario, Canada06…
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The Man that Brought "Canada" Back to Carleton Place - Bill Bagg
The Man that Brought “Canada” Back to Carleton Place – Bill Bagg
TONIGHT!!—Friends and family are welcome to celebrate Bill in the hall at St. James Anglican Church (225 Edmund Street, Carleton Place) on Monday, May 1st from 5-7pm. A funeral service will be held at 7:00pm.
I never wear any Canadian flags on my being. It’s not that I’m not proud to be a Canadian, but I feel people will understand the second I open my mouth. But tonight at the celebration…
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