47 years

In a couple of weeks it will be 47 years since I proposed to Wendy and asked her if she would spend the rest of her life with me. I will be 69 towards the end of this year, my Dad died just short of his 72 birthday as that “line in the sand” has…

Valentine’s Day

In October of 1977, my friend Reg and I agreed that we would go to the Festival of Gospel Song at Massey Hall. The Songster brigades would be singing and that meant lots of girls our age! I was living on my own – sort of – I was out of my parent’s house but…

A new building for Calgary Citadel

It started, as a submission to THQ, in 1961 and ended up in the building of Glenmore Temple on Elbow Drive in 1969. I know they looked at several sites including land which partially houses Southcentre Mall, but land was felt to be too far out of city in those days. The move out of…