Bob Carswell has shared a delightful comment at another post; I’m pleased to share it here as an MCHS Biography entry. I’ve worked out a tentative paragraph structure for this post, and have added links to posts from the Preserved Stories website that reference themes that Bob Carswell mentions. Great to read you message, Bob. […]
In a recent email, Howard Hight (MCHS 1963) has shared with us the following message: “go to this link and see how it was” http://malcolmcampbellhigh.net/index.php/misc Comment It’s a delight to know how many resources there are online that focus on stories and news about Malcolm Campbell High School. And a reminder: Howard Hight and Diana Redden are […]
Given that the summer is over, and discussions about the Malcolm Campbell High School Sixties Reunion, set for Oct. 17, 2015 at Old Mill Toronto, have now resumed, I’m pleased to share with you a story about the vital role that the Battle of Chateauguay played in ensuring that the United States gave up on […]
Charles Tsiang (MCHS 1962) has shared with us a couple of comments, that I’m pleased to highlight in a separate blog post, namely the one you are now reading, to ensure that as many MCHS alumni as possible have the opportunity to read the messages. Charles Tsiang wrote: Hi Jaan, I already dropped off a […]
I continue to be much interested in Fair Trade coffee as brand and back story. As you will note from the link in the previous sentence, a most interesting back story is associated with the Fair Trade concept. I was pleased to recently receive a link, by email from a Malcolm Campbell High School contact, to […]
I recently had an online conversation with MCHS alumnus Howard Hight, who remembers all kinds of details about Montreal in the 1950s and 1960s, including the Pizza Pan, which used to be near Orange Julep on Decarie Blvd. Howard, who made a career in publishing, now lives in Grafton, Massachusetts. I mentioned to him: “I hear […]
I had the good fortune to get to know students in the Grade 4 age range when I worked as a teacher with the Peel District School Board prior to my retirement in 2006. My retirement was marked with a school assembly at which I gave an eight-minute presentation. A group of students entertained the […]
For people who have memories of Montreal, whether they still live in Montreal or not (I’m in the latter category), you can find a great overview on Facebook concerned with things that people fondly recollect from times past in Montreal. You can access the Facebook group by clicking here. I like the fact it’s a […]
You can find the post and the accompanying comments here.
I’m pleased to let you know of an MCHS class of 1979 35th Reunion that is taking place on Aug. 8, 2014. If you live in Montreal and want to be a last-minute attendee, who knows? Send me a message and I’ll pass it along. We are hoping to get documentation from the event. We’re […]