What element does a person miss in Montreal that no longer exists?

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 […]

Malcolm Campbell High School grad Lynn Berry has posted a great Facebook photo featuring Ken Dryden

You can find the post and the accompanying comments here.  

MCHS Class of 1979 35th Reunion takes place in Laval, Quebec on Aug. 8, 2014

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 […]

As it turns out, a person really can’t get away from what we like to call civilization

As I’ve noted in a previous post, I’m an enthusiastic practitioner of reality tourism, a concept that in my usage of the term covers quite a bit more than visits made by affluent tourists to urban slums. Any excursion anywhere, even from one room to another, can be viewed as reality tourism, in my understanding […]

1980s Montreal Gazette articles highlight the closing of Malcolm Campbell High School

A Jan. 23, 1985 Montreal Gazette article concerned with the closing of Malcolm Campbell High School can be accessed here. A Dec. 18, 1986 Montreal Gazette article provides additional information. If anybody knows details about the closing, which I assume was in 1987 – for example, was there a final assembly?; are photos available of […]

MCHS bio for: D. Scott Munro, class of ’63

My life: May 1946 – ? My life began in Ottawa, joined a few years later by my brother, Gary. But I grew up in Montréal, home to les Canadiens, maître du coupe Stanley, and to the local gang of French kids that would occasionally torment me on the way home from school. Not that […]

Question from Lynn Berry about bagel shop at mall on Sources where they have Farmers market

We’ve talked about a good Montreal smoked meat restaurant in the Greater Toronto Area, and a few similar ones in Montreal, at an April 28, 2014 post, which you can access here. Lynn Berry, an MCHS alumna, has asked the following question: “Is there still a bagel shop at the mall on Sources where they […]

Many students at Malcolm Campbell High School started at Ahuntsic School

Through the Facebook Groups that I’ve joined that deal with Malcolm Campbell High School, I’ve learned many new things: Ahuntsic School “Hi Jaan, I went to Ahuntsic school , corner of St Lawrence and Henri Bourassa between 1956 -1962 then went on to MCHS. Kids from Ahuntsic and parts of Laval attended the school till […]

Cartierville School .. yes, very fond memories … NOT!!! Comment from Fred Fohring

Fred Fohring has shared with us a comment at a previous post about Cartierville school. Fred Fohring commented: Cartierville School .. yes, very fond memories … NOT!!! Family moved from Pointe Claire to Roxboro during 1956 and I was bussed to Cartierville. Must have been very dull trips every day as I only recall getting […]

We have additional notes – this time from Ruth MacLeod – regarding 1960s MCHS teachers

In a previous post, we shared comments by Cheryl Vince regarding favourite teachers. Ruth MacLeod has shared a comment regarding the latter post. You can find it there, and you can also find it here: Comments from Ruth MacLeod (I’ve broken the text into shorter paragraphs): Hi Cheryl – my memory does have its moments, […]