Happy Canada Day!!
Do fifty years a difference make?
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| Once upon a time the symbol for Canada's 100th year. |
In the lead-up to Canada's 150th birthday, I just didn't see or feel that same tremendous sense of celebratory anticipation that July 1, 1967, genuinely stirred-up in Canadians, including those years in the lead-up to the actual centennial date.
In the early 1960's, this country really came together and pulled out all the stops to celebrate Canada's 100th birthday.
I was a Gazette paper boy that year...
And early that particular April morning I was tasked with delivering this heavy 152 page special edition. Fortunately I was able to borrow a friend's wagon for the only day in the three years I was a carrier that I had to use a wagon to deliver my route.
Here's an example...
In the early 1960's, this country really came together and pulled out all the stops to celebrate Canada's 100th birthday.
I was a Gazette paper boy that year...
And early that particular April morning I was tasked with delivering this heavy 152 page special edition. Fortunately I was able to borrow a friend's wagon for the only day in the three years I was a carrier that I had to use a wagon to deliver my route.
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| See that small box on the top left corner... the Habs may have won game four 6-2 to tie the Stanley Cup series that spring, however, the Toronto Maple Leafs went on to win the cup in game 6. |
Here's an example...
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| Try to imagine private enterprise doing something like this today. |
Did you get to ride on this?
Ah yes... not to be confused with Canadian Pacific Railway's train "Expo Limited" mentioned right above.
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The Expo Express was a rapid transit system consisting of five stations and a 3.5 mile route,
running from Cite du Havre to La Ronde in Montreal, Quebec. Built for the 1967 World's Fair Expo 67 at a cost of around $18 million (CAD), these trains carried 1,000
passengers each and ran approximately every five minutes.(Wikipedia)
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Remember these?
First, you'd have to be old enough to remember.
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| One can only wonder how many millions of these are squirreled-away in the hope that they may one day be valuable. Not likely ever in my opinion... and it won't buy today what it could 50 years ago. |
Is that right?
This unchanged and enduring Canadian symbol has been around longer than the Canadian flag.
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| The dollar bill may have disappeared along with most passenger trains but the CN noodle is still around. |
The more things change the more they stay the same...
but maybe they shouldn't stay the same
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| Canada's 2017 PM |
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| Canada's 1967 PM |
What was that line about history rhyming but not repeating itself?
Never mind.
Lines that rhyme don't necessarily make for good prose and poetry.
Anyway...
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| Happy Canada Day! |
The Oddblock Station Agent
