Originally Posted By: Astro14
Hey - Number_35, I have very fond memories of Winnipeg...I was there when I was quite little and then again in Grade 2 through Grade 4 (as you would say it).
My dad worked for Great West Life, and used to fly all the time. He was a 250,000 mile flier on United airlines in 1970. That was a big deal back then.
So, my mom would take us to the airport to drop him off and pick him up quite often. I remember the old Winnipeg airport, the funky colored 60's art/sculpture on the wall...
http://www.manitobaphotos.com/Winnipeg_Airport.htm
Now, I could be wrong about the Connie, because I don't think that UAL flew them, but I distinctly remember the 3 tails, so perhaps it wasn't in Winnipeg, or perhaps it wasn't on UAL...as I said, it was about 1967...and it's one of my early memories..
I could go on and on about Winnipeg! Confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, picnics at Lower Fort Gary, the zoo, the "golden boy" on top of the Capitol Building...electric outlets in the parking spaces to plug your car in during winter...
Some day, I hope to visit again.
Cheers,
Astro
Astro, great photos of the old airport, and I enjoyed hearing about your memories of The 'Peg. The airport was ultramodern when I was a boy, and it was a shock to hear a few years ago that it was being demolished. There was talk of it being such a great example of modern architecture that it should be preserved, but the structural issues were significant. (That's common here, the result of our clay soils and severe freeze-thaw cycles.) I think a lot of the art was moved and preserved.
Great West Life is still around and thriving, with head offices still at the SW corner of Osborne St N and Broadway Ave. The legislative building is due E across Osborne, All Saints' Anglican Church is N across Broadway, and there's a park kitty-corner across from GWL to the NE. Thus, wags point to the four corners of that intersection and tell visitors they're seeing, 'Recreation, Legislation, Indemnification, and Salvation'.
Do you remember what part of town you lived in or what school you went to? NW River Heights for me, close to Academy Rd. My parents rented a small (800 ft^2?) bungalow, and I did Grades 1-3 @ Sir John Franklin School (now long gone, and bulldozed in the early 80s). Although I liked Miss Miller, my Gr 3 teacher, my fellow airplane nerds & I cried out in protest when she said that aircraft had not played a role in WW I. The area is now very yuppie & gentrified, but was low-rent in the day.
Hey - Number_35, I have very fond memories of Winnipeg...I was there when I was quite little and then again in Grade 2 through Grade 4 (as you would say it).
My dad worked for Great West Life, and used to fly all the time. He was a 250,000 mile flier on United airlines in 1970. That was a big deal back then.
So, my mom would take us to the airport to drop him off and pick him up quite often. I remember the old Winnipeg airport, the funky colored 60's art/sculpture on the wall...
http://www.manitobaphotos.com/Winnipeg_Airport.htm
Now, I could be wrong about the Connie, because I don't think that UAL flew them, but I distinctly remember the 3 tails, so perhaps it wasn't in Winnipeg, or perhaps it wasn't on UAL...as I said, it was about 1967...and it's one of my early memories..
I could go on and on about Winnipeg! Confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, picnics at Lower Fort Gary, the zoo, the "golden boy" on top of the Capitol Building...electric outlets in the parking spaces to plug your car in during winter...
Some day, I hope to visit again.
Cheers,
Astro
Astro, great photos of the old airport, and I enjoyed hearing about your memories of The 'Peg. The airport was ultramodern when I was a boy, and it was a shock to hear a few years ago that it was being demolished. There was talk of it being such a great example of modern architecture that it should be preserved, but the structural issues were significant. (That's common here, the result of our clay soils and severe freeze-thaw cycles.) I think a lot of the art was moved and preserved.
Great West Life is still around and thriving, with head offices still at the SW corner of Osborne St N and Broadway Ave. The legislative building is due E across Osborne, All Saints' Anglican Church is N across Broadway, and there's a park kitty-corner across from GWL to the NE. Thus, wags point to the four corners of that intersection and tell visitors they're seeing, 'Recreation, Legislation, Indemnification, and Salvation'.
Do you remember what part of town you lived in or what school you went to? NW River Heights for me, close to Academy Rd. My parents rented a small (800 ft^2?) bungalow, and I did Grades 1-3 @ Sir John Franklin School (now long gone, and bulldozed in the early 80s). Although I liked Miss Miller, my Gr 3 teacher, my fellow airplane nerds & I cried out in protest when she said that aircraft had not played a role in WW I. The area is now very yuppie & gentrified, but was low-rent in the day.