by Greet Macdonald as told to David Ferguson
When Dad left [Inverness], it was February of ‘52. and he stayed for our anniversary, but I don’t know when after that he left, shortly after. We had a bad winter. We were snowed in; they had to shovel us out one time.
I was there [...]
by Frank Macdonald
[This] 1935 photo of Jack D and Annabel is Jack D.’s railroad pass with his wife’s photo on it so that she could travel free as well, along with the children.
The story that photo reminds me of is one my father told me. He was in grade 10 and on a beautiful spring [...]
by Frank Macdonald
Reading John’s story about getting Greet to peel the grapes reminded me of a Christmas in my early 20s when I was home in Trenton [Nova Scotia] for a visit. I was watching television with my father, Freddie, and reached over to the coffee table and took some gumdrops out of a bowls [...]
by Greet Macdonald as told to David Ferguson
[Hughie Ferguson's brother Johnny] died before John [Ferguson] was born [April, 1948]. I went home from Halifax because we didn’t have any money to have a baby in Halifax, and it would be cheaper at home. So I went home to Inverness in March, and Johnny Ferguson [...]
by Frank Macdonald
During World War II “Rugged” MacDonald enlisted in the Seaforth Highlanders out of Vancouver as a soldier and piper. My father (Freddie), was turned down by the air force because of a busted ear drum and joined the Merchant Marines for a time.
At some point, probably 1943-44, Dad was in England. In what [...]
by Frank Macdonald
My father told me that during the war, when he joined the Merchant Marines, he had to present a birth certificate as proof of identification. He sent home for his baptismal certificate and when it came he learned [...]
by David Ferguson
One summer when I was a teenager, my family went to Inverness, like we did every year. While we were there, my cousin Jackie (Freddie’s daughter) and I went to the cemetery. She spent more time in Inverness than I did, and I asked her to show me graves where relatives were buried.
She [...]
Characters • Ferguson, Art • Ferguson, David • Ferguson, Hughie • Macdonald, Frank • Macdonald, Freddie • Macdonald, Greet • Macdonald, Jackie • Stories • Storytellers • told by David Ferguson • told by Greet Macdonald | Dave Ferguson March 14, 2006 | 
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