by Frank Macdonald The first time I visited Detriot was the summer of 1963 if I recall correctly, when Greet and Hughie bundled me amid all the other children in the station wagon and set off from Cape Breton. This was an adventure for me, including one of my boyhood’s most memorable moments. I was [...]
Characters • Ferguson, Hughie • Macdonald, Frank • Macdonald, Greet • Stories • Storytellers • told by Frank Macdonald | Dave Ferguson December 24, 2006 | 
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by Frank Macdonald In the spring of 1967 I arrived in Detriot, a hungry relative who had failed to find work in Vancouver, barely worked in Sudbury and had the idea that I would make my way to Boston. I only had enough money to get to Detroit but I had this aunt and uncle, [...]
Characters • Ferguson, Hughie • Macdonald, Frank • Macdonald, Greet • Stories • Storytellers • told by Frank Macdonald | Dave Ferguson December 18, 2006 | Comments (1)
by Frank Macdonald Janice Ferguson, daughter of Johnny and Mina (MacFarlane) Ferguson, has been collecting souvenir spoons for more than 30 years and her collection now stands at 1050. The collecting began, Janice explains, in 1975 when her grandmother, Mrs. Mattie Ferguson, gave her a collection of spoons depicting the 12 apostles. One of the [...]
Characters • Ferguson, Janice • Ferguson, Johnny • MacDougall, Sarah • MacFarlane, Mina • Stories • Storytellers • told by Frank Macdonald | Frank May 27, 2006 | Comments (0)
by Janice Ferguson as told to Frank Macdonald The first airplane to land in Inverness was not for a joyous occasion. On March 13, 1948, Johnny Ferguson, age 33, died suddenly of diphtheria. There was a terrible snow storm raging and no cars were getting through to Inverness. Johnny’s brother, Roddie, was attending St. Francis [...]
Characters • Ferguson, Janice • Ferguson, Johnny • Ferguson, Roddie • Stories • Storytellers • told by Frank Macdonald • told by Janice Ferguson | Dave Ferguson May 20, 2006 | Comments (0)
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 [...]
Characters • Macdonald, Freddie • Macdonald, Greet • Macdonald, Jack D • Rankin, Annie Belle • Stories • Storytellers • told by Frank Macdonald | Dave Ferguson March 5, 2006 | Comments (0)
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 [...]
Characters • Gillies, Catherine • Macdonald, Frank • Macdonald, Freddie • Stories • Storytellers • told by Frank Macdonald | Dave Ferguson March 2, 2006 | Comments (0)
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. [...]
Characters • Gillies, Angus • Gillies, Catherine • MacDonald, Rugged • Macdonald, Freddie • Stories • told by Frank Macdonald | Frank February 17, 2006 | Comments (0)
by Frank Macdonald After his retirement from the Canadian National Railway (CNR) Jack D. went on a trip around the continent. He had a railway pass for the CNR and at that time railway companies in both the United States and Canada honoured the brotherhood of railroad men so the pass meant travelling free in [...]
Coady, Bernie • Grable, Betty • Macdonald, Billie • Macdonald, Edith • Macdonald, Greet • Macdonald, Jack D • Stories • Storytellers • told by Frank Macdonald | Dave Ferguson February 10, 2006 | Comments (1)
