Cam Gibb:  

Cam's schools include Hammarskjold High School Thunder Bay Jan 1974 - June 1977, Kennedy High Mississauga Sept 1973 - Dec 1973, Queen Elizabeth Senior Secondary Grd 8 Mississauga 1972-1973, Lakeview Junior Secondary grd 7 Mississauga 1971-1972, Floradale Public Elementary Kindergarden-grd 6 (Cooksville) Mississauga 1965-1971. Area around Floradale School and homes at corner bend of Dunbar st/Argyle Rd was awesome them there days. :-) Creek flowed down west side of Argyle Rd where backyards met it. Huge block sized grass field behind that. Small block wide forest beyond that. Gargantuan field beyond that size of 4 big blocks. Then 2-3 streets of homes with gravel walk path for their kids to walk between that big field on their left and apple orchards on their right, meeting Floradale school at end of path, about in line with Argyle St which was west a block across forest and creek. South of Dunbar behind backyards was small block size field,the creek was just beyond this field, then small forest, paths thru it, then Floradale School. There were walk paths from Argyle- Dunbar corner across wee 9' bridge to path that went to Floradale. Other path from half way down Dunbar, beside friends house, Carol, Jim and Paul Bromby, cut thru vacant lot beside their house, thru field, across 2-3 foot creek, thru forest and field, to Floradale. Inside corner of Dunbar-Argyle had 3 or 4 lot size field with cement well that had city water main connection for watering skating rink in winter. Neighbors took turns doing this. Including my Dad. It was just like in Charlie Brown's Christmas. :-) We had so much to explore and play in then. We were very blessed. Too bad its all built over now. Their was 60' square Marsh pond behind Argyle side creek up close to 2 white apt bldngs still there. Saw lots of poly wogs, frogs, toads, red wing black birds, little awesome blue damsel flies, dragon flies, etc. Lots of trees around houses plus forests out back meant lots of squirrels, chipmonks, rabbits, skunks, fox, mice, birds, crows, ravens, hawks, etc. Got to know lots of kids other then Brombies on Dunbar when those two white 6 flr apt bldngs opened around age 8 in 1968. Many of them walked down Argyle using corner path beside my house or Dunbar path. So especially going home from school it was possible to see, catch up to, walk with some of them. Teasing, kidding, tossing soft snowballs ofcourse lol :-) You couldn't have a much better neighborhood setup. We had the family and relatives of Buck and Lenore Francesheenees to be thankful for as Dad linked up with them for construction contracting work he did. They rented us their first small house at corner of Dunbar, 210 Dunbar, when they moved into new house around corner beside us at 2512 Argyle. Dad contracted building their 3rd house. We then got their second house. They were of a big family. Owned 2 big old garages in that corner. one was where the stationed laege road plow that had to be pulled by tractor or horses. It just sat beside garage rusting in my child yrs. Fun to play on and pretend ship or sub or ricket. Bunch of wheels on it to turn that turned as weren't hooked up anymore. Inside one double garage they had workshop for vehicle repairs, snowmobiles, etc. The other older barn and garage beside that had tons of old interesting stuff collecting dust. Two old trucks. Empty chicken cages. Stables for past maybe goats and milk cow and horses. One business of theirs was making bricks and cement at huge deep pit and field area that was across road (Hurontario St i think) at top of Argyle st, a few blocks west of Argyle off west side of Hurontario St up on higher elevation. Ofcourse as kids we snuck up there to explore the pit and bldngs where they made that stuff. Though it was awesome. :-) Down the hill to south from there was Huron Park for Soccer field...Expand for more