Vivien Perry:  

I lived in Orangeville for only 5 years but have so many fond memories. I had lived near Orillia for 5 years, before moving to Orangeville in Jan. 1959 and I finished Grade 6 at Princess Elizabeth School. Our family moved to Toronto June 1964, when I was 16. What an age to move and leave all your friends behind and then attend a large city high school. I found the transition very difficult and soon quit school. I started working in an office, full time. Fortunately, I went back to school, finished high school and after a year at college, my summer office job provided an opportunity to successfully test for the position of the companies new computer programmer. I studied computer languages and was 'shipped off' to I.B.M to convert our obsolete files to the new system. Unfortunately, in less than a years time I became quite ill and was forced to leave work for almost 2 years. I very gingerly returned to work in 1971 starting with a few hours a week in a 'hamburger joint'. I was happy that I could be back working and the stress free job was an asset to my health. I eventually went on to work as a dining room waitress for many years. I was able to do some traveling over the next few years. Always one to plan ahead I bought a retirement property in a warm southern state, since I planned to retire when I was 45. Looking back I'm so glad that those plans didn't materialize. When I was 29 I met my first husband. We had a small business just north of Toro...Expand for more