Collingwood Historical Society

Today I attended the Collingwood Historical Society, a new society that has just formed. I'm one of 6 members. I've lived in this area all of my life, except for 5 years when we were first married and couldn't afford the rent here. (and that was 34 years ago!)

Being a member of a committee isn't fast paced; it's rather slow and boring work to begin with. Hopefully things will pick up now, and the good work will begin.

The above photo shows the first library in the Collingwood area of Vancouver BC.

It was named the Bursill Institute Library, and founded by John Francis Bursill on the same street on which I live.

Jennifer Gray-Grant, executive director for Collingwood Neighbourhood House, heads the committee, and she commended me today on my writing ability, saying I had a unique style. I write articles for the Renfrew Collingwood newspaper, and have written historical and commemorative ones since 2006.

I was pleased to have her compliment me, as she was a newspaper journalist in the past.

I just had to comment about it here on my little blog, because I've often posted about my articles and my writing Wednesdays.

By Loretta Houben

Olympic Torch Flame in Collingwood Vancouver

I took a picture of my computer, watching the torch relay live in Burnaby.

I decided it was time to go and find my own excitement! At noon we walked up to Boundary Rd and Kingsway. This is the sort of street entertainment we have in our part of Vancouver; Tree People. What can anyone say? This is outside Starbucks. The freebies had already been handed out. We did get 2 flags. Here is handsome Paul, (blonde hair, to the left) my nephew. He was so busy with the crowds he could barely say hello! Myself, wearing my hat and Olympic red mittens. We walked to Safeway down Kingsway but there were way too many crowds! We walked back to Boundary, and stopped 2 blocks before the other mobs of people. It all seemed like a dream. It was much easier to take photos in the overcast day, than in bright sunshine, but it isn't as pretty. I was so happy it wasn't pouring! No matter where I stand, people always dart right in front of me!

Robert's photo of us; this is the torch bearer, Andrea Jensen, according to the time slot on the Twitter page.

Now THIS is a cool shot! We hooted and hollered!

There she goes, running towards the next mob of people!

This is the back of the previous runner, Charlie Meszkenyi. It was a fun day!

PS: I was also interviewed by a Japanese TV station, so somewhere in Japan I may appear on the News!

Here's a link to a Youtube Clip of this torch relay.