Now, Canada, namely Vancouver for twenty odd years, and then to Ottawa, rats!!
David Isherwood at two, next to an
obvious soccer player (skinny arms, strong legs), in Kitsilano,
on the
west side of Vancouver in the background. Next is Dad, David, Lynn in
Queen Elizabeth
Park, Cambie Street, both photographs taken in August, 1977.
I had been there
since June 4th, late of Bristol, England.
Playing for Delta United,
based at Association Park, Ladner, just off the road to Tsawwassen and the
Island.
Early days in BC. Of course, we lost this game. On the right, happy
days, or evenings: Dave Brown, and friends
having just left Rohan's on West
4th at Macdonald, after
getting sweaty, 1979-80
NZ in '81 or later, with Peter, Peggy, Ray and David. On the right, the beach sprint.
Meanwhile: in Essex are Maxine and Chlöe dressing up, '81 and, four years later, Paul and Harriet Alana Burgess in Vancouver
Lynn, Auckland, 1990,
School Mistress. Disciplinarian, forsooth! Now, 2001, has been Deputy
Headmistress,
at
Mount Roskill
Intermediate School, for some time. Teaching skills, undoubtedly!
Mid '90s: BCSRA
Executive, all referees, some better than others. The late John Meachin, FIFA ref and
local teacher,
really nice man, 3rd from left, died early 2001. Fifth from left is Joe Ciresi,
then President,
a nice guy, but I should have sued him for racist
comments that he made about my wife.
Now we'll take a quick trip to Trinidad for the origin of the Montréal connection.
On the left the Rambert grandparents and to the right is the very young Michelle, 1957.
Dawne and Michelle ca '61, Port of Spain
Norva, née Rambert, and her eldest daughters, Dawne and Michelle
Moving back, to Canada, viz. BC, Ontario and Québéc
Les femmes de Montréal, c'est
vrai? '92. Gabrielle, Renée, Dawne and Norva, the mother of these
four, with Michelle in front. The Campbells: David, Timothy, Kegan, Dawne
Ray, David, Paul, Sarah
and Michelle, Lynn, Peggy @ Sophie's, '93
Above: David, Lynn, Peggy, Ray & Michelle: Sea to Sky, August '93
The photographs around here are in because of a wedding, Saturday, August
21st., 1993.
The wedding was held in a parish church in West Vancouver, and the meal was
on Broadway, in Vancouver.
Exactly 25 years ago was my other wedding. Do I wait the same time for the
third?
Below: Norva & Bertrand Henry, Michelle's parents, Trinidadians,
living in Montréal, here in West Vancouver '93
Above: Sarah, Michelle, Craig, Renée and Norva: Victoria '93
Below: Sarah, Lynn & David, her son, @ du Four, Cambie and Broadway
'93
Katharine in the womb,
two ultrasound views at about four months.
Amazing stuff at Grace Hospital, Cambie Street, Vancouver; 1994,
prior to Katharine's birth, January 8th., 1995
Above: Paul with Renée, Michelle's third sister, Granville Island, '93
Below
: at Kristy's house, Trinity St., Vancouver, early '95
Katharine and father, 1996
In Montréal with Isabelle, Katharine, rag doll on plate, Alain, Renée, Xmas '97
La famille Henry-Dickins, Queen Elizabeth Park, Vancouver, '98
Both of my daughters, Heather St., Vancouver, August '96
Below, childhood innocence in a Vancouver garden, Summer '98.
This is Katharine,
who arrived 24 years after
my first daughter, Sarah,
who is a Shiatsu proponent and a Buddhist and can be found
in London or the west of Scotland.
Ray Dickins and daughter, Lynn (visiting from Auckland, NZ) '98
Lynn, Paul,
Michelle, Ray, Katharine, Peggy, '98 photos above at Sophie's Cosmic Café
on 4th Avenue
& Arbutus, Kitsilano, Vancouver.
And, because we had a lot of fun there, here is Sophie's Cosmic Café phone number: 604-732-6810
Kits beach, early '98, windy, cool day
Katherine and her friend, Stephanie, Heather Street, Vancouver
'98
January 8th, '98: Katharine Norva Edith Dickins' third birthday,
in the basement apartment.
Being applauded for having blown out the candles.
Alain, Nathan, Isabelle, et la
belle mère Gabrielle, '98.
Gabrielle is the third eldest of the four Henry sisters
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