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Archive for March, 2022


Rudy the Raven

2nd and 3rd generation page Winter Carnival Page The mascot for the Kinsman Winter Carnival

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Winter Carnival

Second and third generation page Rudy Raven Little Okimow of the North Ice Sculptures The Thompson Winter Carnival was always a great event. I collected some pictures of it, many of which were posted by some of you all. Thanks! When did this event stop? I remember trying to run up the tail of the […]

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Pic-A-Pop

2nd and 3rd Generation page The Pop Shoppe: In the last post we talked reminisced about the Southwood Texaco. Wayne L. mentioned that Pic a Pop was sold out of that location. I vaguely remember that Canadian company, but our family did buy pop from there. I must have been very young. It was in […]

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Texaco Gas Station

2nd and 3rd Generation page The tale of two (or three) Texaco’s. Thompson had several gas stations in the 70 and 80s. There were mostly the Shell stations, the Esso stations, the Co-op gas bar on Nelson Road and the Texaco stations. We went to the Southwood Texaco and later on, the Co-op gas bar. […]

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Class Trips to Winnipeg

2nd and 3rd Generation page Class Trips to Winnipeg. These trips were always a blast. I went on trip to Winnipeg by bus, with my class.. I enjoyed spending twenty dollars at Long John Silver’s Arcade on Portage Avenue. I enjoyed making friends with our host schools. We were billeted in their house for this trip. […]

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Ponton Gas Station

2nd and 3rd Generation pageP There is a place 90 miles from Thompson, a place that is dear to ever Thompsonite’s heart. Where is it? If you said Ponton you are right!!! I loved stopping at Ponton. It was open all night. Actually, stopping there at night was exciting to a young guy.  I stopped […]

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Winnipeg Trips in the 70’s and 80’s

2nd and 3rd Generation page Trips to Winnipeg…now that is the downtown Winnipeg that I loved visiting as a kid….Long John Silver’s pinball arcade…bay…Eaton’s coin shop…bus depot novelty shop, paddlewheel restaurant. Polynesian room restaurant in the charter house hotel…Ichi ban…news store head shop…polo park, man and nature museum, it was all worth the 7-hour drive […]

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