Ya the 50s and 60s was a different world here in CHINADA.
My family on both sides came from Holland in the early 50s and 60s.
My Dad and 6 uncles and two aunts were GM workers in Oshawa Ontario and all fed their families on one income.
I'm from 7 boys and feeding the family was easy because most of us had gardens.
Big ones since we are Dutch and pretty good at that.
I fell in love with hockey and played for decades.
I put the blades on at 4 years old in 1960 and lived on the pond for two decades plus I played the best of the best for 10 years and played in 4 Ontario championships and a silver stick in 1973 at 16.We won 3.
Same league as my idle Bobby Orr.
So we watched Leafs Habs starting back in 1958 when if you remember Ely the game started on TV in the second period.
They started showing the whole game in early 60s.
Hockey night in Canada.
In those days there was always folks outside being active in something.
Opposite of now with never seeing children play outside.
Ha, thanks Nicholas. I’m actually quite fortunate, still weigh what I did in that photo. Yes I remember Hockey Night in Canada coming on at 9:00 pm. I played ice hockey but never got to your level; well done Nicholas.
While I still like ice hockey today, it is a bit too regimented, almost like basketball on skates at times. It was more free-wheeling in the 50s, 60s and 70s. Also looking at the old games, most teams only had 3 forward lines and shifts lasted longer.
Agree with all that you said. Grateful for my parents who were the same as you. They protected us from what we didn’t need to know and enabled us to be successful. They are still happily married together.
Ya the 50s and 60s was a different world here in CHINADA.
My family on both sides came from Holland in the early 50s and 60s.
My Dad and 6 uncles and two aunts were GM workers in Oshawa Ontario and all fed their families on one income.
I'm from 7 boys and feeding the family was easy because most of us had gardens.
Big ones since we are Dutch and pretty good at that.
I fell in love with hockey and played for decades.
I put the blades on at 4 years old in 1960 and lived on the pond for two decades plus I played the best of the best for 10 years and played in 4 Ontario championships and a silver stick in 1973 at 16.We won 3.
Same league as my idle Bobby Orr.
So we watched Leafs Habs starting back in 1958 when if you remember Ely the game started on TV in the second period.
They started showing the whole game in early 60s.
Hockey night in Canada.
In those days there was always folks outside being active in something.
Opposite of now with never seeing children play outside.
I'm 10 years your junior.
You were a lean machine Ely in your youth.
Ha, thanks Nicholas. I’m actually quite fortunate, still weigh what I did in that photo. Yes I remember Hockey Night in Canada coming on at 9:00 pm. I played ice hockey but never got to your level; well done Nicholas.
While I still like ice hockey today, it is a bit too regimented, almost like basketball on skates at times. It was more free-wheeling in the 50s, 60s and 70s. Also looking at the old games, most teams only had 3 forward lines and shifts lasted longer.
Agree with all that you said. Grateful for my parents who were the same as you. They protected us from what we didn’t need to know and enabled us to be successful. They are still happily married together.