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Posted 9 months ago
walksoftly
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While on a road trip through central Saskatchewan we went through a number of small towns, some only had a few inhabitants others possibly 200.
The reason was to see what was left of the towns where Manikins Canadian branch of her family once homesteaded & still live.
The first picture is what we call a "jigger", used by the railway section crews to do service work. These went out of fashion in the 80's.
#2 is what's left of the Curling rink.
# 2 could have been a store or community centre.
# 3 Ardath United Church, appeared to be ready for a Sunday Service.
Links to Mani's Canadian content;
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/42880-first-house-in-conquest-canada-of-my-gre
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/41437-my-canada-family-in-field-working
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/41436-my-canada-family-in-sleigh-pulled-by-hor?in=171
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/39424-my-canada-family-training-llamas-farm
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/37410-my-great-aunt-in-first-house-and-her-car
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/36995-canada-farm-and-family-minature-horse
Again so many thanks David and Sherry for taking time to take these photo's and meeting my family . The rodeo branch anyway . The rest of us are not quite so inclined to live like that . Amazing photo's . I was surprised the church was beautiful for 16 people and such a big nice school that is now closed .
very nice :) love this :)
LOVE photo#1!!
Mikie I would think you would have loved the car dealership on other set of photo's he posted , They sold all brands of cars unlike today :-)
How are you doing ??????????
Our pleasure Mani!
Thanks Bellin & mikie for your comments & love.
Thanks for the love, mrmajestic, scandi, miKKo, & chevy!
I was studying these a couple days ago and got so carried away with my thoughts I forgot to say how much I love these. That was sure nice of you to do for Mani.
Thanks Phil, coming from a pro like you I really appreciate the compliment, I wish I had taken the time get a better photo of the jigger without all the clutter in the background.
There's one aspect of doing something nice for someone & that is what you get from the transaction. This side trip took us on a different road than we usually travel, we found some very interesting things to see. We also met with Mani's cousin & he is just as nice as Mani.
Thanks for the love, official, kerry, gargoyle, Phil & pack.
Thanks for the love, trunkman.