Remember when...

[Serendipity]

oh, my goodness, I remberm all of those!

I remember:

Trudeaumania-- Canada's sauve Prime Minister when he was a bachelor, had screaming women meeting him, rumours who he was dating, etc.

When Canada celebrated its centennial as a country in 1967, the children in our school were taught the theme song, there were sport activities which we were given special 100th birthday ribbons

When Neil Armstrong planted his foot on the moon in 1969.

When Paul Henderson scored the winning goal for 1972 Canada-Russia hockey games.

Shootingstar, do you remember the Centennial Train that went across Canada? Also remember dressing up in period costumes for the celebrations!

And....

Creamsiciles - they were soooo good and only 7 cents

buying bottles of pop - Orange Crush, I thjnk - from one of those vending machines that was actually bottles sitting in some sort of metal chest full of cold water...???
Can't remember how much it was, tho'!

[shootingstar]

oh, my goodness, I remberm all of those!



Shootingstar, do you remember the Centennial Train that went across Canada? Also remember dressing up in period costumes for the celebrations!

I remember this Serendipity, going inside the Centennial Train looking at the historic educational exhibits, the Centennial fake coin as a memento, and the Centennial song with the guy on TV in commercials, who played some sort of Pied Piper role by leading chanting children singing in unison, 'CAAANADAA, one, two, three, happy Canadians. We love thee....' I was taught this song during that year. I genuinely felt patriotic at that time.

I was also taught in school, the pacifist song, during the Vietnam War era: "How many times must..." Written by aboriginal (native Indian) singer, Buffy Saint-Marie, later popularized by Bob Dylan.