April 11, 2007Here is a photo of me, Sandra Lynne Granahan-Espinosa, which was taken in 2006. I've changed since I lived on Coleridge Avenue, thank God!
The reason I have decided to connect with some of the other "kids" that I grew up with on Coleridge is because they were an absolutely amazing group of kids and we were really close. Absolutely every night, we would play "buzz off", our version of hide and seek, street hockey (Neil Osborne dubbed me Davey because of my love of Dave Keon), we shot cards, made soap box cars and so much. For many of us who had not very good home lives, the street was our haven and the kids meant so much to us because they accepted us without question.
So far, I have been able to connect with Julie Silver, my best friend at the time, Tony Banner and his lovely wife Penny, Barrie Wilkonson, Peter O'Donnell and his sister Diane, Peter Goodale and his sister, Lois - and we are hoping to keep adding to this list as time goes by.
We have learned about some sad events too - like the tragic passing of Neil Osborne who was married to Sharon Hawkshaw, both of them had lived across the street from me, and apparently, the passing also of Bob Major but to date we have been unable to confirm the latter Bob's death. Dougie McVeigh passed away at the young age of 34 due to a heart condition.
On our list of people we are desperate to find:
Linda Archibald (possible married name is Holmes) and her sister
Yvonne Archibald who apparently is a nurse
Dougie Hutton
Johnnie Osborne
Ronnie Hawkshaw who is a lawyer and I recently discovered he is living in Ajax
Rory Clancy
Margaret Wagner (I have learned that Margaret has passed away)
John and Dale Murray
The Fitzpatricks
Larry, Jackie and Jerry Snider
Sherry Binns (more sad news - Sherry's younger sister, Arlene, has passed away)
If anyone knows there whereabouts of any of the above, please do not hesitate to contact me.
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Interesting to know.
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