My First Best Friend - Friend House - My First Neighborhood - “Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to.” ~ John Ed Pearce For the first nine years of my life I lived at 1705 31st Street SW in Calgary, Alberta. From 1953-62 I lived there with my mother, father and sister Sandra (who is six years older than I am). Those years are full of happy memories for me. This district (called Killarney) was home to an abundance of children my age. It was a new district so everyone moved around the same time. Families on 31st Street watched out for each other's children and there was an energy that comes with a new, growing community. I have identified thirteen landmarks and the memories that are attached to those places. These places shaped who I am today and the memories are pleasant reminders of secure, happy childhood. Click on the place markers and read about these memories and see pictures of these places that fill up my mind!

My First Best Friend

Friend House

Laura Anderson lived next door to me and she was my very first best friend. Laura moved in when I was 3 years old and we were inseperable until she went to school, the year before I did. 31st Street was crawling with kids close to my age. I remember I hated going to kindergarten (few kids went in those days) because no one on 31st Street went except me and I felt like I was missing out on all the neighbothood action when I went off to kindergarten each afternoon. One of my favorite memories of 31st Street is the Hide and Go Seek games we'd play in the summer when, without any street lights (we didn't get street lights until around 1961), we'd play Hide and Go Seek with only the porch lights to find our way around. I remember hiding in my backyard raspberry bushes with my friend, waiting to be found (or not!). Eventually our parents woudl all come out on the front proches and call "It's time to come home" and one by one we'd reluctantly head off to bed...

Calgary

1703 31 St SW

My First Neighborhood

“Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to.” ~ John Ed Pearce

For the first nine years of my life I lived at 1705 31st Street SW in Calgary, Alberta. From 1953-62 I lived there with my mother, father and sister Sandra (who is six years older than I am). Those years are full of happy memories for me. This district (called Killarney) was home to an abundance of children my age. It was a new district so everyone moved around the same time. Families on 31st Street watched out for each other's children and there was an energy that comes with a new, growing community. I have identified thirteen landmarks and the memories that are attached to those places. These places shaped who I am today and the memories are pleasant reminders of secure, happy childhood.
Click on the place markers and read about these memories and see pictures of these places that fill up my mind!