Submitted by Jim Richmond, CFS Barrington, 1982-1985

Speaking of fun and events. I was one of the single people at Barrington. The one night there was a Women's Bonspiel at the base. I was on switchboard when I got a frantic call from one of the other single guys. Apparently he had wondered into the curling club to check out the action. Unfortunately he had shown up alone with a bunch of inebriated ladys looking for a good time. He was trapped and asked me to come and help. I said I couldn't so he asked me if I could called the other guys to come and rescue him.

 

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Submitted by Michel Dagenais, CFS Mont Apica, 1979-1982

I had the pleasure of being the SLOGO (Station Log Officer) for a 3 year stint in Mont-Apica. I am the handsome fellow behind the CO (then Major Fortin) in the pool picture above (ref CFMAD 1999.23.13B.5). This picture was taken in the Spring of 1980 during the 12 mile swim competition, held between participating sites. I don't exactly remember all the rules but, suffice it to say, the members who participated could swim up to 12 miles each in a limited one week period. I remember swimming my heart out every day and this up to the wee hours of the night to add my 12 miles to the station total that was submitted on a daily basis. I don't recall if our site won the competition but we were strong contenders. Our wives and children were volunteers to help count the laps and provide warm drinks, food andsupport. This was another important activity to build friendship and good health at the sites.

 

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Submitted by Jim Richmond

I remember being the projectionist and we were playing a horror movie one time. Well the cook was right into it and he was getting very worked up. I snuck up behind him and just at the right moment grabbed his arm. Well you never seen anyone jump so high or scream like he did. Another time we were waiting to see ET but one of the ships in Halifax lent it to another countries ship and the studio took it back before we got to see it.

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Submitted by Eric Saari, CFB Moosonee 1964-1966

In 1965 our base got involved with a swimming competition. Each base had a hadicap level so it eqallized each base for it's size and personnel, even the size of the pool. It ran for 1week . I can't remember if it was 24/7 or just all day. I remember that it took 105 lengths for a mile. Our winner from the GATR site was Danny Lake. He swam 35 miles, I only did 27 miles. I think I lost 10 lbs. However our base won. It was A full size copper/ brass Hard hat diving Helmet. I wonder what ever happened to that trophy Work was secondary to sports. Curling, hockey, baseball, broomball, and pub nights. What a life!!