Blast From The Past

 I just stumbled upon this clipping from a July 1977 issue of the Montreal Gazette.

Hard to believe but some of these Heritage pikemen still march on my table under the banners of the Midlands on the Gathering of Hosts blog.

One of my first (and possibly the last) appearance in a major newspaper. I had graduated from the College Militaire Royale de Saint Jean in May and been assigned to the HMCS Ottawa in Halifax for on job training before heading to the West Coast to finish my training. However, I also had leave and came home to visit my parents in St. Lambert, across the river from Montreal. While I was there, the Montreal Wargames club, of which I had been a a member, (The club itself and some of its original members are still active.)  was taking part in an exhibition of hobbies etc over the summer. Since I was there, I volunteered to do a shift and thus had my first interview with a professional reporter from the Montreal Gazette. 

 

Ever since I read the distorted, inaccurate, supposed quotations, (not to mention the misspelled name,,,)
I have given less weight to newspapers!