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   mathesc53@gmail.com to Lise-Anne Beaudry   
   Re: R.C.A.F. Station Rockcliffe Ottawa O   
   17 Jun 18 17:28:12   
   
   On Friday, November 6, 1998 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, Lise-Anne Beaudry wrote:   
   > Carey Craig (careycraig@ns.sympatico.ca) writes:   
   > > Dear Fellow Base Brats;   
   > >                                         I would love to hear from those   
   > > of you who attended the Vicount Alexander School during the period   
   > > 1956-62 .  I am especially looking for old childhood friends who lived   
   > > on Altair Avenue. Also others who may have been profoundly influenced   
   > > through out the years by their base brat experiences.   
   >   
   > 	Was that the elementary school on Rockliffe base? Sounds familiar.   
   > If yes, I didn't go there but my two older brothers did from '56-58. I was   
   > sent to the local french school in Vanier (anyone remember what Vanier was   
   > called before it was changed to that name?) I don't remember the name of   
   > the street we lived on in Rockliffe, but I remember it was near the woods,   
   > and my older brothers would always threaten me tales of strange men   
   > lurking in those woods, waiting to "get me".   
   >   
   > 	Seems to me the bases were divided up by ranks; I think the living   
   > quarters were segragated according to whether your father was an officer   
   > or not. Dad was an airframe technician and we always had comfortable   
   > housing on the bases we lived, but I vaguely remember officers children   
   > having a little bit better/bigger bedrooms. Or am I totally delusional   
   > here? Anyone else remember this being the way of life on base?   
   >   
   > Lise-Anne   
      
   Vanier was Eastview, and before that was Clarkstown.   
      
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