20 — Sunday, November 9, 1997 — North Shore News T can’t help thinking of how the world has changed in the 80 years that I’ve just put behind me. The upbringing of chil- dren, the way we travel, the ways we communicate, the role of women nowadays, our interplay with the world via television — none of this was * anything but a fairy-tale when someone spanked me to life on Nov. 2, 1917. There was a dirty war on in Europe, the first of the con- north shore news i SENIORS Whither the children in these days? flicts to involve North Americans outside of their own boundaries. There was also an international outbreak of influenza to be dealt with. Children were still using slates in one-roomed school- houses, in which teachers dealt with beginners through Grade 8 with the slimmest of accou- trements. I saw a man speak to a tele- phone when I was going on eight, the only such instru- * Brown bag clinic PHARMACIST Stephanie Senner speaks to lan Wemyss about prescription medications. The recent “srown bag clinic” at Kiwanis Lynn Manor is an initiative of the North Shore Keep Well Society. For more information about the society and its programs, including exercise classes and socials, call 987-8138. OPEN HOUSE & CUSTOMER APPRECTIATIGN DAY November 12, 1997 In appreciation of your patronage, the staff of Island Acoustics Hearing Services cordially invite you, our clients and future clients, to join us for tea or coffee, and pastries at our North Vancouver office. Drop in for a visit between 1 pm and 4 pm. Our friendly, pro- fessional staff will discuss any questions or concerns you may have about hearing and hearing loss. We'll also clean and check your heaing aids - FREE. Batteries are 25% off Take advantage of our $10 discount on hearing aid repairs, from November 10 to December 10. November 12, only Qimit 4 packages per person) of the regular price on Be sure to enter our draw for great We're iooking forward to seeing you! ment for miles around in the North where I spent my early years. Being called to the phone in those days was like having a spiritual experience. Horses were our means of travel to anywhere more than two or three miles away. We were expected to walk. When the train came into town once a week, we all wenr down to look at it. When I was in Grade 1, liv- ing in the tow.r where I was NEWS photo Mike Waketield born, our teacher drilled us in the way to safety should there be any sighting ofa car. She was a large lady, built rather like a box, and she would shout our at us, in the class- room, in her deep voice: “What do you do when you see a Car coming?” And we would all shout back at her, tops of our voices, we loved that part: “Head for the bush.” In towns, horse-drawn buggies carried the gentry to their engagements and horse- drawn wagons carried vegcta- bles to their kitchens. You could go out to the rig and pick out what you needed and the driver, often Oriental, would bring it in to you. At our house, we'd just go round to the back and dig up whatever had matured. We walked — whatever the tem- perature or the vagaries of Mother Nature, one walked — to the shops, to school, to dances, carrying one’s slippe:s. You walked to tea-parties like- wise, also to go for the mail. The mail came on the train and was shuffled into the post office and then sorted by che sedentary post-man. He had a rank of little boxes, and when you asked for yours he’d know just where to Jook. On weekends, once the chores were all done, we'd walk to the bridge over the Fraser River where it met the Nechako, just for something to do. It was always interesting when the ice clumps were loosening for spring. "In the city it was a bit dif- ferent —- more to do, what with concrete streets and side- walks that would invite litde girls to make a hop-scotch pat- tern. You don’t see a fot o: those any more. It’s still possi- ble you might come on a cou- ple of little boys with a piece “Sometimes Mom needs heip at home when we can't be there. Now, thank goodness, we know who to calF’ D. Waters West Vancouver 24 Hours a da 7 Days a wee: Where peace of mind has a home address. Cali today for a free in-home assessment There Is no obligation #102-145 West 15th S. N. Van 980-6350 _ FALL FLU CLINIC. Free to 65 years old and older. Under 65 with a chronic condition Available as drop-in of chalk and some aggies, though their activities nowa- days seem more involved with things thar buzz and bang. With the television in every house, now, there is a lot more watching than there is partici- pating. ; Another factor in that sce- nario is “Where’s Mum?” since so many women, single or not, are working outside the home these days. Fancy complicated appliances give them more free time, for one thing, but pres- sures on dad’s income, if there is a dad, persuade mothers that they too must contribute to the coffers, even though it may leave the children at risk. A working mother was an anomaly in our growing-up years, Oh there were hobbiers who sold a bit on the side, women who were good at embroidery and others who had a dab hand when it came to remodelling; they would do § ° sewing for their neighbors and usually at modest rates. And there were the mom-and-pop shops, of course. 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