Memories From The Past

Memories of the years

My goal is to create a web page for each year that the corps competed and I need some help. I invite you to submit brief memories that you have of the corps. Rather than including "generic" memories, my hope is to use memories that relate to specific years. These could be about performing in the corps, traveling with the corps, watching the corps from the stands, excerpts from articles in old corps mags, etc. For the web page I'll include a couple of photos of the corps for that year and I'll use some, or all, of the memories that were submitted.

To get an idea of what I'm hoping for, please look at the page for 1963. This was my rookie year so I did it based on my memories of that year. While I chose to do it for a year, I'm not asking you to do a year by yourself. I can easily use memories from a few people to create the page.

If you wish to submit anything for this project, please send an email to Bob Carell (toronto_optimist at rogers.com)

Memories from other sources

• 1958: The Strange Case of the City Hall Flag (by Phil Hennings)

• 1962: Bill Thorne interviews Joe Gianna & Doug Mackenzie (Acrobat file, from Green capsule Comments)

• 1963 Individuals Results from Dec 1963 Off The Line Magazine ((Acrobat file, 250k)

• 1964 Article on the Optimists (Acrobat file from the April 23, 1964 issue of the Toronto Telegram )

• 1965 Year Book (Acrobat file, 5.8 mgs)

• 1968: How Rick Roussel became an Optimist (by Ray Roussel)

• 1977 article on Ken Mulgrew of the Seneca Optimists (Acrobat file)