July 3

saw the movie 'H.R. Puffinstuff' at Fairview with Sheila and her sister Cathy.

 

Fairview was built in 1965, and was a large indoor mall of over 60 stores. Built around a large central corridor, it had fountains at each end at the entrances to the largest department stores: Simpson's and Eaton's. At the center of the mail was an information desk and large suspended clock.

 

Across the west parking lot outside Eaton's was Fairview Cimema, with two theatres.

 

July 10-26

family vacation in Miscoka, Ontario [this turned out to be the last one our family would take together].

 

Music that summer: Jimi Hendrix, Grand Funk Railroad, the soundtrack of 'Woodstock', Led Zeppelin (who's first album I had bought that summer).

 

Spent some nights in Kingsman Park with Sheila and her friend Liz Haden.

 

I talked to and saw Scott Nixon (from Grade 7) a few times in the summer.

 

From August 5th to September 6th took over a neighbouring kid's (Bill Wood) Gazette route.

 

Grade 8 began September 9th. I couldn't wait, I'd see Laine again. I was so disappointed to discover he wasn't in any of my classes. Luckily Sheila was. School uniforms were abolished this year.

 

Jimi Hendrix died September 18th, just as I was discovering how good he was.

 

September 27 Sunday

CFOX Mini Pop Festival at the Pointe Claire Arena, from 3 to 9:30. Laine was there. [My comment: "cool"].

 

Note by Liz Sept-Nov(3):

 

Dear Sheila TRUE OR FALSE?

 

Janice thinks that Allan is your boyfriend. She saw you whisper into Allan's ear and thinks you kissed him. Then she said you ran off. Allan turned around and Janice said he turned around and said "I know you love me but please not in the halls" to her because she was standing near him.

 

October 4

dogsat our neighbour's the Durrant's dog, read a National Geographic book on the Vikings. [Janis Joplin dies]

 

Around this time I first read volume one of Churchill's 'History of the English Speaking Peoples', and my interest in the Dark Ages was born. At school we read a book on Roman Britain 'Eagle of the Ninth' (finished December 2nd).

 

October 5 - Led Zeppelin III is released

 

October 18 - my 14th birthday.

 

Music from October: Fleetwood Mac' 'Then Play On', Led Zeppelin III (Oct 22th), Jimi Hendrix 'Electric Ladyland'.

 

The months of September-December saw a burst of artistic activity, I did tens of drawing that fall, most in colour. By 1971 I could see an improvement in my handling of the human form.

 

 

 

3. This is the earliest surviving note from my school years