tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post7268914057570213710..comments2023-09-11T05:46:59.997-04:00Comments on HOT RODS and JALOPIES: DINTY'S, Gord Crompton and the Rest of the Story in Our Home Towns of Fort William and Port Arthur....Dave Canohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832352575867917038noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-84843892538243910572017-06-28T13:36:14.761-04:002017-06-28T13:36:14.761-04:00Thanks for your comment Aaron.....grandfather stor...Thanks for your comment Aaron.....grandfather stories are the best!!Dave Canohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832352575867917038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-34871755557211447302017-06-28T02:44:18.672-04:002017-06-28T02:44:18.672-04:00This was a good read I remember story's from m...This was a good read I remember story's from my grandfather who use to work for Gordy he always told me great things and this was a really nice reading this reminded me of these story's Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12237407470917516949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-76844219490880103962015-09-08T22:02:23.336-04:002015-09-08T22:02:23.336-04:00Wonderful addition to this post...Thank You...Wonderful addition to this post...Thank You...Dave Canohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832352575867917038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-8184657663825965932015-09-08T21:59:23.869-04:002015-09-08T21:59:23.869-04:00Hi, it's anonymous again. Excuse me for submit...Hi, it's anonymous again. Excuse me for submitting twice to the same post but I wanted to add to what I said earlier. I don't live in Thunder Bay anymore but my mother still does, and I spoke with her on the phone last night and mentioned this post. As soon as I mentioned Gordy Crompton, she told me about first meeting him at Boulevard Lake. She's in her 80's now but, when she and my father were dating back in the early 1950's, they would often go to Boulevard Lake and she vividly remembered that Gordy Crompton was the "kid" who worked at the concession stand there. She told me that she always felt bad for him, such a young guy working in such a hot busy place when everyone else his age was out having fun. Still, she said, he seemed to like working there and she realized later that he put the experience to good use. My father was a plumber and it turns out that he did a lot of the plumbing in Gordy's businesses back in the 60's, and they got to know each other quite well. My father, who died a few years ago, was always running out to do weekend emergency calls at local restaurants when he was younger and needed the overtime. Now I wonder if, perhaps, he once fixed a leaky pipe one Saturday or Sunday at the Fourth Dimension Club and bumped into some starving folk singer who would later become world-famous. Ah, the questions we have for our parents, but didn't know to ask until it was too late ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-72802123755389194332015-09-07T21:45:46.068-04:002015-09-07T21:45:46.068-04:00Thanks to anonymous for the comments...always much...Thanks to anonymous for the comments...always much appreciated...I wish more people would comment, then I'd know that the posts have been read.<br />Dave Canohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832352575867917038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-24998786283142924842015-09-07T15:30:30.575-04:002015-09-07T15:30:30.575-04:00Another great post! The 1962 phone book page of co...Another great post! The 1962 phone book page of coffee shops and restaurants alone was worth the visit: I looked over every listing and, for some of them, the memories just flowed. The information about the Gordie Crompton (and Neil Young) was icing on the cake. Interesting to see a reference to CJLX and Ray Dee: that's a name I hadn't thought of for a long, long time, and I probably remember him more from his work at CKPR.<br /><br />Thanks for the memories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com