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Page 7 After consultation with Andy Reid (who is 94 this year) Norma Minions has sent some notes on old Marine Drive between 13'^ and 15'’’ Streets. Lack of space prevents our reproducing the whole piece. However, I have included the essence of it in this piece. On the south side, walking from the comer, there was a business and then empty property, before reaching Penny’s Beauty Shop, Matty’s Coffee Shop and Mr. Watson’s Grocery at 1368 Marine Drive. Joyce Watson (now Minions) used to go down to the store to help her dad there. The bus stop was just outside his doorâ€"the Pacific Stage (to North Van) and the West Van Buses. My step father was one of the PSL drivers, along with Dorothy and Ernie Sayer’s dad. At 1392 Marine was Bill Thompson’s Imperial Esso Station (Norma graduated with his daughter Noreen in 1941.). South of the garage there was a brown house where the Rivers family resided (on 14'^). Across from Mr. Thompson lived Miss McFadyen and her mother. Nonna remembers at one time she minded a panot, who had an extensive vocabulary and could recite “Mary Had a Little Lamb”. It would hang upside down, saying “I don’t like Leila” (her nickname). Miss McFadyen said the reason was that she would give him a whack for biting here when she cleaned his cage. Then came the Highlands Cafe at 1393 Marine, Sharp Realty at 1395 as well as Simpson and Lord, also at 1395. In the next block, on the south side, Mr. Willington (and later Mr. Overington) had a barbershop . The latter gave Norma and Dorothy Greenwood boyish “bobs” and when the procedure was over, they looked at each other and cried. Above:Fred (Pep) Pepper Now to the north side of Marine Drive, from 14'*' to 15'*’ Streets. The Hay Building stai’ts it off. This housed the Ambleside Phai-macy, mn by Mr. Kerr. Norma later learned that Mr. Kerr thought of her as “that Minions brat who used to take ten minutes to spend one cent on penny candy. Norma remembers it was hard to choose between chocolate-covered cinnamon bears, marrow bones, liquorice whips or pipes, candy smokes or jawbreakers. 1405 Marine was Mr. Hay’s Real Estate. Upstairs in this building there were a couple of suites plus Dr. Onhauser and Dr. Seale, the dentist. 1409 Marine was Mr. Nonnan’s grocery. As a kids Norma and her friends used to raid the ice truckâ€"chips off the ice and salt, headed for Mr. Noman’s cooler. This is where they bought their ice-cream cones. At 1415 Marine Drive was the Ross Building, which contained two stores and two suites. Norma’s parents were in the front suites, with her granny behind. Downstairs was West Van Supply, whose proprietor was Ed Minions, and “The Pantry”, run by Eliza Ross, Norma’s grandmother. During the depression Norma’s dad’s business was lost, although her grandmother’s restaurant weathered the storm, it was hai'd work for her. (Norma’s mother was a waitress at the restaurant.) At 1421 Marine was West Van Sheet Metal, run by Mr. Leggatt (later sold to Mr. Dubberly). Next, to the west, was an empty lot, which was called the “cut- through”, after which were two stores, one of which was a fish and ship store owned by Mr. Lund. (Ross cautioned Ross not to buy anything there because Mr. Lund lost a finger, and it might be in the chips.) Next there was a building which housed Mr. Yates’s plumbing supplies; further along was Mr. Robson, lawyer (before he became a judge). Next was Mr. Grout’s Garage. Also in this block was West Van Electric, run by Mr. Paterson (whom Norma described as a really funny guy). Mrs. Paterson was a veiy busy person, who hooked rugs, sewed pretty rugs (changing them every season) and grew a huge gai'den which contained many cacti. The Patersons had two daughters who were very musical, so they had lots of singing and much laughter. Finally, there was West Van Lumber, at 15'*’ and Mai'ine. The yard stretched back to Clyde Avenue.