2024-11-27 Places Workshop

2024-11-27 Places Workshop

On November 27, 2024, Defining Moments Canada sponsored a workshop to identify a short list of places that were important to our community up until the end of the 1970s, as part of their Proud To Be project.

NathanElling and DanielMacKay invited nine other elders to a "High Tea" at the UnitarianUniversalistChurch.

The results of the discussion will be used in a couple of places, including the Defining Moments Canada “Proud To Be” project, creating a map of important LGBT places across Canada.

Chef Nathan provided gourmet high tea with everything handmade including: Cucumber sandwiches with cream cheese • Smoked Salmon sandwiches with watercress dressing • Egg salad sandwiches • Curried chicken in puff pastry • Lavender cookies • Strawberry scones with clotted cream • Fresh melon, pear, apple and grape with white chocolate/mango leaves • Crudités with hummus.

The event was sponsored by Defining Moments Canada, a Canadian heritage organization dedicated to commemorating “definitional moments” in Q history.

Participants: BarendKamperman, DrBobFredrickson, BryanGarnettDoucette, CarolynGesner, GingerAmbrose?, LynnMurphy, NathanElling, RandGaynor, SandiMacNutt?, and EdSlade. Many hadn't seen each other for decades.

There are photos etc. in this file folder.

Part 1 audio here (19 minutes, mp3)

• 00:02 A Woman’s Place / Forrest House on Barrington
• 03:11 Bishop Street AllisonBrewer: "Sandra's House" attracted a lesbian crowd
• 03:53 Brenton Street - story by LynnMurphy
• 04:35 Camp Hill Cemetery
• 05:20 Club 777/Thee Club
• 05:36 Lighthouse Tavern and a dancer named Tony. Photo of Tony
• 07:21 The Move Office: Movement for Citizens Voice and Action (sent by DebTrask). "A lot of lefties hung out there."
• 07:50 Brenda’s Crepe Wagon Lynn: "as an investor."
• 08:03 Was there anything in Dartmouth? No. A resounding no.
• 08:40 Sekai Studio: dancer and gay man. Socials for women.
• 10:00 applause for the chef & photo
• 10:22 Dr Bob’s Office Halifax Youth Clinic, 2nd floor of 1588 Barrington right under The Turret. 1978. Story by Bob.
• 11:50 Ginger: after hours bar on Maitland street story; "They'd give you two flashlights and a can of RAID because of the rats"
• 12:32 Barend: MurraysCoffeeShop
• 12:53 JimDeYoung’s Apartment
• 13:18 Meteghan: Jack Murphy: got married, was excommunicated by the Bishop?? + Adolphe Robichaud
• 14:31 Stockade Restaurant
• 15:15 No Name Bar "Where the clientele were raped by the 13th Tribe" on Water Street. 1976. Ginger describes. Why lesbians weren't let in. Fagbashing on Spring Garden Road.
• 17:17 VeithHouse
• 17:24 Broad Cove Womens' Dances mentioned by DebTrask
• 17:57 Woolco Washroom

Part 2 Audio here (39 minutes, mp3)

• 00:05 The Shelburne Military Base
• 01:29 The Red Herring
• 03:30 The Atlantic Bookstore
04:44 Back to the Red Herring/Gayline
• 05:58 Crystal Crescent Beach
• 06:44 Fleming Park
• 06:52 Back to Crystal Crescent Beach
• 07:17 CKDU
• 07:44 Crepe Wagon
• 09:50 The Heidelberg
• 13:29 Dr. Bob
• 23:52 Joey Evans
• 24:51 Back to Dr Bob/Marilou Evans
• 27:11 The Gardenview Restaurant
• 28:36 Jim De Young