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Welcome
Cindy and Hugh Peden welcome you to our site - a snap shot into our lives here in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. We are happy you have found your way here as we use this site as an online collection of material on topics that are of interest to us both. I have included some photos of some of Maple Ridge's wildlife that has visited our house.. An excellent site by Steve Taylor (a bush pilot in Manitoba) is very good and brings back a lot of great memories of growing up in Pine Falls. As well some miscellaneous pictures of some good times in the past. Enjoy, and if you find anything of interest, we always appreciate hearing people's comments. Bagpipes & Pipe Bands. Information about the three pipe bands I have been involved with over the past 30+ years: the RCMP "E Division" Pipe Band, the Vancouver Police Pipe Band and the Stirling Pipe Band of Pine Falls, Manitoba - including photos and a collection of materials that comprise unofficial band histories. In addition there are some photos of people I have met, places I have been, and things I have done in the pipe band world. Garden Railways: Pictures of the H&CP Rail (Updated July 3rd, 2006) .. whose construction was started in February 2003 in our yard in Maple Ridge and rebuilt with the move to our new house in 2005. What's new...... Pictures of our family including our sons Allister and William (Updated November 2008) The latest project is to build at P-51 Mustang pedal plane for Allister and William...check out the final result and the Christmas unveiling. Next is a second pedal plane - a Tiger Moth for William. (Updated December 2nd, 2007)
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| Early Days in
Scotland & Canada - Recollections of my Grandfather - William Peden - including
his training and preparation for World War I with the 8th Battalion Royal
Winnipeg Rifles, his Arrival in France in which
he describes the First Battle Battle of Ypres where he survived the
first German gas attack of the war, and a Post War Retrospective .
As well, recollections and many humorous stories of life and
times in Scotland in the late 1890's and in Canada at the
turn of the century. The
Blind School Master, A New Suit and a Lucky Tree, Hanging The Dookut and The Sunday School Jaunt are
fanciful recollections of boyhood in Scotland. Included
are short biographies of both his grandfathers David Peden, and William Coburn. Wee Tom was
the youngest of the family who passed away in infancy and
my Grandfather's visit to his grave some 50 years after.
The following article was written by my uncle, Murray Peden, for Remembrance
Day 2005. Last Days of Steam - The humorous stories of my father - Allan Peden - working for Canadian National Railways from 1951 to 1960 - recounted in The Last Days of Steam - an era when steam powered locomotives were at their height and then abandoned as they were replaced by diesel engines. As part of the Pine Falls 75th Anniversary (Celebration 2002), my Dad has put together an online photo album of pictures he has taken during the time he worked at the Abitibi-Price mill in Pine Falls.
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