Today was “visiting friends day”, first stop being Anu, a friend of Shamina's from Fiji in the 1960s and early 70s. After lunch Anu and her son took us to White Rock, a seaside town, very close to the USA border. It is also has railroad tracks along the foreshore, these tracks belonging to BNSF, and mainly used for coal trains going to Robert’s Bank. It may also be used by container traffic to and from Deltaport. The old Great Northern Railway (later Burlington Northern) depot has been preserved and is now the White Rock Museum.
Anu dropped us off at Munir’s place about 5:30pm. Munir, also known to us as Portable was a Halal slaughterman at Islington in the 1984-85 season. One of his sisters and her husband also came and after dinner his parents came around and another sister. His father has been in Canada for over 40 years. Munir dropped us off at Tamiq Hussain’s (Naushad’s brother-in-law) about 11:00pm, and we packed up for the trip home.
Anu dropped us off at Munir’s place about 5:30pm. Munir, also known to us as Portable was a Halal slaughterman at Islington in the 1984-85 season. One of his sisters and her husband also came and after dinner his parents came around and another sister. His father has been in Canada for over 40 years. Munir dropped us off at Tamiq Hussain’s (Naushad’s brother-in-law) about 11:00pm, and we packed up for the trip home.
Photos show Shamina with Anu at White Rock, the old White Rock station and Munir with his parents.
