We’re at the lake this weekend and the Gazebo construction project in well under way. I helped Gord get the roof rafters in place and now we’re putting on the tounge and grove cedar roofing and it’s really looking nice.
The Thompson Lumber shop apron brought back some good memories. There are a couple of them at the lake and we used them extensively when we built the cottage 25 years ago. The have lots of good memories of working with Dad. The year we built I took six weeks of vacation and spent many weekends working on the cottage. This was just before Eric was born.
The apron also has some other good memories of Thompson Lumber and the owner Mr. Fred Lees. Fred and my Dad were the main builders of the cottage. They spend many hours together working on the project. Fred is a life long friend of my parents and our family. Thompson Lumber was at the corner of Des Meurons and Marion for many years. Because of the family connection, I had an account at the lumber yard any you could just walk in, order some stuff, and walk out and they knew your name, who you where and trusted that you’d pay your bills. If it needed delivery, it just showed up at your place. No fuss, no signing, no agreements, just trust. It was the same at Crawford’s garage, just a block away. You could drive up, fill up, and drive away. They knew you, and trusted you. That’s doing business the old school way with class. Not too many places like that any more. It’s too bad