Ghosts of Griffintown

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=95 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="08d5fc00egerdp.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ghosts of Griffintown"><U><B>HOME</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SCREENINGS"><U><B>SCREENINGS</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SYNOPSIS"><U><B>SYNOPSIS</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SCENARIO"><U><B>SCENARIO</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="AREA MAP"><U><B>AREA MAP</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photo Galleries"><U><B>Photo</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photo Galleries"><U><B>Galleries</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HISTORY"><U><B>HISTORY</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CHRONOLOGY"><U><B>CHRONOLOGY</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reviews Comments"><U><B>Reviews & Comments</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THE TEAM"><U><B>THE TEAM</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SPONSORS"><U><B>SPONSORS</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> WELCOME  to the home site of the documentary</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="08f85670.png" border=0 width="389" height="103" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>20th Century Griffintown in Pictures </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>is available as a 3rd edition.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1732c690.jpg" border=0 width="556" height="361" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>There are new photos and a new chapter </B></div> <div> <B>highlighting some of the buildings and places that were part of Griffintown's landscape.  </B></div> <div> <B>You can pick up a copy in Lachine (go to the </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3333FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ORDER FORM"><U><B>ORDER FORM</B></U></A><B> </B></FONT><B>for information</B><B>),</B></div> <div> <B>from </B><A HREF="http://www.paragraphbooks.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.paragraphbooks.com/"><U><B>Paragraphe Books</B></U></A><B> in downtown Montreal or from </B><A HREF="http://www.nicholashoare.com/main.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.nicholashoare.com/main.htm"><U><B>Nicolas Hoare</B></U></A><B> in Westmount.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Go to </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3333FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photo Galleries"><U><B>Photo Galleries</B></U></A></FONT><B> to see examples of what is in the book. And rest assured it is not all black and white.</B></div> <div> <B>There is also a few colourful maps from 1898, 1914, and 1949.   </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3333FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Map SAMPLE"><U><B>Map SAMPLE</B></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>---</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I am available as a guest speaker. I have prepared a slide presentation </B></div> <div> <B>that includes many pictures from the book along with related background stories.</B></div> <div> <B>I also can do a screening with either the  47 or 62 minute version.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>---</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#009933" FACE="Arial" ><B>Ghosts of GRIFFINTOWN</B></FONT><B> was completed in 2003. In the first few years there were </B><B>seventeen </B><B>showings for over</B></div> <div> <B>600 </B><B>people and two broadcasts on CFCF.  </B><B>Over 5</B><B>00</B><B> people have bought a copy of documentary.</B></div> <div> <B>They seemed to like it. </B><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3333FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reviews Comments"><U><B>Reviews & Comments</B></U></A><B>.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B> <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/gEkpbGDBGuM?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/gEkpbGDBGuM?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>  </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>You can purchase your own copy of the 63 minute documentary on DVD. It has a navigational menu </B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>and a slide show as well. Go to the </B></FONT><A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ORDER FORM"><U><B>ORDER FORM</B></U></A><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>and you will see a price break </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>if you buy both the documentary and the book.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Click here to read the complete </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3333FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id56.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="TRANSCRIPT"><U><B>TRANSCRIPT</B></U></A></FONT><B> .</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>---</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>A 67 min. DVD called </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#009933" FACE="Arial" ><B>A Griffintown Evening</B></FONT><B> is also available.</B></div> <div> <B>This is footage from a special event put on by The Centre for Canadian Irish Studies</B></div> <div> <B>Great talks given by exGriffintowners with a true love of the area.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>---</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>There is also a collection of the</B><B> </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#009933" FACE="Arial" ><B>GRIFF NEWS</B></FONT><B> </B><B>(19 issues).  </B></div> <div> <B>This was a newsletter sent from the Griffintown Boys and Girls Club to the boys overseas during World War II.</B></div> <div> <B>A great insight into the views and concerns of Griffintowners during that era.</B></div> <div> <B>Go see   </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3333FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Griff News SAMPLE"><U><B>Griff News SAMPLE</B></U></A></FONT><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>This product is not available now, but please contact me if interested.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>---</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Your purchases help defray the original costs incurred to produce the documentary.</B></div> <div> <B>Thank you in advance.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>---</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Go to </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3333FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SPONSORS"><U><B>SPONSORS</B></U></A></FONT><B> to see who helped make this project possible.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>---</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>If you want to know more about what is happening in Griffintown in the here and now</B></div> <div> <B>visit the </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3333FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://griffintown.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://griffintown.org/"><U><B>Committee for the Sustainable Redevelopment of GRIFFINTOWN</B></U></A></FONT><B>.</B></div> <div> <B>You will see how this area is STILL capturing people's passion and imagination.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>---</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="17193190.jpg" border=0 width="659" height="25" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>