Precious Memories From the Past

Henry and Louise whose parent’s store inspired Engelmann’s Grocery.
Note: The photo was taken by Vivian Barwell, a journalist, who was there at the time and got caught up with the re-union.

I knew the Lord had a special reason for me to have a final book signing for the year at Coles Bookstore in the Northgate Regina Mall this past weekend. It was great to meet Louise after almost 60 years. It was her parents who owned the grocery store on the corner of  Broder St. and Victoria Ave that I pictured in my mind when I created Engelmann’s Grocery and Confectionary in the Angelic Letters Series story. What a wonderful reunion it was and to talk over some of the precious neighborhood  memories gone by! Louise informed me that the store was taken down in 1979.

~Henry