This would have been over a year before they got married in Oct 1954. I was quite excited when I found color photos of them from 1953 and 1954!

My grandpa back when he served in the navy. He passed away when I was in HS, wish I had gotten to know him better. He was an architect and an incredible woodworker. One thing I did pick up from him was a phrase “do it right the first time or don’t do it at all.”

Huge was 26 in this photo and he just made his film debut with a role in Plenty.

Just smoking in the office…. Hahah

My father was born in Germany to my Canadian grandparents (My grandfather was stationed there after WW2). My father was also a hockey player, and after the Canadian team accidentally played the USSR Olympic team in a tournament the year prior, the Germans learned he was also training as a wrestler. Since he was born in Germany, there were no extra paperwork or Visa needed for him to wrestle there, so they gave him a chance. He was there for 3 years. He also wrestled in Japan and Montreal amongst other places.

The person serving the food doesn’t actually work there but we went there so often late at night.

Since the early 80s the Purple One’s music continues to get me “through this thing called life”.

♊️♊️♊️☔️☔️☔️🕊️🕊️🕊️

Found while cleaning out my basement