If These Walls Could Talk

The best part of being at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s

Illustration of 200 Collingwood St.

Illustration by Wendy Treverton

Susan (Kirkwood) Westwater, Artsci카지노 게임 컬렉션86, Ed카지노 게임 컬렉션88, had not laid eyes on 200 Collingwood before she and six housemates moved there in August 1983. But she카지노 게임 컬렉션d heard about it.

카지노 게임 컬렉션Our house was called SNAFU, and was well known among Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s students,카지노 게임 컬렉션 she says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션Everybody knew SNAFU. I think it had been named that years prior.카지노 게임 컬렉션

SNAFU is a military acronym for the phrase 카지노 게임 컬렉션Situation Normal, All Fouled Up카지노 게임 컬렉션 (euphemistically rendered), which you카지노 게임 컬렉션d think might give pause to prospective tenants. But the house had seven bedrooms, one and a half bathrooms, and a living-room wall painted in Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s tricolour. What was not to love?

Also, it was on budget.

카지노 게임 컬렉션In those days, rent was $175 each a month,카지노 게임 컬렉션 recalls Ms. Westwater.

As it turned out, 200 Collingwood카지노 게임 컬렉션s unnerving nickname was utterly undeserved. 카지노 게임 컬렉션This house was the best part of being at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s,카지노 게임 컬렉션 she says.

Ms. Westwater only knew one of her future housemates, Nadine Harding, Artsci카지노 게임 컬렉션86, a high-school friend from Oakville, Ont., when she signed a lease the December before she moved in. But the seven women formed an enduring bond soon after arriving. That bond brought them all back to campus 30 years later, from as far away as Sydney, Australia, for Homecoming 2016. Of course, the visit included a pilgrimage to 200 Collingwood.

카지노 게임 컬렉션It카지노 게임 컬렉션s divided into units now,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Ms. Westwater. Her daughter, a Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s undergrad, still gives her occasional updates on the home.

Built in the last year of the First World War, 200 Collingwood had housed only one family for most of its life, according to Kingston architectural historian Jennifer McKendry. Carolina Moore, the widow of original owner William Moore, lived there until her death in 1972, just 11 years before Ms. Westwater and her housemates moved in. It카지노 게임 컬렉션s not clear when the acronym SNAFU was inscribed in the cement near the front door.

The house 카지노 게임 컬렉션was great: a large bedroom on the main floor off the kitchen, four bedrooms on the second floor, and two bedrooms up top 카지노 게임 컬렉션 but only one and a half bathrooms,카지노 게임 컬렉션 recalls Ms. Westwater. 카지노 게임 컬렉션How seven girls could have one shower was amazing.카지노 게임 컬렉션

카지노 게임 컬렉션We ate dinner together every night and bought food together 카지노 게임 컬렉션 all seven of us, which just doesn카지노 게임 컬렉션t happen anymore,카지노 게임 컬렉션 she says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션You had a night when you were in charge of cooking. It was basic [cuisine], a lot of pasta. Not the healthiest.카지노 게임 컬렉션

The togetherness meant 카지노 게임 컬렉션your social life was all under the same roof,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Ms. Westwater. 카지노 게임 컬렉션Thursday night was Alfie카지노 게임 컬렉션s 카지노 게임 컬렉션 Saturday morning was pre-football warm-up parties.카지노 게임 컬렉션 The housemates all joined in.

The campus defined them in other ways, says Ms. Westwater. 카지노 게임 컬렉션Virginia (Leighton, NSc카지노 게임 컬렉션88) worked at the Quiet Pub, J.E. (Husband, Artsci카지노 게임 컬렉션86) was a constable at Alfie카지노 게임 컬렉션s, Nadine was a cheerleader. Everybody was involved in her own fashion in university life.카지노 게임 컬렉션

After two years at 200 Collingwood, the housemates, who also included Tuula Hoop, Artsci카지노 게임 컬렉션85, and Cindy Linkert, NSc카지노 게임 컬렉션88, decided to go their own ways, says Ms. Westwater. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I think you mature, right? You get to your fourth year and you카지노 게임 컬렉션re not so focused on the social part; you카지노 게임 컬렉션re more serious, and I think that카지노 게임 컬렉션s how we felt.카지노 게임 컬렉션

But the kinship formed in those two years holds fast, she says. When one of their number, Kerry Lee Kalm, Artsci카지노 게임 컬렉션86, died a few years ago, the girls from SNAFU gathered together again. 카지노 게임 컬렉션There카지노 게임 컬렉션s still a connection,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Ms. Westwater says.

카지노 게임 컬렉션The Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s [카지노게임사이트 District] is what makes Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s unique,카지노 게임 컬렉션 she says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션It was a very happy time in my life and [the house] was a big part of my being a student at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s.카지노 게임 컬렉션 


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