I have been here in Canada 32 years ,I live in Toronto (most Torontonians are from Toronto first not Canada !! that`s why we are not liked by the rest of them) but it is still not my home . I could never live in the U.K. but still think of it as "Back Ome" I have 2 grown kids a son who is 40 living in South Africa, married with 3 children. He met his wife while traveling from country to country at the age of 20, and a daughter who is 38 living in Iceland with 2 children, so we are quite spit up !! My first wife and I divorced 30 years ago , I had our son and she had our daughter. I have since re-married and now have 2 more children to girls 13 and 15 , they are real Canadians .
I still use my British passport , I refuse to be a Canadian ( all 4 of my kids are Canadian citizens ) every time we go to the States I hold up the family by getting dragged off by the U.S. immigration at the boarder , finger printed , photo taken, and umpteen questions about why I am not a Canadian Citizen . I always get in after all the questions and back ground checks.
Here in Canada everyone can be who they want, it really is a big melting pot if you want to melt ; or like me stay who you are, "A Proud Englishman Living in Canada "

Congratulations, all the best, here's to many more happy years for you

We moved here 4 months ago tomorrow from Christchurch , near Bmth

Welcome Nikki dreaming, I hope you enjoy Canada and all it has to offer,

Hi Peter - congratulations on your milestone Canniversary ... we moved here three and a bit years ago from Poole and haven't looked back. Miss the sea occasionally but we make annual pilgrimages to Vancouver Island to get our fix.

Here's to many more happy years! J

Hey thanks Jingle, I had a house in Merly Gardens wimbourne , B4 that Canford Heath , grew up in Westbourne, Bournemouth , I still really miss the sea too , took my ghirls to Cape Cod this summer [we all needed a sea fix., we are one lake Ontario , but it`s not the same ] it`s the nearest sea side @ 1,100, kms away

Hi Peter - well we were actually in Corfe Mullen so not too far from Merley ... I guess you remember the old Merley Bird Gardens??

J

HYes I remember them bird gardens were just round the corner

Hi Jingle Yes I remember them bird gardens were just round the corner

my parents had a guest house at Alum Chine could see the sea from my bedroom window

ah, I grew up just down the road in Highcliffe! Happy days... My mum lives in Bournemouth now and my brother in Poole. I still think of it as 'back home' even though we love living here

Hey. Room for one more?

I'm Bournemouth born and bred. Spent 50 years there before emigrating to New Zealand. It will always be the place I call home .

I remember those Merley Bird Gardens & I've spent many a happy afternoon walking through the Chines & down the zigzags to the beach .

We used to get our poodle clipped next to the bird gardens.

Snap - we had our Springer clipped there too! :

J

I spent my child hood on the beach and in Alum chine , and of course jumping up and down on the suspension bridge

Hi Peter, congratulations, we moved here from Canford Heath just over 3 years ago

Martin