Well right after the war when they discharged us,
they just discharged us, they said if you
wanted to stay in you could.
But I wasn't even thinking about staying in
because of that five years in the service,
I never wore civilian clothes,
just a uniform all the time.
It was one thing about we had just got out
of the army in Halifax, that was a real setback -
the prejudice.
My brother, Guy, that's the fellow that is
dead now that went through Sicily,
him and I was quite close together right from
kids up so he was already out, he was out in '45,
he was living in Dartmouth.
So we got out and we went, they give you one
hundred dollars to buy clothes, you know.
I wished I could get clothes that cheap now.
Went to the store, clothing store and I bought a suit,
and I remember a pair of black pants and a grey
tweed suit, felt hat, these days
everybody wore a felt hat.
But the funny part about it was,
that set us back on our heels.
I was staying at the hotel and
I went into this hotel and I changed and
I put my civilians on and boy it felt real funny.
I said, "I feel like I''m not dressed!"
So we were walking up the
street right happy and giggling,
going on and walked into this
restaurant right on Barrington Street,
walked in and sat down
and, you know, we just walked in and
sat down and we were
talking and waited and waited;
the waitresses was sitting up by
the counter and they were looking at each other.
Jeez are we going to get served?
As soon as I say the words, the lady that was
behind the counter she came over said,
"Sorry gentleman, we don't serve you people
here in this restaurant."
So we just got up and said, "Yeah, thank you!"
And turned and walked out and we sat in there
I would say almost ten minutes
before she got nerve
enough to come over and tell us.
And that really dug in the belly because
after doing all the war and over
in England and places there,
I ate in places where it was like my
buddy was saying you don't know
what tool to eat with first,
you know, and then come home and
get in this small restaurant and that.
That hurt, that one. I had to brush that one off.