In 1997 the Brinds in Canada had a get together at which they produced a scrap book. This contained press cuttings, some family trees and a list of Brinds with birth dates and ages. This is a collection of favourite memories, special achievements and funniest moments from the scrap book.

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My special achievement was when I was named Citizen of the Year in 1995 - Wes MacKenzie
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Special events and achievements in my life and my marriage to my husband the the birth of our three children. Also, the story in Life magazine of our daughter, Blaike- Jacquie Holding
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My special events or achievement was watching my girls grow up happily, having great husbands and wonderful families of their own and mostly having ten terrific grandchildren and having a wonderful husband to share life with- Lile Maynard
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Our special events and achievements are the graduation of all our children, their weddings and the birth of our grandchildren- Diane Schmidt
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A special event for me was purchasing our first home on June 14, 1997.- Senea Hebert
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The special events and achievements were when we celebrated our 25th anniversary in 1996, our daughter's wedding and our children's graduations.- May Stafford
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The special events in my life was raising three children, operating a convenient store, later a garden centre and also moving to different locations in BC.- Lillian Scott
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My greatest achievement is my marriage to Ron and my three boys.-- Sherry Vink
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My funniest memory of growing up in this family is when my sister (Lilla) and I got the giggles while doing laundry on a camping trip. Two grown women sitting with tear running down our cheeks.- Lillian Scott
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My funniest memory of growing up in this family is Granny Brind sitting in the toilet pulling loose threads on her clothes. All was well until she came to the house. Guess what? Down came her panties! - May Stafford
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My funniest memory of growing up in this family is swimming in mud puddles when granddad & granny Brind came to visit when we lived on the prairies. Cans till hear granddad Brind laugh. - Diane Schmidt
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My funniest memory of growing up in this family is when Stephen got mad, kicked his car tire and broke his toe. Boy was he embarrassed! Serea Hebert
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My funniest memory of growing up in this family is when Uncle Tom used to tease Maureen. He's the only one that could get any response from her. Also when Aunt Bess's cat snuck into our car when we were leaving and started to purr very loudly and that scared the sh... our of Maureen. She wouldn't go near the cat for a long time.- Marwayne Norton
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My favorite memory of growing up in this family is moving to BC in 1948 in a 1928 Desota car with Aunt Edie and Doreen accompanying us. - Lillian Scott
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My favorite memory of growing up in this family is visits to Granny & Granddad's in Summerland.- Wes MacKenzie
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My favorite memory of growing up in this family is the companionship of certain cousins when we were all raising children. On those camping weekends. - Diane Schmidt
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My favorite memory of growing up this family is spending time at Grandma & Grandpa's house in the summertime with Teresa. - Rhonda Parker
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My favorite memory of growing up in this family are the Christmas eve parties at uncle Allan and Auntie Norma's. Uncle would go outside and ring a bell and make all of us children believe Santa was in the sky. - Serea Hebert
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My favorite memory of growing up in the family is when I found out I was pregnant with Ryan and Aunt Bess putting her tiny arm around me saying 'we'll get through this together, you, me and your mum'. And in the next room Uncle Harry handing me a soother for the baby, telling me every mom needs one of these. They always had a nice cup of tea for me.- Marwayne Norton
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My favorite memory of growing up in this family is all the fun family events in the summer.- Shelly Edwards
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Mr Favorite memory of growing up in this family is when I was twelve and we went to visit Uncle Joe and Aunt Barb. I remember going for a horseback ride with Sheila. Probably the only time I ever rode a horse.- Jacquie Holding
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My favorite memory of growing up in this family is going to Summerland to visit Granny & Granddad Brind. - Lily Maynard
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My favorite memory of growing up in this family in the Reunion at Lac La Hache.- May Stafford
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