Drake's Ice House would deliver ice blocks to homes during the summer about 1 and one-half to 2 feet square and their source was the harbour ice, so you can imagine how cold it was to form ice that thick! The long cold winters also provided a popular past time sport of horse racing on the harbour as a weekly event. The other source of ice was from located at the corner of Queen and where Plaza now stands. That is why the area is called . When the snow came and winter settled in, there was no such thing as plowing the snow down to the pavement. There was always about 6 inches of snow left on the street to allow for transportation by horse and sleigh. It also allowed us to play street hockey. I always liked to hear the sleigh bells ring. Sleigh rides were often arranged, which everyone enjoyed, but what I enjoyed even more was jumping on the back of the farmer's sleigh, which usually had a pig in it, on its way to Davis and Frasers (later Canada Packers and now vacant land owned by Maritime Electric). The pigs provided the farmer with some much-needed cash during the winter months to help purchase the basic necessities. We also played street hockey during the summer months. Traffic on the street was very light in those days and there were lots of kids in the neighborhood. The only time we had to get off the street was at about seven o'clock in the evening when the train arrived at the railroad station which was located at the south end of . It was the social event of the day to meet the train and see who was arriving. There were two particular taxi drivers who would speed down and squeal around jockeying for the best position to pick up the passengers. One of the drivers was Joe Shelfoon , George Shelfoon 's brother, one of the first Lebanese immigrants to the Island. Joe Shelfoon had thirteen children and it always amazed me how he could bring up such a large family operating as a taxi driver. The other driver was Jimmy Power who owned a tobacco and shoe shine shop on near Toombs music store, out of which he operated Jimmy's Taxi. He was a short, stocky person with a high pitched voice. Each year he would dress up as a woman and sing in the annual Holy Name minstrel show. His taxi slogan was, "If you want a taxi and if you want it fast, just phone Jimmy's taxi, it's never out of gas". The railroad was one of the largest and most sought after employers in the City. The station itself is where the Workers Compensation Board now operates and on the south side of from the station up to Hillsboro street, there was a long 22