From Gleaner Community Press:
It used to be that children roamed in packs.
In a time when television and the Internet weren’t even a twinkle in a scientist’s eye, and telephones were shared not just among families but between families, neighbouring children spent a lot of time together. They played together, went to school together, and often worshipped together. In essence, they grew up together.
They even went to war together. But in many cases, they never returned, not even to be buried together.
And so it was with the Boys of Major.
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From blogTO:
The boys of Major Street – Chucky, Porky, Solly, Harold, Red, and Joe – were honoured with four others in the name of a laneway off Harbord Street in 2013. The six teenage friends fought at the same time in the second world war, but only two came home. Joe Greenberg, known locally as Dr. Joe, was one of those who returned. The other was his cousin, Red.