This gruppenbild snapped the mid-70s speaks of an earlier age in Montreal.
Where are they now? That's what we ask of this birthday portrait taken at the Wellington Pool Hall in Point St. Charles on Wellington near Congregation in about 1976.
1-Mike Gonzalez, gambler and hustler, spoke about his role in gambling pastime in several media outlets including Rick Butler'sQuebec: The People Speak (1978). Deceased. 2-Ian Stevenson, who went on to work as a bartender at Cheers. 3-A young Jeff Stevenson. 4-Barry Fitzgerald, still alive. 5-Old man Krushelnyski, related somehow to Mike Krushelnyski who went on to play alongside Wayne Gretzky. 6-David Abraham, perhaps known best as the boyfriend of the lovely Debbie Symmers who shot herself in a Point St. Charles Park in 1978. He is dead. 7- Unknown 8-Harper, full name unknown. 9-unknown 10-unknown 11-Dougie Nimo, looked like a school boy, but was a killer who ran a crew and likely did contract hits for Dunie Ryan. Had some wealth, owned a Rolls Royce but lost his money and health and died of a massive heart attack. 12-Grant Williams, co-owner of pool room, later moved to Ontario. 13-Henry Hislop. His family is said to have won a lottery jackpot which afforded them some legal protection after another family member got into some legal issues. 14-Michel "Bojee" Beaudoin, deceased. 15- Glenn "Biter" Miller, whose supposedly earned his nickname by biting a guy in a fight. 16- Bill Mudston, who was celebrating a birthday, said to be about 90 something in this photo. 17- John Gralewicz, who went on to become a police officer in Toronto. 18-Duncan Stevenson 19-unknown 20-Mike Durken 21-Flipper Leonard (related to Leo "Clawhammer Jack" Leonard, caleche owner of Griffintown fame) 22- Other co-owner of the pool hall, George Klinko, who was Bulgarian, now deceased. 23-unknown 24-unknown 25-Mike Durken Sr. 26 - Francis, full name unknown, ran the local legion 27-David Gralewicz (son of Roman "As Crooked As They Want to Be" Gralewiz, union leader at the port 28-Danny Morton whose son was later shot dead on Ash Ave. when attackers unsuccessfully sought to kill Larry Cooney. 29-George Morton, whose son Shannon Morton had some local notoriety.