2025 make it a good one for you and your family, & friends

Happy New Year and let's make 2025 a safe and healthy year for everyone. Thanks for surfing by and checking out this old site Cheers ! LesF

The Corner Store, or as we call them in general Depaneurs a short vid appearing in the Gazette and now youtube.

The little corner stores we all grew up with buying candy as a kid cigs a little later and maybe played the pinball machine.It was and still is a part of life in Verdun/Montreal....although disappearing due to big box joints, I think we all need the corner store (or the middle of the block for those rare ones)

Merry Christmas from Verdun Connections

Hope all who pass this way have a peaceful.safe and Merry Christmas from Verdun Connections Cheers ! LesF

Familiar Old Sign Verdun Restaurant also an old House of Tom ad ( another rest in Verdun)

I know we posted a shot similar to this one many years ago ,same sign just a different angle. However this one just sparks memories.Nice to see it asgain (sent to me via an oldies Montreal site.......thanks for that) The 2nd photo is a sight I remember ,winter walking along Verdun Av, this is now New Verdun Restaurant which also had a restaurant at Gordon & Wellington STreet ,which later moved to the middle of the block on Wellinto across from Norman's Patats , it too ws called New Verdun Restauaran

Just a few more random pics from all over Montreal

Over the years we have posted a lot of photos a lot of them very early on in the beginings of the internet over 20+ years ago. We found a lot of photos and shared them here, or on MSN Groups to start with and finally made our way to this Blog site. I have seen them replicated on many different host sites,aside from their originals, most sites offer no referance to the initial websites where they were first hosted. Some people do try to mention where they got them. Other sites simply mark them as if they were part of their own private collections. In anycase I am glad they get shared.So enjoy these ones. There are some good sites who post these as they find them,so thank you .

Santa Claus Parade 2024

Well we all remember the Santa Claus Parade with it sailing down Saint Catherine and culminating at Eatons (think way back) we all rode the Eatons train and we have posted pics over the years,so this year the parade route is a straight line down Dorchester ( if you remember that name) but that is 2024 version in Montreal today Saturday Nov 23.so here is the following info all from today's Montreal Gazette............

Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus, right down René-Lévesque Blvd. Montreal’s Santa Claus Parade returns for its 72nd instalment Saturday, Nov. 23, at 11 a.m. The parade route will run east on René-Lévesque Blvd. from Bishop St., ending at St-Urbain St. This year’s parade will feature weightlifter and two-time Olympic medallist Maude Charron, who will play the Star Fairy. Map showing route of Montreal Santa Claus Parade, along René-Lévesque Blvd. from Bishop St. to St-Urbain St. starting at 11 a.m., with family activities at Dorchester Square as of 9 a.m. The parade will feature a series of floats, musical performances and dancers and will end with the Santa Claus float. Organizers are encouraging people to wear red to the parade. The route of the parade is easily accessible by métro, a short walk from the Guy-Concordia, Peel, McGill and Place des Arts stations on the Green Line or the Lucien-l’Allier, Bonaventure, Square Victoria-OACI and Place d’Armes stations on the Orange Line. Montréal centre-ville, an organization of nearly 5,000 member businesses, is organizing the parade. TVA will broadcast a recording of the parade Nov. 24 at 4:30 p.m. The parade is expected to last about an hour.

Remembrance Day 2024 Monday Nov 11th, We Will Remember Them