Who remembers that area as it was in the 70's? What was there?
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Grovers Store was one of
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Yes, Grover's is still there, took over the building next door too now. Wasn't there a Dominion's across the street from Grover's ??
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ReplyDeletewell, for sure you got the three right. I couldn't tell you if Rex's Pizza is right because I don't remember!
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ReplyDeleteI remember Master Donuts, I worked there every Saturday from 4-midnight for about 2 years. The benefits were great, you could eat all the donuts you wanted while you were on shift, anything left over at the end of the night you could take home.
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Now there is a name from the past! I remember Harvey saving the day for Richard Turcot. He was working on his Chevy in the laneway behind Wellington St and the jack slipped, pinning him under the car. Harvey was riding by on his bike and heard Richards call for help. Harvey grabbed the bumper and lifted it up to free Richard. When Richard didn't move fast enough, Harvey told him he was going to drop it back on him! Even with his injuries, he was able to scramble out from under it...knowing that Harvey probably would have! If there was a parade going on, any parade, Harvey would be in his Sunday best and marching in it!
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ReplyDeleteI lived just around the corner on 3rd Ave. towards Verdun Ave. I remember Harvey very well, he truly was a gentle giant!! I remember a few different stores at the corner location beside Rex's, early on there was a jewellry store and then a vacuum cleaner store if my memory serves me correctly. The laundromat was in behind Grover's. Donald Thompson lived upstairs. He and a fellow named Baldo?? were great fishermen and spent lots of time at on the river and at the aqueduct. I still stop in at Grover's when I visit my Aunt who still lives at our old address, 321. Ron Grover is still there even tho he has been quite ill. Does antone remember the Phoenix restaurant? and the owner Spiro? He was always on the phone placing bets on the horses! What is your last name Les? What year did you grad? I have long since left the avenues and am now in Vancouver. Still miss the old haunts at times. Mike
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ReplyDeleteAre you any relation to Sonny Stark, if so you must
have known the Warnocks. I was a good friend of Marie
Warnock.
Sorry Margo, no relation. I did know a Bruce Warnock, but we didn't hangout together. Mike
ReplyDeletemargo,did sonny stark live on osborne.
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ReplyDeleteYes he did.
margo,sonny lived down the street from me i lived
ReplyDeleteat 542 osborne.wasn't he in a mototcycle accident at one
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Hi pals, I am an old Verdunite, used to live at 253 3rd ave., above Grovers Store back in the 40's so that makes me the old guy here, actually going to the race track now, Blue Bonnets of olden days, but will be back and give you some trivia about good ole, Verdun Jimmy
ReplyDeleteI also lived on 3rd Ave. in the 40's but at 775/777
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up the other end. Did you know the Elson's that
lived on Wellington St above the furniture store at 2nd
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Margo: From the Member's Page, I believe you live in Brampton. I live on Sutherland (Madoc Section). I used to live at 444 Egan Ave., actually you can see my photos in the pictures section of this site. Gord Gibbons
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ReplyDeleteI too live in Brampton. I was at Williams Parkway and Northpark for a number
of years. I now live on Lisa Street, near the City Centre. Maybe we should
try to get a few of us together for a brew and talk over old times.
Bill (Willie) McKiernon
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Sounds good, I live near Wms.Pkwy/Kennedy, not far
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Margo
I have lived in and around Brampton since 1976! Mostly the Heart Lake section but did a stint in Bramalea too. Now rent a farmhouse in Caledon (Dixie/King area). Love the country life, but sure do miss Montreal even though I've been here nigh on 30 years!! Visit 2 or 3 times a year to see family in Chateauguay, but my best and fondest memories are of Verdun. Grew up at Valiquette & Beurling -- 1313 Valiquette, attended Riverview then Verdun High. Have a younger sister, Cathie who married Burt Mallin. My parents lived on the avenues growing up for any old-old timers out there -- Hilda Kilcup and Ross Hyde. Pam
ReplyDeleteWhat Avenues did your Parents live on, I'm from
ReplyDeleteThird Ave.Lived there from 1940 until I married in 1954.
Did your Dad go to St.Clements Church?
Margo
Well I lived at 1240 Manning up until 1978 then moved to Lasalle , my Dad lived at 988 4th avenue now there was a Kerr presence at that address up until my uncle passed away in 1999 , from the early 30`s so say 69 years . As for the 70`s lol hmm I remember some of it lol torchie warf , the big fire beside St. Thomas Moore Church , Curry`s lol , the F.L.Q. crisis hell I played around with the soldiers guarding Mackesies Home lol on Moffat I was 9 at the time had a secret sam set , and of course Kosta`s resturant .
ReplyDeleteHi Margo We must have passed each other hundreds of times during the fourties and fifties. I lived on Second Avenue 457. I am trying to recall some of my friends who lived on Third Avenue up your way, but all I can come up with are the Cuthberts (Brian and Bobbie) and the Leonardos (Gordon). Not sure if they were on 3rd or 4th. I wish I had saved my school year books. I also signed up for Class Mates and have made contact through them with a friend I knew in Bannantyne school. Wonderful!
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ReplyDeletemargo my name is willie paterson i used to live on godin 1095 my dad used to chum around with sonny stark he also had a motorcyclemy dad used to live on cool st chumed with doug brigden who married joan watt my moms name is marty watt my e-mail is bspaterson@shaw.ca ps margo is your last name dubuc? thks
ReplyDeleteHi Bill How is it going , me and my two brothers lived over the Cuthberts on second ave we lived at 719 second ave for many years lost track of them. Gordon brother Ron take care.
ReplyDeleteI left Second Ave in '63, but at the time there was a Dominion Store on the southeast corner, a biscuit shop on the southwest corner, a jewellery store on the northwest corner, and (I think) a clothing store on the northeast corner. I used to buy magazines from a store on Wellington just west of the jewellery store.
ReplyDeleteThe manager of the Dominion store was Eddie Murphy, who lived downstairs from us. I lived at 159-2nd.
Third and Wellington Grovers, Dominion, A bakery, a donut shop, and Rex's Pizza all in that area
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ReplyDeleteCorner of third & wellington was Dominion, and the other corner was Terry's Donut Shop. We use to go for donuts with Renee after Church on Sundays and fill all the stools. Remember Sis.
ReplyDeleteCountry girl, I now live in orangeville. Grew up on Valiquette st. 1078. we may know each other.
ReplyDeleteHi Rainy..day...man 44, You must have been my neighbor, I lived at 1075 Valiquette for about 25 years. You must have lived right across the street from me. My landlady was Boichuk (Serge and Nellie).
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I remember, from the corner of 2nd, a shoe store, but don't recall the name of it, beside it was Phoenix Restaurant, then Singers, then the Cloth Store, then Alpins, then Normandin shoe store, and on corner of third is M. H. Grovers and Sons. Across from Grovers at that time was Dominion food store, on the same side as Dominion, if you crossed Third Ave. you would come to Bad Boy Doughnuts, but I don't remember what store was directly across from the doughnut store. If someone remembers what was there at that time I would appreciate knowing, Grovers moved to the corner of Third and Wellington in 1945, if anyone could tell me what store was situated on that corner before 1945, meaning before Grovers moved there I would appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteTo BPL4719 Before Grovers it was Marathon Bakery & Cake store, great pastry, they also had a store on Church just below Verdun Across the street was York Automobile (Chrysler Dealer) before the Dominion Store. The second floor was reached by driving up a ramp.There also was a Gas station as part of the Dealer. Gord
ReplyDeleteHi Gord, Glad you made that correction re Grovers. Just want to add, Grovers was one store east of the Marathon, and when Marathon folded Grovers took over and doubled their space. I went in there a couple of years ago and had a long chat with the son, who I remember meeting a long time ago when he used to hang around the store "helping" his Dad. As for York Automobile, I always wondered as a kid, "Where do all those cars go when they go up the ramp???!!! Thanks for the Memories. Art
ReplyDeleteTalking about Normandin shoe store brought to mind the other shoe store near Fourth Ave. I think it was called ACRES. What I remember there, was trying on a pair of shoes then standing on a machine where you put your feet into two slots. Then a switch was turned on and you could look into a viewer and see all your toes ie., you could see your bones! It was actually an X-Ray machine! Everyone was horrified some years later when the dangers of X-Rays was revealed to the public! Scary, Crazy, Times! Art
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ReplyDeleteIF MY MEMORY IS CORRECT I CAN REMEMBER GROVERS ON THE CORNER OF 6TH AVE. & WELLINGTON STREET. ALSO PAST THAT ,THERE WAS A FISH & CHIP STORE & ALSO A CANDY STORE CALLED STILLWELLS THAT MADE HUMBUGS, BUT THEY HAVE MOVED FROM LASALLE TO WELLINGTON STREET AGAIN. THIS IS GOING BACK A FEW YEARS ,. DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER THIS
ReplyDeleteGrovers is on 3rd Avenue the front has just been redone look tres chic now the other corner is a hairdresser next door is Rex restaurant been there for30+ years and Stillwell's move away a few years back to Lasalle I miss there Humbugs too.I live around the corner from all. +
ReplyDelete6th and wellington had a gas station and an apartment building on the south side. The Northwest side used to be Wolfe cycle and the northeast was a laundramat.
ReplyDeleteYup,...6th & Wellington did have that layout , "jdt2grn",,,,, I Remember that block well,...right beside the Gas Station ,was the parking lot for the old Fifth Avenue Theater,.....(CBC building I think in the latter years),..and on the corner of Fifth of course was the old Theater, and right beside the Landromat was a Metro Grocery Store (once Richelieu ??),...beside that was a few junk stores (known as dollar stores today) but I loved those little stores,...and in the middle of the block directly across from the parking lot of the theater,was a little store ,owned by a fellow named Rex (at least we called him Rex) not to be confused with Rex's Pizza a few blocks over near third,......but Rex had an old wooden phone booth in that store ,where you could close the door and have a quiet/private phonecall with a girl you liked,.....and at the back of the store Rex had a 'machine' once was a pinball machine,but then changed to a sort of prehistoric video machine ,where you could try to shhot down aircraft as they flew by on the screen (really bad graphics,by todays' standards........hahahaha,next to his store was a little pharmacy..........and so on ,and so on,......till of course you passed across the 5th av,intersection to the Restaurant (where a drink was available on Sunday's (in the back Dining Room part)..........above the restaurant was a photographers store that I used to have my film developped at......and I suppose we could keep going all the way down Wellington I also had a friend of ours who lived in the apartment building ,that you mentioned on the SW corner ,it was a Brown/White colour with a swimming pool on the roof (enclosed no less),..........we had a friend of ours mname of Lenny Demarte,(who had a DJ business on the side ,.and often did receptions at Mike's Restaurant in the (reception hall) above the restaurant at Hickson & Wellington SW corner ,but access to the hall was actually down the side on Hickson......However Back to the 6th Av corner,.......blah blah blah Thanks for the Memory Prompt...........brought me back to '67,'68ish
ReplyDeleteWow , great memory Les, the name of the restaurant was Tasse's. The garage used to be called "Jacksons" , if my memory is correct. O'Connor's trucking used to work out of that location, as well.
ReplyDeleteA-h-h Tasse's(sp??) corner Wellington & 5th Avenue. Hung out there 1958-May 1960 when I joined the Air Force......remembering names like Maureen Magee, Eddy Condon, Ronnie Bruce, Paulette ???, Sonny Martin & 'his boys' would cruise by from time to time. I'm not sure but I think Bob Geary used to make an appearance every now and then too. Remember going up to the Esquire Show Bar? Bo Diddley? Frank Motley? Such great memories eh?
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ReplyDeleteNewfydog9. Who could forget the Esquire Showbar? The Chez Paree, The Cave....Could go on all day, but wont. Winston Allison
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ReplyDeleteIn the 70's on the southwest corner of 3rd and Wellington was Master Donut. It has recently been an art cafe and a typical little "wireless internet" cafe just opened there about a month ago. Next to it is a used bookstore then an excellent restaurant called Le Naked Lunch. Lots of new brick on Wellington - Grovers looks fantastic with their makeover. It changes but it will always be Wellington!
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