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Friday, January 28, 2005
Nostalgia
When you had a treat or chocolate bar, had friends waiting for you..first one to say..BITS, would get a part..or slice of what you had..remember??
Yes I remember "bits" good one. Anyone else remember any sayings. Heres another one: When you got a new pair of shoes, usually running shoes, the black and white ones with the rubber ball on the insides where your ankle bone was, everyone would stamp on your feet and say "stampers, no returners" Or was that for when you got a new hair cut and everyone would hit you over the back of the head with their open hand and say "wackers, no returners"? Anyone remember those ones? JohnnyO
Okay..here is one for you..there was a bank in Verdun..they gave out chrome banks and you had to go back to the bank to have them opended.(Or a good knife did the job)
What was the ice cream called that was wrapped in paper and the store keeper would put it on a regular or sugar cone? also what chocolate store was on wellington near church ave. You chose your own chocolates that you wanted in the box.
That would be the Montreal City & District Savings Bank on the corner of Wellington and Galt. I'm not sure what it is today last I remember it was a Laurentian Bank
From: beeaired
Okay..here is one for you..there was a bank in Verdun..they gave out chrome banks and you had to go back to the bank to have them opended.(Or a good knife did the job)
kungfu yes it is melo roll. they cost 7cents when i was a kid, but they tasted so much better than the cones. Do you remember the chocolat store on wellington near church???
the city and district on the corner of galt and wellington was another one. we knew the manager and he gave us a key for ours. they had a little circle on the end to roll up bills and put them in
Montreal city and district savings bank.....Yes..and then they were bought out by the national bank..who was bought out by scotia. The one near Galt always smelled like a bank..money in the vault..who knows.
The City and District bank corner of Galt and Wellington Still there and still a bank,but now a Laurentiene. The CIBC that was there is alsolosed. So much for progress.
Yep, I remember kids saying 'Bits'. In fact, from the sixties at least, I remember kids saying "Bits, bites, appetites, savers---gotcha!", the idea being that if you got out the "gotcha" before the owner of the treat could say anything, then they were obliged to give you a chunk of whatever goodies they had. Half of the time they just told you where to go (!), but the other half of the time you were able to mooch something.
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Yes I remember "bits" good one. Anyone else remember any sayings. Heres another one: When you got a new pair of shoes, usually running shoes, the black and white ones with the rubber ball on the insides where your ankle bone was, everyone would stamp on your feet and say "stampers, no returners" Or was that for when you got a new hair cut and everyone would hit you over the back of the head with their open hand and say "wackers, no returners"? Anyone remember those ones? JohnnyO
Always had a brush cut..(crew cut)..
Okay..here is one for you..there was a bank in Verdun..they gave out chrome banks and you had to go back to the bank to have them opended.(Or a good knife did the job)
Montreal City & District Savings Bank .... Woodland and Verdun Ave.was one... I think the nane is complete.
UNLESS you said "no bits no bites no appetites" before they said BITS LOL, yeah that is a FOND memory, thanks for sharing
That was the City & District Bank.
Margo
What was the ice cream called that was wrapped in paper and the store keeper would put it on a regular or sugar cone? also what chocolate store was on wellington near church ave. You chose your own chocolates that you wanted in the box.
ice cream melo roll ??????????
That would be the
Montreal City & District Savings Bank on the corner of Wellington and
Galt. I'm not sure what it is today last I remember it was a Laurentian
Bank
From: beeaired
Okay..here is one for you..there was a bank in Verdun..they gave out
chrome banks and you had to go back to the bank to have them opended.(Or a
good knife did the job)
kungfu yes it is melo roll. they cost 7cents when i was a kid, but they tasted so much better than the cones. Do you remember the chocolat store on wellington near church???
the city and district on the corner of galt and wellington was another one. we knew the manager and he gave us a key for ours. they had a little circle on the end to roll up bills and put them in
City & District savings bank at Woodland and Verdun Avenue. I still have
mine somewhere
Montreal city and district savings bank.....Yes..and then they were bought out by the national bank..who was bought out by scotia. The one near Galt always smelled like a bank..money in the vault..who knows.
Wow..have no heard that reply for eons..yes..thats the reply if you were fast enough to say it...haha
That wasn't the smell of money.
It was the smell of mold.
Still green though.
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bits on ya , and how many remember pig latin Jimmy
The City & District Savings Bank is now Banque Laurentienne. The National Bank is still the same, as is The Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotia Bank).
>From: "beeaired" >Reply-To: "Verdun Connections" >To: "Verdun Connections" >Subject: Re: Nostalgia >Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 11:12:44 -0800 >
Never could learn my Pig to speak Latin.
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The City and District bank corner of Galt and Wellington Still there and still a bank,but now a Laurentiene. The CIBC that was there is alsolosed. So much for progress.
Yep, I remember kids saying 'Bits'. In fact, from the sixties at least, I remember kids saying "Bits, bites, appetites, savers---gotcha!", the idea being that if you got out the "gotcha" before the owner of the treat could say anything, then they were obliged to give you a chunk of whatever goodies they had. Half of the time they just told you where to go (!), but the other half of the time you were able to mooch something.
The National bank was taken over by Scotia here in alberta..moved into their spots..closed others.
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