Chris,
As promissed, attached is a photo of the restaurant at the corner of Rolland and Bannantyne you where inquiring about, as you can see, it is still there.I guess this brings back memories.
Guy
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Thanks Guy. I remember that store it use to be a little grogery store. They had little carts and everything. The only thing is I was accualy talking about a store that was on the other side of the street. It would be to the right of that store when your looking at the picture.
Chris, There is no store on the other side of the street where you see the parked cars. That seems to be a new building so the original store would now be gone. Guy
I lived on Rolland. I remember the store you're taking about. In the late 50's and into teh 60's it was owned and operated by Maurice Reandeau (think the last name spelliing is wrong). then his son apparently took over. Just up Rolland a bit from his store was a barber shop.
Chris, Is it possible you are looking at the picture from the wrong angle. I took this picture from across the street, on the river side, looking towards the aqueduct. The one way street leads to Beurling and Champlain. Guy
ya thats right . I guess the store i 'm thinking of isnt there any more
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Ya the barber shop. Thats right. the store was still there into the 80s the
door in the building where the cars are is were the barber shop was and the
large door was the back door to the store
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BobB great memory on the name Maurice Riendeau. The new building reported by Guy makes one think the original building might have burned down - just a guess. Maurice was a very friendly guy - always polite and pleasant with everyone. Gary
The reason I remember the name is that my dad was one of those Verdunites who seemed to know and talk to everyone. He got to know Maurice and I just remember the name from that. He was a nice man. I remember going there and buying ice cream cones. I think it was 5 cents for one scoop and 10 for two. That was long ago when summers seemed to last forever. I also remember a man who had a carpentry business in the basement of that building. The door to the stairs going down to his shop was next to the barber shop. Sometimes he'd give us off cuts of wood. Those pieces of wood launched many an adventure....marauding pirates with swords, spaceship captains, you name it. Pretty "low tech" stuff, but good for hours of fun.
I was just going back through a few posts from the last weeks and came accross the one about the restaurant at Bannantyne & Rolland. The picture posted is not of that restaurant but rather the grocery store which was on the other side of Rolland (closer to Stephens) You can see that the address is 6401 whereas the restaurant was 6397 (I worked there for many years while going to school) The owner was indeed Maurice Riendeau, previous to him it was owned by John Veilleux who also lived upstairs above the beauty salon on the side (Rolland) He sold it to Maurice and went on to operate the Dairy Queen in Ile Perrot/Dorion for many years.I believe that Maurice laster sold the store to his oldest son, Andre, and he bought a grocey store on Lafleur in LaSalle. Most people referred to the restaurant as Lowney's, I suppose because of the large sign outside for Lowney's ice cream.
Exactly!! The grocery store was defintitely on the North west corner and Maurice's store was on the North east corner. I do remember that he sold his store to his son. My God it's a long time ago. I didn't know that Maurice went on to buy a grocery store in Lasalle after that. I remember two names for the grocery store, Lussier and Lahier. Forgive my spelling please as I'm sure I got that wrong. I'm just reaching back into the depths of my memory and thee names are floating around back there. maybe someone can help out on those names and spellings.
My grandmother used to get her hair done every week at that beauty salon. She lived on Stephens.
Your right, forgot about Lahaire's. They had it before Lussier's (two brothers - Tony & Paul Lussier) They also sold it some years ago but I don't know who took over after them. Do you recall the daycare(very few back then) that operated above Riendeau's restaurant. I also worked at Lussiers for several years while in school and also at Trenmore Phamacy at the corner of Valiquette and Bannantyne. It was owned in thoise days by Ben Shara.
Victor, I also worked for Ben Shara at Trenholme Pharmacy. Bicycle delivery. Remember 9099 Lasalle --- NO TIP --- think it was a nursing home !!! LOL !!! Do you remember Arthur Jones - he delivered for Trenholme too ! He lived at 1063 Valiquette. I lived at 1045 Valiquette back then. Gary Mace Victoria, BC
Victor I vaguely remember the day care above Maurice's store and I certainly do remember Ben Shara. that was back in the days of paying to see a doctor and he was an alternative to seeing the doctor for minor ailments. I remember playing in a field or construction site and a rock rolling down a hill as we were horsing around. It hit the back of my head and cut me. I was marched down to Ben Shara's pharmacy where he patched me up. Can't imagine that happening today. Bob
your're bringing me way back, I haven't heard those names in years.
Thanks for the memories.
Shamrock
Shamrock Sounds like you must have lived in that neighbourhood. I lived at 1034 Rolland annd then 1224 Rolland. Bob
Gary I am almost sure the name was Trenmore Pharmacy after the telephone exchange that was in use back then. I also remember the nursing home in LaSalle and the NO TIP really comes back. I can recall when we had to go out there in the winter they would give us a couple of bus tickets. Not Bad, I think we got 15 cents per hour to sit on the No 58 and then the No 112 bus for a couple of hours. As for Arthur Jones, the name seems to ring a bell but I cannot picture him. Do yopu remember when the house at Allard & Bannantyne blew up (accross the street from Daves Candy Store) and speaking of Dave's - do you recall the yo-yo contests at the side of the store after school. I think the 'pro's" name was Woody Vic Bennett Amherstburg, On
You guys are bringing back memories. Cheerio Yo Yo's. Remember the ones with the 4 "diamonds" embedded in the wood? Just think, if Yo Yo's were popular today, there would probably be a law making kids wear helmets and face masks when using them. Mouth guards too. All that wood flying around. Strings breaking. How did we survive?
All these fond memories of my hood I couldn't resist and had to jump in. I grew up on Allard Ave one block from Ben Shara's "Trenmore Pharmacy" and just down the street from Dave's corner store. Doc used to own or at least operate the other store beside Dave's. A hardware store. Later Doc took over Daves candy store and the hardware store became a laundromat. I recall the candy store also being called Jim's at one point or at least owned by a Jim. After Doc owned the candy store, it was owned by Judy Cabarelle's (our Verdun Connections host) Mom. I heard that both stores were later bought by Kosta's, and he turned them into a large restaurant. He was the same Kosta who had the restaurant beside the Dominion store on Banantyne at Godan. Spelling?? I also remember the yo-yo and bolo-bat competitions well, but here is a memory that is probably unique to our Allard Ave gang. One summer Doc's hardware store was selling yard sticks for 2 cents each. We would find a pop bottle get the two cent deposit exchange from Dave's candy store, then run next door to Doc's hardware and buy one of his yardsticks with the two cents. These yard sticks would make for great swords with which we would have these huge sword battles, the big kids against the little kids. I was a little kid at the time. We'd "fence" each other until one of the swords would break. Whose ever sword would remain in tack would be the victor. The loser would have to find another pop bottle and acquire yet another "sword" from Doc's. When Doc started getting such a good business from the sale of yard sticks he upped the price to three cents. In order to adjust for the extra cost of our warfare we started taping two yardsticks together so they would last longer. I remember that summer the street and laneways stewn with broken yard sticks. Now that’s a Verdun memory. Johnny O
I did live in the neighbour hood. I was at 1493 Rolland while my grandmother lived at 1119 Rolland.
i lived in the neighborhood 1078 valiquette
Well, this is really old stomping grounds for me. I lived at 1034 rolland , then at 1224 Rolland. I remember it all very well. Great carefree days and endless summers.
BobB
Hi BobB....You wouldn't have a sister named Carol by any chance....Dianne
Hi Diane
Sorry, no sister. Just me. I'm 56 now, just to help you peg the time frame I'm remembering (almost before electricity !!!).
BobB
Hi BobB....Very funny..lol...I must be from the Dark Ages...lol....Dianne
Hi bob Did you know anyone who lived at 1119 Rolland?
Hi Cam3122
I can't really say if I knew anyone at 1119. That would have been on the east side of the street, accross from 1034 where I was and a little bit north. I presume still south of Monteith. Last names of people on that side that I can remember where Rooney and Scullian. I probably moved up to 1224 when I was about 10 or 11, so I'm stretching the grey cells. I remember some first names as well, but I can't associate trhem with an address.
Some other last names on my side of the street were Montpetit, Huggins, Gowdy, Hutt, Campeau, Lamessurier, Woodfine.
any of these familiar?
BobB
the last name would be HURLEY
Hi Cam3122
The name is familiar, but I can't say that I know them or knew them. Sorry. As a kid, possibly I just didn't know the last name,
BobB
Would that be Doug Hurley?
Margo
No it was Dorothy and Clarence Hurley Chris
Shamrock I knew a fella once that was a code word he would use when it was time to leave somewere. Murph is that you?
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