Jus tsitting here waiting for the start of the Canadians hockey game and thinking about my MOM , Remember when we used to go to Eatons and ride the train in the toy department , which went all around , so wonderfull , and then Santa , and of course to the basement for hotdogs , my poor mother had to keep track of our winter clothes, how did the women do it in those days, Santa Claus Parade , wow , what a childhood, there and back by bus , I can picture it right now , any one else remember Eatons at Christmas .? Jimmy
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Here you go Jimmy ( Kungfu) ,...can't let some one go without the Eaton's Train fix,. ..Now while your watching the Game ( and I hope Jose doesn't need sunscreen from that red light tonight) I'll be up & down the laddewr to the attic installing a ceiling fan,...and listening to the game on the internet,......CJAD if it sounds good I'll flip on the TV............ Have a Good One..............
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Also Eatons 'gave' every kid that rode on the train a gift from Santa,....and then they had those line up to go up and tell Santa what you wanted for Christmas,..........a lot of kids who grew up in Montreal (and area) ,.made the annual trek to see the parade,.and watch Santa climb upthe ladder onto the mezannine,.....into Eaton's,.....I can't recall what the gifts were,..but they were important in those days..........
Wasnt the shop for kids called the Red Basket? I loved to ride the train - .25 cents - I think that my sister got a vinyl little purse with Pumpkinhead on it - it was red and she loved that thing.
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Look at all those shirts and ties in that picture. Lots has changed. BobB
great pics les, i have fond memories of riding that train
Hey Bob, How well I remember walking along St. Catherine St. from Ogilvy's
to Morgan's, & checking all the windows. As the years went by they became
more & more the "Highlight" of our Montreal experience.......Even in the
cold we'd walk or rather stroll along just being dazzeled, by all that we
could take in....I imagine that the different departments that were in
charge of these windows, were secretly competing with one another, & the
only ones who benefitted were us, the public......What a wonderful time,
those times were....By the way, do they still do their windows, that is the
stores that are left?
Norman
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I agree with you Norman what was that they called it (window shopping)?Another street that was good to stroll on was Center Street in the Pointe(but not at night you'll get mugged) Steve
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