Hello there !
Can you identify this location in Verdun ?
Photo taken in 1950.
BTW, you can also identifiy the bus (make, model, year) if you want !
Photo:
Author: Ron Larman (touchy826), Verdun Connections.
Have a nice day !
JM
THANKS for stopping by, I do my best to acknowledge when someone leaves a comment,you do not have to be a member here & everyone is welcome. Ps: This site is monitored but not actively posting on a regular basis. Mostly these are stories & some photos saved from a defunct site known as Verdun Connections which was on MSN Groups initially then on a social network called Multiply.
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Im sure that it was taken on Woodland and Verdun. Where the Royal Bank stood for so many years before closing. Im not sure what year the bus is sorry Kelly
this area looks like woodland and verdun ave. around what year was this
photo taken?
could it be the other end of verdun, wellington corner hickson
Hi Kelly66 ! You’re right ! The motorcycle is on the west side of Woodland Ave, slightly south of Verdun Ave I’m sure somebody will identify the bus ! JM
I can identify the bus. It's a 107. HaHa Seriously does anyone remember the beaver houses? Beaver construction built about a fifth of the houses in Verdun and always left the cement image of a beaver set into the bricks just below the roof. Ed ?
Hi edbro68 ! Route 107-Verdun exists since 1967 You will remember that before 1967, it was: Route 8-Verdun (1926-66) (also known as 8-Verdun-Atwater, 8-Verdun Avenue) As to the description of the bus in the old photo, I would suggest a CC&F-Brill, model C-36. Montreal Tramways Company bought 225 of these (991-1215) between 1945 and 1947. Do you agree for the C-36 ? P.S. Concerning Beaver Construction, would you have a photo of a house built by them with the image of the beaver set into the bricks just below the roof. I would appreciate if you could post it. Thanking you in advance ! Have a nice weekend ! JM
O K JM, when I get some time. I'll find one and get a picture. Ed
Hi Jean-Marie, What year did the small General Motors busses stop running on the Verdun 8 line? Were those busses scrapped? I never saw them used on any other lines. Laval Transit also had those small GM busses. You would see them in Cartierville at the Cartierville 17 streetcar terminal. I remember the larger General Motors and The Mack busses that replaced streetcars on St Denis and St Lawrence Boulevard eventually went to other lines. I recall that around 1963 many of the large General Motors busses ended up on the Cote Des Neighes 65 line plus the Outremont #129 line and the Mack Busses were doing service on the Ste Catherine #15 line. My favorite busses were those General Motors and Mach busses. I also liked The Fagoel busses. I did like the CC&F busses, especially the CC&F trolley busses. Nothing beat the streetcars though. Hope all's well in Chicoutimi. Did any of the recent heat wave reach that far north? Take care, Walter
Walter, I had a preferance for the GM buses as they rode like an oversied car, good suspension and comfortable. The CC&F buses where made in Canada by Canadian Car & Foundry Company and where made in Ontario I believe, Fort Williams perhaps? (Jean Marie, peux tu confirmer ces d챕tails). Guy
this looks like corner of woodland and verdun
I sure can identify, its me The corners are Vedun & Woodkand. my Father had the corner restaurant that is on the corner not shown in picture. Pats clothing store in the middle of block going to Argyle Ave. 19 Years old, and it was spring time, late April, Drove that bike for another 2 Years, traded in for a Matchless 500 twin Ron Larman
Hi Walter ! How are you ? Everybody is well here, temperature just fine ! Q & A ... What year did the small General Motors busses stop running on the Verdun 8 line? I remember very well the small General Motors buses running on the Verdun 8 line. http://www.stm.info/en-bref/427.htm I don’t know when these buses were removed. I recall that around 1963 many of the large General Motors busses ended up on the Cote Des Neighes 65 line This was model TDH-5105, my all-time preferred one http://busfanplace.com/pics/ctm2309.jpg the Mack Busses were doing service on the Ste Catherine #15 line I also liked The Fagoel busses I posted several messages and photos of these buses at: http://www.metrodemontreal.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4742&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=80 http://www.metrodemontreal.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4742 the CC&F trolley busses http://transit.toronto.on.ca/images/streetcar-4753-22.jpg Nothing beat the streetcars though I agree with you ! Have a nice week ! JM
Salut Guy ! I think that the Canadian Car & Foundry shop was in Ville St-Pierre, Que. JM
Hi Ron ! Thank you for posting this exceptionnal photo. BTW, your motorcycle was a Harley-Davidson 1950 ? Which model ? Do you remember the name of your father’s restaurant ? JM
Hello JMH,..I worked in some of the old Canadian Car 's building,.the actual yards,that ran along parallel with NotreDame,.but were actually accessed through a guarded gate,.that let you into the peoperty,which was at least a mile long,...it ran between the Canal & NotreDame,.....the name of the road was called Canal Bank Road,..I believe the address was 300 Canal Bank,....I had many a 'grilled cheese' & a beer at the 'Transfer Restaurant' on the corner of NotreDame and Lafleur (it was immediaetly on the other side of the Lafleur/VilleStPierre bridge,.....Some company's in the same yards were Candiv Steel ,.Airpak (then Corpac,...they built the old tent trailers for Lionel ,(I painted many of them),...as well as those moving containers that you would see on large trucks etc etc ,....My old man had his last shop in those yards as well,.......I got to drive the train (shuttle type)in those yards,....a friend of ours named Gaston Paquette,.used to run everything in that yard (early 70's)......there's many a tale could be told of happenning s in that area,........hahahahaha Unfrotunately I don't Recall them ........................hahahahaha Thanks for prompting my old memory,........during the war years they pressed those yards into service for the war effort,.....the tracks were(probably still are) imbedded in those floors of that old plant,.........there were many other company's sharing those yards too,.......So the property has a long history, HF&RV
http://www.nakina.net/builders1.html this takes you to the top of the page ,for the list of all the History of Railway Rolling Stock in Canada HF&RV
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Hi Les ! Thanks for all the infos on CC&F I didn’t have these refs Have a nice day ! JM
Hi; The motorcycle was a 1942 ex. Military machine 45 Cu. In., They were the must popular bike back then. One could purchase them as War Surplus, and convert to civilian use. There were quite a few people into the conversion, chrome plating and removing military parts & replacing same. The name of the restaurant, Wakefield tea room. and Massey & Gautier were on the 2nd. floor, real esate people. Wilson funeral parlour accros the road on Verdun Ave. corner Egan, The other corner had a B/A gasoline service station, 25 cents a gallon. Ron Larman
Ron: You wouldn't be related to Stan Larman by any chance? Stan worked with my dad for many years at Stelco on St Ambroise St, St. Henri. If Stan is still living today he'd be well over 80 years old. He lived in Ville Emard. Just wondering, that's all! Dianne
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Hi Linda: It certainly is a small world!!! Stan would be your great uncle, he was a very nice man, my dad and he were friends. My parents and Stan and his wife went to the Stelco Christmas parties and I must look to see if I have a picture of them in a group taken at one of the dances. It's just a long shot, though. Now that I think of it Stan was older than my dad who would be 89 if he was still living. I am trying to remember where Stan had a summer place, I went there once and I remember Stan taking me out on his boat...so many years ago! Talk later......Dianne
Hi Ron ! Thanks for all the informations. More infos from Lovell’s directory (1950) http://bibnum2.bnquebec.ca/bna/lovell/index.html (another Wakefield Tea Room on Atwater Ave) Best regards, JM
Dianne ; Answering about Stan & Walter Larman, Father & Son, Stan Passed away many Years ago, there were Hazel & Gordon, bother & sister also in Stan's Family. Stan was my uncle. He work for Stelco , steam fitter. Walter still alive, he worked for Stelco at the Contrecoeur plant. They all moved to Victoria B.C. were Walter still lives in a condo on ocean front. I worked for Dosco / Sidbec on St Patrick St. another steel plant. 35 Years Country home was in Rigau Que. Jm; The 843 Atwater St., was not another Wakefield Tea Room, but an apartment we had then..
Hi Ron: Thanks for the info on your uncle Stan. I remember him coming to my house on Angers street many years ago. I looked for an old photo taken at a Stelco Xmas dance but I couldn't locate it. Yes, I recall now that the summer place was in Riguad Quebec, we had a lot of fun in those "good old days" didn't we? Dianne
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Ron, did you know Syd McKiernon?
HI; Maggie , I'm sorry but Syd McKiemon name does not bring back any memories, I hung out with the Jolly Rogers Motorcycle crowd, and befor moving to Verdun , we lived in Ville Emard. Married Joyce Taylor in 1952 , and moved up to Coursol Street, in the West End (Little Burgandy) Ron
My mom said she and my dad (Syd) were among a group of young people waiting for Marty to join up with them the night he died. This is why I asked. Dad lived in the Snowdon area.
Hi; Maggie the night that Marty died, he was with Sonny Stark, and they had been doing a lot of beer drinking. and about 11.30 P.M. , they decided to leave the Plaza Hotel in Chateauguay. they were headed for the 3 Blue. He always drove fast, and that night , when they came to what is now Laberge Park, they could not take the sharp turns in the road , and went down. Marty went into one of the large stones that border the river, Sonny got banged up pretty bad. I asked Bill Butler if he remembered Syd, and he could not.. Bill was at the Plaza Hotel, when Marty & Sonny left. I vist Marty's grave, once a Year on the mountain, its located right by the enterance gate at the top of Remberance road
What was you Dad's restuarant's name? Do you remember the funeral home in the large three story flats on the corner of Egan and Verdun Ave? Anyway I remember the bank at Woodland and Verdun Ave. I still have my first bank book from there. A grand total of 60 cents!
Duck Restaurant Name Wakefield Tea Room Wilson's funeral Parlour There were two banks, Montreal City & Dist. and Royal Bank
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