How's this for an inviting looking bunch of all dressed Hotdogs,......
and I'd have to say it's one of the few times that i would have a 'softdrink'
is when ordering some steamies..........
Thanks for the picture Metalman:.................I can't wait to get back for a visit,cause I think I'm going to drag Dannyb around Montreal to have some Steamies,.Fries,.Pizza., Smoked Meat,.& Beer of course ( after I've had some Spruce Beer first,.......and a Dillalo Burger,...in Ville Emard,....& of Course a quick trip to Magnan's,..............(and the Capri.just for comparison),....then
we'll have to have some Egg Rolls,...........(are you up for it DannyB)...........hahahahahah
...........only 7 Steamies .......I could get through those myself,......
and maybe a Michigan too...................hahahahahahah Thanks for the pics
metalman
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1 – 200 of 236 Newer› Newest»Les_F..........I think you should go back, but, ask for some lessons on how to do steamies (all dressed of course) and greasy fries then come back out here and open up a franchise. I'm absolutely sure it would be a big, big hit. Or......open up a franchise and have the merchandise shipped out here ready to eat ~ that would probably be even better. Same day delivery...... .........If Les_F can't do it~~~~no one can But I have to say pox on you for posting that picture right up there, in our faces. Shame on you
les& mom
i'll be in montreal this thursday
more pictures from the homeland
coming
metalman ~~ looking forward to them.......caution.....don't know if I can stand to see any more steamies....I'm already salivating just thinking about those damned things!!!!
That is just wrong!!!!!!
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Anyone see that greasy fry that has fallen on the table.....well let me tell you, it wouldn't go to the garbage with me around, I would gobble it right up. germs be damned!
Wow hunger pangs for sure.....Think I'll plan a trip back home
My God! That picture is pure torture! If I were a terrorist & under intense interrogation, I'd "break" in a heartbeat after shown that picture. Earl.
Just saw the picture on the site. Looks familar but can't place it. Anyone hear Ken Dryden's speech the other night when he mentioned Schwartz's and then DiLallo's. Now I have an urge for a "special with cheese". I might be going down in a couple of weeks for a visit. I will have one for all of us who can't be there...I will try to enjoy it...... Lad
Les I would love to join you for the food
tour of MTL.
oh how I dream of all that good stuff.
Lynn
hey-earlcooper
wait till tommorow nite and see the new pictures
when i come back from verdun.
Hi Lad! I heard the speech and thought it was great to know that Ken liked DiLallo's since I am from Cote St.Paul / Ville Emard!!!! Next time I'm in Montreal I know where I have to go....to all the great eating places!!! Dianne
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Les, Don't tell me Delallos is still open. I had an Hamberger there about 30 years ago, complete with red chilli peppers. I bet Mario Lemieux who comes from Ville Emard went there often. Guy
Mario played for the Ville Emard Hurricanes.....that was run out of the original Dilallo Hamburgers on the corner of Monk Blvd & Allard. The Dilallo brothers were very much involved with the teams from coaching, teaching, yada, yada, yada.
http://www.dilalloburger.ca/english.html I have a picture somewhere of Dilallo's Restaurant,.....but i just walked in the door ,and I will try to find it later after dinner(supperactually,for us that know the difference.............hahahahaha) There isn't much on this site except for news about their charity golf events,......but we'll find more..........
Read on the Point website that the only place to get Bertrands (Guy and Notre Dame) spruce beer now is at Paul's Frites on Charlevois and Coleraine SW corner.
Remember also almost every house in Verdun generally had one of these 'matchstick' holders,..mounted on the wall,....and you would insert on of those Box's of Eddy's Matchs,.....which slid open,and stood upright on the wall & was a dispenser for tthe old good wooden matches,...... As kids we'd take those matches and throw them against the sidewalk ,and if yuou did it right,the match would explode into flame,with a loud crack,... a;lso Reminds me of those things that looked like rockets,but we put 'caps' in them anf threw them in the air to hear them blow when they hit the pavement,..................(sorry' bout that ,two memories in one from a match dispenser.............hahahahaha)
was supposed to add this ,in the previous message ................. The Only 'Good' matches were the ones made by Eddy match Co.
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also Rememeber when I used to smoke as a little kid,.we would practice ,being able to flick the match with the nail of our thumb,to look cool and lite a smoke,................many times it 'backfired' so to speak,...and instead of 'cool' ..we had a pile of sulphur light up under our thumb nail, ..........YIKES.............that hurts...........hahahahahahah
Sandy Did he (Mr. Webster) say what happened to lunch? Think we supposed to call lunch dinner. Exactly how does this work? Personally I think rich people have dinner, poor folks have supper! Cheers.
Sandy your post made me think of this familiar cry ,that Mothers everywhere heard with great regularity............hahahaha "When's Dinner Mom" and of course the ever popular ,..When's Supper ?..............hahahahaha and How about "What's to Eat"
That's why we don't like to be late foor supper, ......now here's another option,......We like to have a 'Late Dinner' somethimes,........but never to we go for a Late Supper .........and I don't think Mr Webster was from Verdun ...(he's too rich)....hahahahaha
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I would think that Montreal Etiquette would say,.....No Steamies after 5pm,.... after that would be Pizza.........hahahahah
Also a 'Midnight Snack' can only be had with what ever's in the House,.... if you order then it's a Pizza. or Chinese, "Let's order a Pizza' can be yelled at anytime.........hahahahaha
Steamies after 11 p.m. are called a late night snack!!! LOL!!!! dianne
Metalman's got it right: .....................................Now we need to all get together in Montreal and have a party...................................hahahaha
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What are the names of those two little guys with the pizza boxes!!!!! Are they new members to VC? Dianne
.....and to Levisjeans,.......of course you can join us on a Montreal Food Tour .......you mah have to drive though........hahahahah ................Yikes I'll have two more of those.......hahahaha
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Sandy you should be drinking Pino More!!!! Dianne
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Thanks Sandy ...I, like everyone can use all the prayers you can say!!! dianne
LES
the verdun party is only starting
i'll bring back more little verduners
tommorow nite.
chili and roadrunner are proud verduners
they like there beer and wine.
Ok metalman ,...can't wait to see some more modern day Verdun Pictures, ...........it's kind og neat to see that some things haven't changed (much ) the Front of Woodland Restaurant looks kind of Fancy these days,..... .......Does this restaurant ,still have the old style Juke Box??
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What's up? I just figured out that we are not seeing eye to eye with this acute thingy stuff. Oh well
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Les
Our tour might be the blind leading the blind. Oh
but what fat bellies we would have.
Lynn
Les
Your match story reminds me of Victoria Day or as
we would call it "Firecracker night" When I was little my family would go to my
grandparents house in the point 2033 Favard/ Ash. To see the fire works. It was
a big night back then. What's your thoughts on Firecracker
night?
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Sandy~ Know what you mean.....guess we can't call it Kraft Lunch, or Kraft Supper. But I usually have Kraft Dinner for supper, not for lunch or dinner . Sheesh.....what's next. Certainly hope Mr. Webster doesn't fool around with rules for what we call Breakfast. Well, maybe I make an exception for late breakfast which I would call Brunch. Back to square 1, oh well, seems like some days I should just stay in bed. Oh Winston.....where are you......
I am here. Was preoccupied with an e-mail I got. Something to do with a stiffy---in a jiffy.....whatever that is.... something about now or later!!!! 36 hours, I don't think so!!!!!!
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Sandy, I think as long as it's white wine, and loads of it, who cares what you call the meal!
Winston I want to know too!!!! I'm just about to have a scoff of scallops and shrimp stir fry, rice and green beans!!! I call it supper!! My mom said that if we ate late we were eating with the rich!!! Dianne
Dianne ~ you know the rule, if you eat supper late, then it's called dinner, which is what the rich people have.
It was spam. I get junk all the time.......
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Winston, I think Spam is something you eat on a sandwich, a luncheon meat. Email??? I don thin so, Lucy.
Then it must be junk mail. At least that is where it goes to...my junk mail file.....
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Just teasing you Winston.
well just got back, as promised
i got pictures, those were the best burgers
i've enjoyed.
also one member talked about the silver dragon
so i got the picture for that verduner.
LES do your skill on posting those pic's
i have more to send out les on todays travels
for sure food from the home land
Linda. I found out where that item came from. It was from the Russian Princess Society. Their motto which they say they are very proud of, is; "Never say Nyet". And they say their theme song, which they are equally proud of, is; "Love For Sale". Ya gotta love 'em, EH?????
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metalman ~~ oh yeah, bring it on. I can just taste that burger with the banana peppers hanging out and those fries while not quite as greasy as some joints, also look tempting. Hope you loaded them with vinegar and salt!!!! Thanks for those photos. BTW, that Silver Dragon sign has probably been there for 40 or 50 years. Know it well, I do. Cheers.
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Metalman..............that's just fantastic for you,.........but us poor souls have to anticipate just How Good those Dilallo Burgers are gonna taste..... Hope you ordered the Peppers.............................ahhh I can't wait to try a bunch od those myself............................................... I also Remember that waxpaper they came wrapped in...................... Metalman,Popdog ,Bear,...................Your word is good,..........and your making a lot of us ex Verdun guys /gals envious......................When I have achance to come back for a visit,......I think we'll be inviting you along as a tour guide.........hahahahahaha Can't wait,.........and Teresa is always asking me to take her to Montreal,........we've got a wedding in April in Edmonton,....but you never know that travel bug just may make us want to head to Montreal,........................Wow wouldn't that be a blast.........
Hey is this Silver Dragon still in Business ??........ ..........they always had one of the neatest signs,,,,,,,Remember driving up Church Av,....and when you got to (was it?) Laurendeau ? You would see this sign,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Yikes that's a long time ago.........Very Nice to see this Mets Chinois.............was that how it was spelled ?? Terrific pictures Metalman,..........................Thanks for doing that,now you've got over 700 ex verdun (ers ites) wisdhing they could order Food........hahahah
There was so much info on those old signs,.......... Demandes Pour Apporter,.....................hahahahha Love it or Buffet tous les Jours...................... didn't need to be a linquist to figure that one out,..... .........This is a very neat old sign ,......worthy of being on Saint Catherine itself,......but yet still proudly displayed on Church Av,.... was this Ville Emard or Cote St Paul,........you know I don't think I ever knew the difference.........Guess were all Montrealer's.................... Thanks Again Metalman for taking the time to share these pictures.............they are a big part of all of our past...............Very Cool
Metalman you ROCK !!!!! Awesome Pictures.........
hi-les
yes it is atill open next week i'll be there
for that fine chinese food.
les here's a famous deli, lots of verduners go there
its known look and see???
Hey Metalman ,..........Perogies,..........i could have a fill of that,..We had a great place in Vancouver called Honky Bills,.....the best Perogies evvver,.... I don't knwow if he's still around ,but 30 years ago it was the place to go for lots of good grub,........... .......I'll try to find out if they are still around and I will post a picture,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,maybe some of out Vancouver (mainland) members could do this before I get back over there,.......I was in Vancouver last week,...and then up to Kamloops,......but I rarely get there these days....... These are good pictures ,.........keep them coming we Appreciate the tour of Montreal ,........but we'd all Rather be there...........Hate to see you Have to Eat all that stuff yourself..................hahahahahahah
hi-les
mish is the famous place for the KIEBASA
they make it in the back of the store.
its been there a long long time
hard to tell?? they used to send the KIEBASA
to the pope??
pierogies not the place but the KIEBASA
and montreal rye bread for sure the best.
kiebasa is polish sausage in big roll
you can wear it as neck chain?
hi-sandy
well first i asked to take pictures for the vc site.
10.00 tip for the server to smile??
myself and buddy from ottawa ate
those burgers in seconds.
what can i say, but you have to be there to enjoy
and the girls that serve are sweet.
hey- mom the fries weren't that good, the frozen ones??
Yup ,......had it many times ,.....as I have a few Hungarian friends who always have a feed of it to share.......................Kubassa??/ Honky Bills in Vancouver was very well known,............and a must have when in the Westcoast City.............another joint downtown was calleds something like Fresco's..............while making the trek to Vancouver (the Big Smoke),.......we would go to all these joints before a Hockey Game,.....there was a few over the years to get Montrela Style anything,...from Chicken to Smoked Meat ,........but Hunky Bill's was the Perogy place ......... Don't really know modern day Vancouver,...but I would imagine it still has some not bad places to try.................Although Nothing will ever compare to ............Montreal...................not a chance
hi-les
perogies i love with sour creme, hard to find
out here?
remember the chalet barbeque on sherbrooke st
west, beside the cinema 5 theatre??
the best chicken, sause, fries, colesaw
i'll go there also in the near future and get
those pictures.
Hey Metalman, Your killing me with these pictures! Now because of you, I gotta make the trip back really soon. Earl.
hey-earlcooper
next week we are going to dine at the
SILVER DRAGON
take pictures of the enterior eating area
order lots chinese food, test the quality
will find verduners to join in
While in Verdun yesterday I found a new restaurant and paid $3.15 for a steamie, french fries and a coke and they were very good. There was no sign but someone told me it was named Bingo and it is on Verdun ave. a couple of streets towards LaSalle from Woodland. I will get the address on my next trip. Guy (Roxboro)
Hi Guy Bingo's is on the corner of Egan and Verdun across from Au Coq Poulet. Not a bad place. Go down Verdun Ave. to Norman's better steamies.... Lad
Lad, Thanks for the information. At what intersection is Norman's ? Guy
well the party is over, my verdun friends are driving
back to verdun tonite
lad nice to mention au cog, back then on wellington st
au cog was there, they had chef special 99 cents
give a dollar get back one cent change.
know the bingo also
you are rite normans is the best
as a little kids are big treat was to go to normans
a long walk with mom, when mom got her pay
from work. on mom's payday, normans was on our hit list.
that was over 40+ years ago lad?
thanks for the memory
Norman's might have better steamies (didn't try them) but their prices are very high compared to the competition. We found Lafleur's to be a great bargain with Steamies and Poutines. (On Wellington close to where it meets LaSalle Blvd near Hickson)
How about LaBelle Province(?)
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labelle province, of all locations, there's one
on the corner of st lawerance and st cathrine.
busy all the time, it hurt the montreal pool
and the others along the hot dog strip.
labelle province has a good location on that corner.
don't forget the- greenspot on notre dame st
toasted hot dogs at the montreal forum
the hockey, milans.
back then- we never had diet drinks, potuine
most important back then spruce beer was
popular drink with that frie and steamie.
will get pictures of labelle province on st lawerance
and st catherine also.
all in the matter of my visits
Hello Guy, Restaurant Bingo - that brings back memories. It is at 5561 Verdun Avenue. Many a time spent in there. Laurie
Laurie
I hung around Kim for many year's but when we were
up North in Val-David. We had so much fun. I am not sure were she lives now . I
also shared an apt with her and her sister Debbie. I wish I could get in touch
with her.
Guy Norman's is between 3rd and 4th on Verdun Ave. Little more than Rex's around 3rd and on Wellington but if you like steamies... Lad
Hi Metalman Let me thank you for posting the best Burgers. DiLallo's.Try and go in when I can. Due more now when I saw the pics.. hey does anyone remember the old place. Right where the Metro Station is... Any one out there remember having burgers at Woolworth's and then to me the best apple pie around.....On Wellington or the downtown location...used to push the dixie cups into the metal base when they made cokes. Then just had to throw out the cup part and re-use the base... Remember Lappo's restaurant on Rielle. they made Coke by first putting in ice,the syrup,carb.water stir and that was it. Lad
Hi Lad, I remember Dililo's very well. I'd get a burger with the hot peppers on it. Went down better the nite before.Used to go to Denny Lappos's restaurant quite often.My brother's were good friends with him.He made the best Caesar salad I've ever tasted. I told him he should have bottled the dressing and sold it. It's to bad they closed after doing all that remodeling back in the early 80's
Wendy
the Original Dilallo's also had a small sliding window,where they would get a telephone call for a cab,....and then they's slide the window open and yell out to the Taxi where to go for a pickup,....Dilallo's was the Taxi Dispatch hahhahaha and Remember it seemd like such a high counter to step up to,...and wolf down a couple of Burgers with Double Peppers,.......... I could go for one of those right now,.....................you'd be driving around somewhere and get the urge dor a Dilallo Burger,..and so you'd head off to VilleEmard/CoteStPaul ..............and have your feed,....... it was always a 'place to go' for us and generations before us,.too ! I think it was my brother that took me there the first time,...He used to go there often in those formulative days,.I guess,......He's Remembers the store well.
And...you could wait inside the store in the winter for the bus to come along Allard. It used to look like the walls were painted pale yellow, but twernt really paint I think but a mixture of nicotine and grease lol
Yes your right Mom45 ,.I Remember that too...........Remember the burgers would fall apart so easily,they were good weren't they....... get your motorhome out Linda ,.and swing by here pick us all up and let's go fpor a Burger............hahahahah
The burgers were not pressed into patties, they were almost loose hamberger mean piled on buns. Yummy...with peppers please. About 9 years ago went back to Montreal. Took my other half for steamies, and he got grossed out by them being all dressed. Asked the guy what the hell the stuff piled on top was???? Freaked the guy out. But we ate there every day for 2 weeks solid, hehehe. But what a sissie he was, only had mustard and relish on his hot dog. Didn't like the fries cause they were "too greasy". No fun at all!!! Didn't appreciate our lovely gourmet food.
Hi Yup wait inside and try and see outside when it was all steamed over. T.V.'s playing the game..not sure but special with cheese .65cents.Better than that remember the Miracle Mart bus stop across the kitty corner. Lad
Hi Linda only a true Verduner or ite or Montealer would appreciate it. All due respect to your better half.What say anyone else? Lad making me hungry for something from home now......
Okay, lad, get this straight......he's not my better half, he's just my other half. I hate it when men refer to their wife as "the little lady" and women refer to their husband as "the boss". Sorry...but had to vent a little. Getting back to my other half, his taste is all in his....well never mind. Nuff said.
Egads.....I find myself wanting to apologize for being so abrupt Lad. So here goes......I apologize and hope you'll accept it.
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Hi No need to say sorry..did not think that all...I should say sorry to you... I'm on your side...I agreed with you...I will now hold my breath for 5 minutes as punishment.....hahahahahaha Lad
What's you b,. other half think...........................hahahahahaha Now don't sugar coat it Mom,.say what you really think.........hahahahaha ......................Just kidding Mom,....hahahahaha but nice comeback,,,,,,,, as Art would say YIKES I still want you to pick us up for the Road Trip,....... http://www.firebrandpictures.com/mainpage/animation/laughingboy.html .....................Play it and laugh Mom45................hahahahahaha
Hi Got it. Promise never to say,use,think it again.... Humbly Lad hahahahaha take care
This is my happy dance. Thanks. And Lad.....5 minutes is too long! Cheers.
Okay, Les_F, I peed my pants over that one!!!! But tell me, when did you record me and my sister when we get together. When? I need to know!!!
And Sandy ~ when men refer to their wife as "the boss" that's correct....they know who the real boss is.
The Miracle-Mart,................Remember it well,....it sure didn't last long,.and then was empty for a long time,.....used as storage??? Is there anything in there now? I found this old pic,.of a friend of mine,doing a burnout in the Miracle_Mart parking lot,...........Why did we do that...............hahahahah ............in the Food thread,.......guess it's Food for Thought,........ this pics got to be from 69 or70 ish ??
I don't liked being referred to as the "Better Half" or "the wife"....my hubby learned that one real quick, at least he doesn't say either one within earshot!!! Dianne
Les looks like late 60's Camaro or Firebird. The grocery store part was still there last time I saw it and a movie theatre. The rest of the mall kinda shabby.. Barber shop that was there way back when still there only not called barber shop.. Not sure what it is. Salon something I guess.. Lad
Miracle Mart......my husband would say when we would go shopping there 'we off to get another miracle" They have movie theatres in the LaSalle Miracle Mart location. Dianne
Yes the lad,....it's a '67 Camaro,.....we spent many a day ,'not in school' in that thing..........hahahahahah Oddly enough tying this into an earlier bunch of posts,......But that is Roddy Diamond's cousin..............................................
I can remember shopping in the Miracle Mart and having to really check over any clothes you bought because people were still allowed to smoke when shopping, and a lot of stuff had burn holes. And the carpet on the floors had big burn holes where people stomped out their ciggies. Whewwwww
Oh Mary Mother of God....please save him....he doesn't have his seat belt on. hahaha
Linda that is true, I had forgotten that. Thank God there is no more smoking in stores, etc. It's a wonder the place didn't go up in flames. It just went down the tubes... Dianne
Funny that Miracle-Mart didn't make it,.but yet across the Acqueduct we had two shopping centres beside each other,....teh one with Steinberg's,(and the Place St Tropez rest/bar (spent sometime in there too,while I was supposed to be in school too.........hahahahah btwn the 50 club,and pretty much the Province .there were far too many distractions.......... the other shopping center was called Cavalier de Lasalle,......which oddly enough also had a Bar,....... Never did get an 'A' for attendance,......much to the delight of many a tacher...............hahahahaha
Les Forget which mall had the bar at the end of it. Right near the exit before you crossed to Woolco.Bar still there.Saw it a few months ago.Changed alot but still a bar. Forget the name of mall.. The fifty was quite a place...wonder whats there now... Lad
SPELL CHECK needed on 'aisle' #106 hahahahahahah
Les, the Miracle Mart was the one with Steinbergs and the Place St.Tropez . The one across the aquaduct was called Mont Mart and it didn't last too long. I forget what they have in that location now, something tells me it is a gym, but I am not sure. Dianne
Are you sure that's not "Ailes"?
WOW!!!!! Is being introduced as "my best friend" acceptable???? As in, "This is my wife and best friend"???? I guess I am greatful that I am still learning things about the ladies, and I DO realize that in reality I don't know hardly anything!!!! BUT, and I repeat, BUT, I have tremendous respect for each and every lady......
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Your right Mom,........but the Cashier did call for a 'Spell Check' hahahahaha
Dianne Last time I saw that place there was Quebecor printing plant there. Lad
Yes that's it I thought it looked a bit odd,..........but you are right,I was thinking of the 'Mon-Mart' just to keep up with 'the lad' in punishment,. I will stick my head in a bucket of water ,.....twice........and pull it out once...........hahahahahah
Reminds me of this expression was "Only two things from out of Verdun....wh**res and hockey players, and you sure aren't a hockey player." Winston ~ it's lovely for you that your wife is also your best friend. Totally acceptable. Just don't call her a partner....sounds too much like a business proposition IMHO.
Les Appreciate the solidarity brother...5 minutes way to long,went black there for a bit and saw Elvis...better now..... hahaha Lad
Hi Lad: It's been 3 years since I was in Montreal/Verdun/LaSalle/Ville Emard/Cote St Paul and it's always a good time when we go back and I am amazed with all the changes but at the same time it's as though everything has stayed the same too. On that strip of lad where Mon Mart was I think there are some other buildings there and I think one of them is a gym or health club. But maybe I am confused with another area!????!!! My memory is good but can be short at times!!!! Dianne
I keep looking at the title of this page "Food from the Homeland" and thinking it reminds me of something.....well it just hit me.....sounds like we are all from Germany! I recall older friends of my parents from Germany saying how it used to be back in the Homeland. I used to see through a glass darkly, but.....
Hi No you still have it. There is gym there. Opposite the plant.. Condos or duplexs around there too I think..last time down I drove by but did not pay alot of attention. Will next time I do though. Lad
I don't want to beat a dead horse,etc,etc,etc.....but just so I have this straight......introducing someone as; The old ball and chain!", isn't a good thing????? Just checking!!!!
Winston.....that is definitely not a good idea!!!! I can't imagine you ever doing that!!!! Dianne
Dianne. I can Guarantee you, that I would NEVER EVER do that!!!!!!!
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yum yum..this picture of Quebec steamies and fries brings back lots of memories of my trips down to main.St.Lawrence street..Now I know why we would never let Quebec separate... John
Les, You are really going back regarding the juke box. Did you ever hang around the Woodland Resto? Come to think of it did Metalman? Or for that matter anyone on this sight? Do you know who owned it before the present owner? It was Tony. He brought Fanny and (his future wife) over from Greece many years ago. Fanny could not even speak English. That was around 1960 - 1965. I used to go there with my father when I was a kid and Jack owned it. (Can't remember his last name right now.) My favorite thing was Apple Pie - was never an ice cream person. Now that really brought back memories, can picture myself sitting with my father in White's as it was called back then and also when Tony had it. Thanks for the memory ((MMMMMMMMMMMM)
hi-harriet
i lived on 314 woodland and ganpa 308 woodland
i loved living in that part of town.
back then woodland restaurant was there, next door was frenchies store.
across woodland was another restaurant, now its a hair salon.
the bus terminal across the street was very busy back then.
the pavilion was there, tennis court, in that building
which was a large restaurant, hotdogs and stuff
on the boardwalk.
my backyard led to egan st.
my childhood on that street will not be forgotten.
every remembrance day they would build a stand
all the vets would march down woodland.
i could write a massive book on woodland and egan
i'll post my grandpa's house and our house
back then my dad sold one for 8k other for 6k
then moved to westend of verdun?
it destroyed me to move, i had my buddies
and area?
till this day i don't have a freind as close as my buddies
i had on woodland and egan.
most of us that i kow done well today
a hockey pro from egan,a history writer that les posted
, muirs pasty eddie, tom, brian, jimmy
jean, mark, john, bobby, joe and richard, david, gerry,
a few french fellows forgot there names
dawsons boys club up the street,we watched
floor hockey games, movies downstairs
they had a carpenter wood working shop.
i learned about the table saw etc.
today i'm a carpenter by trade for over 32 years
the best place to live as a kid is verdun
thank you again
harriet
looking at picture 230, my grandpa next door
neighbor has mr boyce, his back yard led to egan st
also.
back then mr boyce had a apple tree in the back yard.
as kids we stole the apples for some reason stolen apples taste better.
murry boyce and her sisters lived next door to there
grand dad mr boyce.
like i said i know that part of the hood.
Metalman ,...i Remember thinking the same thing when I had to move to Lasalle,....it seemed like a devasting move,.....and yet it was just one of those inevitable steps forward ,that we all had to make,.... I too played Floor Hockey at Dawson's..................had a ball there alos MrMuir (another Walter) he hired me to work in the pastry shop with Billy ,& Eddy....my brother bought their first delivery van,which was an old Keating Ford parts deliver truck (red/white) I think it was......He's the guy that 'cured ' me of eatig too many sweets,..because when I first started in their,.I would ask Mr Muir ,.if I could have an apple trunover or whatever,....and he told me ,Les Go ahead and have whatever you want casue in two weeks you won't want any of this stuff..........I thought I'd won the lottery.....................................................He Was Right..........hahahahaha The only thing we did always like was the Meat Pies,......but as for sweets,.... No Thanks.............I worked in there when they got rid of the old Baking Oven,...and replaced it with a Huge Oven with maybe 6 or 8 different baking shelves that would rotate around in there like a ferris wheel,...... and it's a good thing that basement can't talk..........hahahahahah Eddy & Billy are in Alberta I believe,...and Mr Muir is in Ontario,.... the shop continues on but with a family member now running it...??? I have an old newspaper article ,that was sent oput to me ,with Eddy on the front page ,..explaining that they were closing up and mmoving...... Really was the end of an Era,...............People came from all over Montreal to buy those MeatPies................. I will try ot find that article again and I will post it...................................Thanks for the Memory Prompt on that one....... and I agree we do figure we had already made our best friends (cause we trusted them)..early in Life........
I meant to say the shop continues on,..but it's now in Maxville Ontario? I used to go to Maxville often ,actually more to the MartinTown hotel hahahahah ...........................which was a county over before you got to Maxville,..................... the Raisin River (known to oldtimers there as the Black River, ran right behind the old Hotel,.............and we always wanted to shoot the Raisin River,...but we never got around to it,.................
les
so true when you leave your friends behind
and the hood.
eddie was our buddy back then, we e-mailed years
back, he's in calgary working in the sales world.
eddies on the vc member list.
hey les back then in the winter time eddie would
give us a paper bg full of them meat pies.
we went across the street to the hockey rink
and used the meat pies as hockey pucks?
slap shot with the meat pie puck?
eddie if you read this post we ate those pies also
We used to work on cars during the daytime,..and at night we worked in the Pastry shop,.......it was a Fun time,......I also menat to mention that when my brother bought the old Econoline from Mr Muir,...they went out and bought a Brand New Mazda Sedan,....non of us had ever seen one,.....but it came with bucket seats (of course) and it was a 'stick shift' ( anust have in those days),........and an Am/Fm radio..................Thye had to be the Pioneers of buying foreign cars,...........I think the Mazda was a '69 ??? but I'm not sure ,.I remember Billy used to be able to use it to go see his girlfriend ,who I think lived on the West Island ,......that was a big deal in those days..........hahahahaha
les
you are rite about the maxville town, i drive by at times
there is the pastry store there for sure.
its a scottish town big time
every year they have the games there big event
i think one of there x employees opened it?
hey- maybe eddie my answer after reading
i think barry r's band plays out there also
les
we left woodland hood in aprox 1968
lived a few blocks away from the douglas hospital
so this way my mom can walk to work
the new hood was the red top, tastey freeze
torchey worft.
later stan, gary, allan, john, dough
myself, started calling the tree
our hang out, later it just got bigger and bigger
Les You wrote about playing floor hockey at
Dawson's who did you play with? was it when they still had the Bleachers ? I
used to watch those games I played when the girls had a team we would play
against the Point St Charles Club. It got pretty rough.
Yes levisjeans it still had bleachers,...and although it wasn't exactly tte Forum,.......we'd get a few people watching,.....(truth be known,they were probably waiting for their turn.,hahahahaha A for names,.I am not really sure as we had a lot of people from VCHS,..as well as others ,as the Dawson team was for everyone,.....I Remember Teddy & his brother Butch gwilliam,....I think a Gordy Marcineau,..?? and I 'm sure I'm now mixing the schools with Dawsons club,..but I do Remember we did travel by bus to the point,and usually we had plenty of roughstuff,...I didn't remember the girls having a team too,......Although I'm certain,.sitting around with the right prompts,..(that's code for sitting around having a Beer, & BS'ing..........hahahaha) hat my memory would get better,...... I'm always amazed at how much ,all of you out there can Remember ...............there was also a real big guy was the Dawson Coach or something ,...sorry don't Remember the names,.....i wonder if there are any old photographs inside there on the walls or tucked away in some box somewhere with all of our history (or at least some of it) just ready to be discovered........what a treasure box that would be
Metalman ,here's one for you,..I Remember one night the cops were coming to raid the 'hole',....and they were coming from the Boardwalk side,and the Nat,...and a big pile of us made a run foor the old Econoline,and piled in,...and we had to have at least 15 of us in there squashed in ,.as Billy made our getaway..........hahahahahaha It was always rough sitting in the back of the CargoVan cause when it turned, it took a while for the momentum to reach the back,.and then you'd fall over,........see it was a long panel van and if you got in too late,..you didn't get one of the wheel wells to sit on........hahahahahah and if you did get to sit up front it was on the engine cover,it looked like this ,but it was a LWB, and it had some white on it,... I will look around and see if my brother has a picture of it....... a couple of years later I flipped it over,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,but that is another story........hahahahahah
les
the cops always watched the hole
we would see the cop cars driving towards the hole
on the boardwalk we just hid the 24 in the bushes
beside the green bench.
as they passed us, we would just look
i'm sure the cops knew that we had our beer
drinking place on the boardwalk?
the hole was a older crowd, we weren't invited
we all had our groups of verduners
outsiders not allowed??
back then gilbert gerry, went to the liquoir store
on verdun ave, to get the hard stuff.
we can get a case a beer at any age?
we needed gilbert at times, i read awhile back
on vc post that gilbert passed away
it hurt me after i read and found out
gilbert was a real true verduner, with a big heart
i played for the dawson floor hockey team..bill lee was our coach then... ans yes the gamaes against the point were rough. shayne
rainy day man Bill Lee that's a
name I almost forgot till you mentioned him. He was a good guy all the
kids liked him. I was a dye hard fan of the floor hockey
games.
I am trying to think who were on the team. Westly
Dealy, Micky, Bruce Menard, Peter Browm, . Can you fill in the
blanks?
rain day man If you don't mind what is you
last name Mybe I could put a face to the name?
The name Bill lee sounds familiar,.........but then again so does General Lee,...and I didn't know him,..(at least he wasn't in any of my classs's............hahahahaha) but I seem to Remember someone they called Pinky ?? at Dawson's Peter Brown ,& Menard again familiar names,we just talked about Peter a few weeks back (maube months??),....... How about the NAmes Lynch,......Kearney,...Coote....Folco........Danny Roy ...........I don't Remember if they played Floor Hockey (almost everyoone did) but the names just popped in my head,......wasn't there a Danny Menard too??????
Les, I have cleared my calender for the next two years just incase you arrive suddenly without notice. This way I am prepared to leave at a moments notice. Where do you think we should start first? Danny
DannyB ,.....a prudent move would be to sit down (in the LaverendryePub) anmd formulate a proper game plan,......(it all involves eating & drinking & laughing).........hahahahah Then we proceed from there,.......Incidentally,with any Good Fortune,.we may need all of the two years you have set aside,... We have a few who would like to join us as well,....... plus we have to get a hold of Bettylooca, too,......we need only people who like to laugh........hahahahaha Now if this trip is filled with as much Historic Research ,that I would like it to have,...then I would think a Government Grant (both Canada & Quebec),to allow us to conduct the research in an appropriate manner,.... (we can't run out of dough for the grub & suds).........hahahaha DannyB you will have to be our Navigator,/Co-Pilot ,to get us to each spot,as quickly as possible ,(Global Warming and all That),.....let's spend as little time in the car as possible.......(drinking anyway)........hahahahah
Hi Hey levisjeans you mentioned Micky in your talk about Dawson's. Did his last name start with a D. and he hung around with Peter Brown. Lad
Desourdy ?????? Is that who were talking about?
the Lad That would be him I
havent seen these guy's in Years. Nick Picallo was another Floor hockey
player.During my time at Dawson's
Les Oh yeah that would be him....man what an actor...anyone know how he is doing? Last time I saw Micky was years ago. Heard he was the Mtl. area after awhile out in BC.This was years ago... Lad
levisjeans7 raint day man = shayne o'neill...
Hi Shayne,How's it going?I was wondering if if was you or Shayne Morris.
Wendy Rinder
les
mikey desourdy now that blows my mind
the stuff we did at times i'll tell you??
peter brown, bruce menard
knew them all for sure
metalman If you knew all those guys
Micky , Peter , Bruce
Then we traveled in the same circles. I knew all
those guys from Dawsons. It's a small world .
hi-levis
i know them all, back then i remember joe and
richard sweeney when the family just arrived from
scotland.
they lived across the street on woodland ave
when we all first met, we didn't understand what
they were saying?
i knew richard but i was a good friend with joe.
years ago i heard what happened to joe?
there are many more not with us today
I knew of a Bob Sweeney and what happened to him. Never heard of any other Sweeneys though.
MaggieMcK
I was thinking of Joe & Richard the boys from
Scotland. Joe died quite a few years ago. I hung around them at Dawson's . I
don't remember A Bob Sweeney.
Metalman. I'll have to call you again one of these days ,it seems we know a lot of the same People,............................ I knew Joe & Richard very well,.............
Hi Levisjeans,.........I always get them mixed up as to who died first,(memory block I guess),.......but many years ago while I was working late one night,.. at a local car dealership,......one of our guys comes driving back in to the dealership,/and he's got a dent on the front of his car,......So we go out to see what's the story,...........and in comes a car right behind him,......and it's Sweeney,...............seems the salesman ,not wanting to draw to much attention (code for get away with reporting the accident)......hahahahha started talking to the guy who he had a fender bender with in the parking lot of a local 'peeler bar/club' that we all knew 'fairly well'..........hahahahaha Turns out that our salesman started talking to this Scotsman,....and finds out he's from Montreal,....so he mentions that one of the guys he works with (me) is from Montreal too...................Surprise, all was settled amicably,...and a day or two party later with Mr Sweeney,........and I never have seen him since..........even though he was planning to stay a little longer he just disappeared ...........I gather back to Montreal,.........I always got along really well with the brothers from Scotland,.................and we were not big fans of the Irish Brothers in VCHS....................that's (code for I got kicked out a lot)..........hahahahahaha ..........too bad about losing one of these Sweeney's there word was good.............................
hi-les
all ears when you call les, i'm going to verdun
this saturday, later i will dine at the silver dragon
get some pic's.
last time i seen joe was in deadmonton
he was in the hospital with a broken neck.
later joe was recovered well, a cat with 9 lives for sure.
late 1970's
Metalman..........Have Fun in Verdun,...........I wish I could visit the old Stomping grounds as often as you do,............... and I will get back one od these days,....I owe myself a visit,.......I have to go to my sons wedding in Edmonton on Easter weekend,.....so that rules out most of this spring,.....but perhaps later in the year (not likely) but maybe next year......(cause Teresa ,the real Boss) wants me to take her to Montreal and from there I'll have a ball..............I'll show her some 'rreal places' to buy stuff (re: the MAin),.............and then I'll have time for the Good stuff...........Magnans .etc etc .........and a lot of the places you've posted,....and a few I can think of too..........................Man I wannna go and have a ball.........................You can meet up with DannyB & Me........
hi-les
i guess i'm lucky that i live in two cities
i would enjoy meeting dannyb and you
will even go to the pall mall tavern.
Sounds Great .................I forgot about the PallMall..........again another Montreal spot,........hidden nicely just under the train bridge from Verdun, You just might have to be our Honorary Co-Pilot,......./////////butwe'll have to drive by the old Vogue .just to see if it's still there,.......Remember as kids from Verdun,....bunches of us went to the Vogue in the point Charlevoix St to see those .99 cents for 3 movies...............hahahahhaha
les
the vogue theatre, that's a good one to remember
i've been there big time, the bus stop across
the street.
never ate the popcorn?
seats were all beat up.
we all went there to watch the biker movies
we never rode our chopper bikes to the vogue
theatre, because we would get ripped off?
we didn't even wear our jean jackets with
the bc patches?
we played safe and just took the bus
i spoke to joe sweeney a few days before he passed on... he had driven to the eastern townships to spend a few days with me... although he was grieving for marylyn, he never mentioned his intentions... i soon realized that the reason for the visit was to say goodbye... many of you may have known joe... but i lost a dear special friend.....
oh... i knew a bob sweeney... i believe he had a brother ronnie... no relation to richard & joe...
Les you getting a little homesick??? i think it's that picture of the steamies and real fries.. i'm thinking it's effecting a lot of us...
Well................I'll let you know a fact of life from way back when......... Verdun Days of course............. I knew the Sweeney brothers, very well..............starting from the days when they were 'Introduced' in the assembly hall of VCH......and we were all supposed to just allow these guys to (assimillate) into the population,......... Well I know first hand how tough these guys had it......for a while anyway,.....but once acceppted ,these characters,proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that they were upstanding / very stand up guys,......who took no shit,and were willing to fight (if need be).......for anything they believed in: and I had the privelege of talking to both of them ,and agreeing that the gang (call it what you will) I was involved in,......agreed to have these two characters be members of............sort of,........
To both Les & Metalman
I knew Joe & Richard when they first came here
from Scotland. Your right could'nt understand a word they were saying. Do you
remember how they would fight ? They would put their hands behind their back and
butt with their heads. Richard tryed hard to lose his accent, but joe didn't
seem to mind it. I was crasy about Richard for years.
We had friend's who lived on 2nd ave. Joe and I
would hang out there. I think Richard is out west some were, it would be great
if someone could find him. Joe will not be forgotten.These brother's changed
alot of our lives. I think they were the first kid's we had meet who came from
another country
From a proud Verduner
Lynn
Thanks rainydayman, good to know that some things are not figments of my imagination.
Metalman Great pics....question what did u mean by BC patches...what did they say? Vogue was great place...saw Godzilla there...saw it on tv last week. Somehow not the way I rememberd it.... Lad
hi-lad
back then there was a few little biker gangs
in verdun, lassale, ville e mard, the point
we would borrow others people bikes
chop them up, even steel your kitchen table legs
chrome legs need to have chrome on the pedal bike
little work with a hammer, visecrip, drill
bolts, there you go chopper with extened front end.
we all had jeanjackets, with our club patch on the back
also the small patch bc. which is bicycle club!!!
back then we had dreams of one day to become
a mc, motorcycle club.
i can write a book on the little gang figths we had
in verdun, ville e mard, back then we had a big
one behind were the lassale mircle mark used to be.
there was a forest back then with a bike trail
yea- got a big beating there, lost our bikes, jackets
out numbered us big time, a french bc gang for sure.
took us a while to regroup, new choppers, new jean jackets, etc.
that summer i lot bikes were missing at the nat??
Hi Remember that forest that was next to the golf course. What name did you use? Maybe I saw them on my travels? Also remember hearing about the hassles with the guys from over the aqueduct. Lad
Metalman Ever see the chopper bikes on sale in the stores..cost a bit now a days. Lad
lad
i remember than forest for sure, also i think there was a golf course there also.
lad
yes i see them mostly in the states
they even had those gas choppers with the 80cc
its against the law now to drive them, even in a parking lot.
back then we had to build our own choppers
we had a club house which was a shed in a lane
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WOODLAND PIZZA AGAIN??
THEY HAVE GREAT SUBS ALSO
steak and peporoni sub 14 inch
went to stillwells also, happy i did met a buddy
from the little bikers days, yes we still have the
verdun little kid bond from the past.
he''s the master owner and humbug chef
a true verduner
les this one is for you pic 163
is were muirs pastry was?
look at the new brick? had to match
i'll keep taking the pictures
nice of you les to make it work
for the members to enjoy.
Either 2 or 3 of my kid sisters all worked for Stillwells at one time or another One of them Volunteers at the Victoria Hospice,.and she does reflexology,for the patients and /or the family of the patient,...Well one old guy and her were talking,and he mentioned that he was from Verdun,.and used to love these candies they called 'Humbugs',...............Well this old guy was in for a surprise cause my sister had some at Home from Stillwells,.and so she brought him some....................pretty nice deal for the old guy,... I have a picture of the old Stillwells store near 6th on Wellington,.I'll try to find it ........................
Picture #168 ~ Les_F...is this where you had to sit when you were a naughty little boy at school? Bad teacher making you sit out on the street...lol
Picture #181 ~ Silver Dragon Sign......sure does look tired. Makes me sad, in a way, to see it like that. Guess I prefer to remember it as all nicely painted and looking real spiffy.
Well Mom45,.if they wanted to find me ,.then they would 'have' to look out on the street,....................hahahahah I was rarely there,.......Better chance finding us at the Verdun Pool Hall,.....................well at least I know where I can find my desk.....hahahahaha cause they kicked me out on the street,in '68 or early '69.......... I guess they just didn't appreciate an Honor Student,..... Seems like more often than not it was always "Yes your Honor,No your Honor"..................................hahahahahah
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had to get a dinner for one cheap 9.12
chinese owner wouldn't do business of pictures
inside silver dragon?
made a deal= get dinner for 1 exchange for
interior pictures.
pic-182
well sandy
that's a good question, first the location is on the same
block were rex restaurant is on the corner of that block.
i went to that store to see for myself and first time
i saw a store like this.
the little store was full of people, all the walls full
of shelves, a big table in middle of store.
thousands of second hand -shoes, boots
from 5 dollars to 25 dollars +
looks to me there are lots of hard times still in verdun.
most of us had it hard back then, today it still
is hard on others.
Hey Metalman (WK),
Thanks (I guess) for the post of the fire on Bannantyne. Dang, too bad! Like a lot of folks, that block on Bannantyne between Brown and Godin was a real part of growing up for me. Kosta's with the "tseesburgers", standing in front of the ole' Dominion's store with your wagon trying to make some cash for pullling ladies groceries home, etc. etc.
I wonder what will go up in it's place. Condo's?
Ray
HI-BROWN
talked to a few people about the fire?
they tell me, it went on fire a few times
but this time it really went down?
all was left was a bubblegum machine sitting
outside the burnt building?
i think they will build a new grocery store
the reason its the only one in that area for the locals
lets say 50/50 either a condo or grocery store.
hope the insurance company does there part
hey- harriet
harriet you must know this corner picture 148
its a new restaurant.
for years and years it was closed up?
back then- as little kids we went there to get
the home made popsicle at that corner
in the early 60's.
they were big ones, i think they were in a shape
of a glass.
5 cents for the big popsicle, then cross the street
to watch the girls play softball?
we liked the girls play ball, they were better players
then the guys.
BrownBlvd Ray, I did that at the Dominion Store with my wagon too. I also delivered for Trenholme Pharmacy corner of Valiquette and Bannantyne by bicycle. All seasons too brrrrrr. I remember the most dreaded delivery to get was out to a nursing home at 9099 Lasalle Blvd - seemed like about 100 miles there and back - NEVER A TIP!!!!! Gary Mace Saanich, BC ex 1045 Valiquette / 920 Moffat
Hi Gary,
I guess we were part of the same important group in society for those days - the delivery boys. My career advanced when I got hired at Martin's (which was owned and operated by John Manachek at the time) on the corner of Brown and Beurling back in about 1972-73. I delivered groceries on Saturdays through that winter. It seemed that there was a lot of snow, and those heavy bikes - that seemed to be build of iron - could hold 3 or 4 two-fours if you had the right basket on the front, but they didn't plow through the snow very well. That winter seemed pretty frickin' cold too.
A 24 of pints back then was an even 5 bucks, and I think a pack o' smokes was fifty cents, more or less.. A quarter was a reasonable tip, but a buck tip was really something. Another guy that worked there at the time was Darrel Maxwell, who lived on Godin across the lane from me. He was probably 3 or 4 years older than me, but I viewed him as a veteran delivery guy. He worked there pretty steady, and even got one of those leather money pouches, with the brass snap, to wear on his belt. Being a greenhorn, I just had to stuft the change into my pockets.
You are right about some pretty poor tippers. I specifically remember John, the owner, asking me right at closing time (already completely dark outside) one Saturday if I would mind delivering a 24 of Exports to some guy on Woodland. John said that I didn't have to do it 'cause it was closing time anyway, but also said that the guy promised a really good tip. I was tired as hell, but thought "What the heck, its only one more delivery and then I can go watch the hockey game with a nice pizza from Riverview ($1.90 for a small all dressed, back then) and that promised tip would help to pay for. Anyways, I get there through the snow (second story, at that) and the guy didn't even come to the front door. He sent the Mrs. with a fiver: "There you go, son" and "Slam" right in my face. Man, was I steamed!!!
That is the winter I started smoking. It seemed to dull the pain. I was 15 at the time, so I started smoking pretty late in life compared to most of my compadres. Most of them started at 12-14, it seemed. I finally smartened up by 1984 when I quit for good. The reason I bring up smoking while delivering messages is because another clear memory I have of that winter was following a lady in a nice new fur coat from Martin's just down Beurling to where whe lived in one of those cottages like you see lots of in Crawford Park. She had just bought a box of groceries and it was so close, that I didn't need to use the bike. Anyways, I was holding the box of groceries, but had a lit cigarette in my gloved hand. She opened her door to let us in, but then she backed up so that she put out my smoke with the back of her nice fur coat. Holy $hit!! She didn't know what happened, but there was no way I was going to take the fall for this one, so I just stayed quiet. I kind of felt bad because she gave me a reasonable tip as I recall.
Anyways, maybe we remember the bad tippers (or non tippers, I should say), better than we remember the goods ones.
BrownBlvd
PS Maybe my memory is getting fuzzy, but didn't some folks refer to their groceries as 'messages' for some reason, back then? For example, I remember moms of my friends saying, "Well, I better go get my messages done", as in having to go grocery shopping? I haven't heard that term since leaving Verdun/Montreal. It was probably related to a reminder/message, as in a written list of groceries.
Hi brownblvd,I remember my parents using the term when they had to run some errands, they would say I've got to do my messages.I used to deliver groceries from Steinbergs on Verdun with my wagon and we would ask the customers if they would like us to take their order home. I also ran across cheapskates.
Wendy
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Steinbergs, Dominion Stores, A&P....wagon, sled, tobaggon.... even our bikes in the winter time. Leduc Drug Store on Church and Wellington....7:00pm till 11:00pm, 5 days a week!!!!! Just being a kid and still in grade school out in the ice and snow, skidding all over the place and trying to not get hit by some car... AND yes, ED, you brought that memory back to me, my mother saying she had to run some messages......WOW... Thanks... Winston Allison
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info- when you order a extra large pizza at
woodland, they give you a large and small
pizza.
which is good- you keep the small pizza for yourself
you give the large to the 6 buddies to share??
I too workded for Martin's Grocery back then. Not sure the exact years, but 1971 - 72 - 73 sound about the same time. Graduated in 73, so not after that. I did not deliver on the bike as much as others. I recall working in the store; taking and filling the orders on the phone; driving down with the owner - did not remember his name, so thanks for that - to the supply house for him and loading up his station wagon; delivering with him in the station wagon in the winter; stacking up the cases of beer in the basement of the store through the window - on a metal conveyor roller table. I also remember working in the back, in the Freezer, where the sides of beef were hanging. I recall doing some of the cutting, but he did most of it. As I think of it now, that is probably where I learned most of what I know about cuts of beef and pork! I also recall his wife worked the cash register up front and his daughter would be there on Saturday and in the summer months. Well, that is what I remember of Martin's at least for the moment. I imagine we both worked there at the same time.... Glenn
back then- at my time a box of thrills gum was 5 cents
they had that perfume taste?
i forgot the cost of the bubble gum in those machines.
back then.
bazzoka gum with little comic was 1 cent
Bazooka Gum was good, but I liked Double Bubble better. Also remember buying Chicklets in a little box with 2 chickets in in. Thrills were in a purple and yellow box.
mom
back then- you would get in trouble chewing gum in class.
at times the teacher would see you chewing gum in class, then order you to take the gum out of your mouth
and stick it on your forehead or your nose.
others see this they would take there gum
and stcik it under those wooden desks.
i'm sure the school janitor had a job removing all that gum under the desks during the summer holidays.
Sometimes when the teacher caught onto somebody with gum in their mouth, many kids would swallow theirs. My mom would admonish us not to swallow our gum because "our insides would all get stuck together". The same with not swallowing our pumpkin or watermelon seeds because pumpkins or watermelons would grow inside us.....yeeccchhhhh. p.s. I STILL don't swallow either pumpkin or watermelon seeds, but only because I'm fat enough, don't need those things growing inside me!!!
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Sandy ~~ ever go to bed with a mouthful of gum??? Nearly all young girls had long hair, and what a job to get gum out of it......my mom used to try all sorts of trick to get it out, but usually ended up cutting a chunck off.
on a hot summer day walking on the sidewalk
you step on the ball of gum.
what a mess when lifting your foot
sticks good to those running shoes
.....and sticks, stones, grass and whatever caught stuck on the gum and you walked with a big wad of .......whatever.......stuck to the bottom of your shoe.
yes mom for sure made a mess
back then- we would share our stuff, get a big
bottle of corona all take turns drinking it.
even share the gum, spilt it up
today people are scared to touch a door handle
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