February 6,1952 Queen Elizabeth was crowned Queen of England 55 years ago today oh so long ago !!! I remember watching it on the T.V in all the furniture stores on wellington street.They had all of their T.V in the store going all at once.We all stood outside watching in amassment.I think I was up at 4:AM listening to it on the radio.I remember Allies furniture store, Belanger furniture,Fifth Avenue dept store,there was another one on Wellington near Church I think it was called Woodwards ? That was a lot of furniture stores on Wellington street. In later years there was one at 3rd and Wellington forgot the name.That was the days when shopping on Wellinton was the only place to shop or St Catherine street.I still enjoy shopping on a street I don't like malls.
Deedee
ReplyDeleteDeedee. The Salvation Army in The Pointe rented a TV for the Coronation. I am sure the people took up a collection to pay for it. My mother was a staunch Royalist, and we were there all day. As a kid, it was great just being able to watch TV in absolute amazement. We felt so lucky that we were indoors, and sitting down, rather than watching thru a store window. Never figured we would be able to eventually have a TV. If I remember, I think the Gills at 844 3rd Avenue, were the first on our street to have one. It was the talk of the street!!!!! WOW!!!!! Winston Allison
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Winnie
ReplyDeleteMy big sister tells me that when we got our first
T.V. we lived on a bottom flat on Bannatyne, all the kids in the neighbourhood
would stand on our gallery and try to see it from the window. My mom told me you
even watched the commericals back then,
Queen Elizabeth II took the royal oath on the 2 February, but she was officially crowned on June 2, 1952........on my birthday, I was 7 years old. Linda Noble ex-Ville Emard
ReplyDeleteHi Lynn, would that be Dennis Guelespie and his little brother or the Bullards across the street.Didn't Spikey Bellware live around there also?
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Hi Didn't Spike live near or on the corner of Melrose? I dated one of his sister's years later. Much later.. What was Dennis G's brother's name. Lad just so you know -100 with the wind chill enjoy
ReplyDeleteminus 100 ........Is that C cold, or just F ng cold hahahahaha
ReplyDeleteBack in our youth think nothing of going out in this now you ask are you nuts????????????? Dog went out for a bark and pxxs and right back in....... and he has a fur coat... Lad at least no mosquitos
ReplyDeleteYes we'd definetly go out in that winter cold,...but we also knew which apartment bldgs you could get in & warm up,.....or have a smoke,..... Imagine if you walked out of your apartment or condo (nowadays) and there was 4,5 or 6 'hoodlums' hanging around........hahahahaha We'd be pissed off too,.............. (always Remember my oldman using that phrase Hoodlums,... eg; Me and my hoodlum friends..........hahahahaha)
ReplyDeleteGood one I forgot about warming up in porches...man to-day spread eagle and alot of questions.... Lad
ReplyDeleteHi Lad, yes Spike Bellware lived on the corner of Melrose and Bannantye, Lynn lived between Melrose and Desmarchaise.I can't remember Dennise's brother's name.Hate to rub it in,but it's a balmy 70 F here.Warming up abit.It was nasty this past weekend for the super bowl.I don't think it got out of the 60's.
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Wendy
Good to hear its nice...cant type too fast with mitts on. Take care Lad
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ReplyDeleteBellware family Corner of Bannatyne & Melrose My Mom and Dad were good
friends with them.
Hi Yes..I dated one of his sister's later on...I last saw Barry years ago at school function.He did not see me but he still looked the same... Lad
ReplyDeleteWas the Spike Bellware you are talking about Russell Bellware. I remember I was friends with Trudy Crimmons who was his girlfriend at that time. Anybody know about Trudy. Laurie
ReplyDeleteHi Laurie,I think Russell was the older brother, they had a sister name Glenda,Barry was nicknamed Spike.He used to bartend at the Lasalle Legion a few yrs. ago, my Dad new him from there but it has been a while,maybe in the early 2000's
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Lynn. Watched the commercials? Heck, we even watched the test pattern!!!!!
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Winnie Oh eh the test
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this weather was good 'hopping car' weather back in the day....roads nice and icy....
ReplyDeleteI remember that day , I was at Rushbrooke school in grade 1 or 2 and all the lower grades were in the theatre room and we watch it on the big screen , maybe it was not live that day , but I do remember watching it at school.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid, I had a ViewMaster (remember those?). One of the ViewMaster slide reels that my parents bought for me was the Coronation. Wish I knew where all that stuff is now.
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Hi Bob ...my husband still has his and our kids loved it when they were little. He has the slide reels of the Grand Canyon. He has a couple of others but I am having a senior moment...can't remember off hand the others...!!! I think they were disney cartoons. Dianne
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ReplyDeleteThose "geographic" type reels were very popular. About the only way most of us made to places like the Grand Canyon way back when. It was really a very nifty little device for those times.
BobB