Saturday, April 23, 2011

Remember the Old Laura Secord Easter Eggs...........(tonnage in a box) -lol

          Remember these (instant cavity & tonnage) Easter Eggs ,they were the sweetest of them all,and they were always a 'good find' on Easter Sunday. (they were the expensive ones too) ......How did our parents afford buying all those treats for each of us kids.?

Have a good easter everyone,although I doubt I even see a chocolate egg these days,kids all grown up & all that.But you guys with young kids or grand kids will be indulging won't you? lol--Right Winston ?.............hahahahaha

 

 

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14 comments:

  1. Les FApril 23, 2011 at 10:26 AM

    Do you remember the Laura Secord store n Wellington just past Woolworths five & dime ,same side of Wellinton btwn: Church Av & Hickson about midblock I think it was...?
    .Cheers !! HF&RV

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  2. Les FApril 23, 2011 at 11:01 AM


    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Cheers !! HF&RV~~~~~~~~~

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  3. Robin TurnerApril 23, 2011 at 12:44 PM

    Where I live in Oakville Ont. Laura Secord sets up temporary booths in the malls and they sell these yummy eggs. I wait until after Easter when they reduce the prices before I buy them. If you want to know where the cavities are in your teeth, just eat one of these eggs. Guaranteed to find them all.
    HF&RV
    Robin

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  4. Les FApril 23, 2011 at 12:51 PM

    ......That's the truth...........hahahaha Cheers !! HF&RV

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  5. Jean-Marie HacheyApril 23, 2011 at 12:56 PM

    Hi Les !

    Yes, I well remember Laura Secord at 4007 Wellington St.
    On the South side (4008 Wellington), who remember « Verdun Bowling and Billiards Academy »

    … and many other addresses of 1950 …

    http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/lovell/src/1950/4.Annuaire_montr%E9alais_des_rues/W/110773_1950_0636.pdf


    Happy Easter to you and all VC2 members.


    JMH

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  6. Les FApril 23, 2011 at 1:36 PM

    Yes, JMH I remember that bowling alley & billiard hall. When we were kids it was a great adventure to go into that spot. A real classic bowling alley ,with pin boys to replace the pins before automated ball returns.. I liked that building .
    It's funny it's you that responded here with a post, as I was just on the BNQ site looking for Laura Secord images etc etc , & I came across this old building in Chicoutami Hamel's Pharmacy which sold Laura Secord products at one time. It's a very old building ,but I wonder if it is still standing ? I know you live in Chicoutami now ,so i thought you may know?




    Titre, Dates, Quantité
    Chicoutimi - Pharmacie Hamel . - 1925
    - 1 photographie(s) : négatif sur pellicule

    Portée et contenu
    Vue extérieure de la pharmacie Hamel qui est une succursale de la Pharmacie Chicoutimi. Le docteur Hamel y pratiquait sa profession. En 1942, la pharmacie Hamel devient dépositaire des produits Laura Secord. L'édifice de gauche abrite le barbier Arthur Morin au rez-de-chaussée.
    Réf: Les renseignements proviennent du volume Nos souvenirs prennent vitrines.

    Une autre source identifie l'immeuble comme étant l'ancien magasin Steel's. Il précise que l'édifice de gauche abrite au rez-de-chaussée la Boucherie Idéale et à l'étage le logement de J.A. Gagnon.

    Réf: Les renseignements proviennent du volume Chicoutimi, 150 ans d'images .
    ..Cheers !! HF&RV

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  7. Les FApril 23, 2011 at 1:51 PM

    Hey I wonder if this is the same J.A.Gagnon that opened a store on Wellington Street in Verdun (same block we are speaking aboutm now) right at Church & Wellington .....Coincidence ?


    HF&RV

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  8. Les FApril 23, 2011 at 1:52 PM

    Coincidence 24 beers in a case.........24 hours in a day ?? lol HF&RV

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  9. Jean-Marie HacheyApril 24, 2011 at 10:32 AM

    An interesting site to visit on Easter :

    Eggs Curves

    http://www.mathematische-basteleien.de/eggcurves.htm


    JMH

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  10. Les FApril 24, 2011 at 11:28 AM

    It is amazing how strong that shape actually is from end to end (or top to bottom as it were)

    JMH did you recognize the Pharmacie Hamel building in the photo above,or has it long since been replaced ? The one in Chicoutami ,the photo was taken around 1925,

    ..........................................................HF&RV.....................................................

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  11. Les FApril 24, 2011 at 1:11 PM

    NEW California

    Verdun Fine Chocolate And gifts
    540 South Coast Hwy. #106
    Laguna Beach, CA 92651


    Portland

    Verdun Fine Chocolate And gifts
    421 NW 10th AVE
    Portland, OR 97209

    Phone: 503.525.9400
    Fax: 503-525.9402

    Verdun Chocolates & Fine Gifts (oddly enough neither of them in Verdun PQ or even Canada for that matter)
    but for Winston .....there's one of these stores not that far from you: just across the river a bit.and into that other state.
    http://www.verdunchocolates.com/index.htm checkout the font on the V looks just like the one we use here....... anywa it's easter & that means chocoalte time & it has the Verdun monicker so hence the mention............. HF&RV

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  12. carole roachApril 26, 2011 at 12:31 PM

    There were 5 of us kids so we never got Laura Secord. We did get our fill of chocolate bunnies, chickens, sugar eggs, & the eggs where your name was drawn on with icing. Easter was always a happy memory for me.

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  13. Les FApril 26, 2011 at 10:37 PM

    That in itself is a pretty cool memory......Thanks for sharing: Cheers !! HF&RV

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  14. Diane RobertsApril 27, 2011 at 1:17 AM

    Always lots of chocolate bunnies and easter eggs at our home on 3rd Ave...hence the chubby little girl!
    Still have the easter egg hunt every year with the grandkids...something transported from Canada.

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