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Sunday, February 23, 2025
First Bank Account in this City & District
I imagine a lot of us had our first bank account in this branch at Galt & Wellington.
Even as a kid this was a special building with the rounded front ,the huge clock, and if you remember it had a brass and wood with big brass handles to open the revolving door. Once inside you were met with clean marble floors ( I think it was) and what seemed like an eexceptionally long counter with tellers waiting to greet you. Then you also got one of those old Banks they gave away when opening your new acount.(wish I still had mine,just for nostalgia purposes) It was always fun to watch your bank book get updated (by hand mind you) and then a stamp. As a kid it made you feel grown up and a sense of pride ...........lol Oh for it to be that simple .
Anyway I saw the old photo and decided to share it here.
Cheers ! Les F
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Strange to look at this photo,I can't say I remember a cross walk at Galt & Wellington. I do remember crossing Wellington and every other street in Verdun at your own peril. There were intersctions with traffic lights around the city but few and far between, I lived right on Wellington on this particular block and we learne to play on the street and seemed to survive. I also remember having my first skateboard and the larger than average sidewalk in front of the City & District was a great place to round the corner on the back two wheels of my skateboard. That fun was quickly kiboshed by powers that be and skateboards became illegal. Oh what hoodlums were were I guess.........Lol
very prominent bank probably the most stylish of bank buildings around Montreal certainly Verdun .I also cannot remember a crosswalk at that corner
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