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.
Here's the story from the Montreal Gazette:
Use the 'Full Screen' mode & then scroll ........... HF&RV
..also if you click on the photo,it will enlarge it enough to read the sign ,Tousignant & Freres,.........this was the original storefront from a '44 photo...
This is the latest photo of the Maison St Dizier (Old Stone House) on LaSalle Boulevard. As I have reported recently, this historical house was built in 1710 and we celebrate it's 300th anniversary this year. The house was renovated at a cost of 1 and a quarter million dollars and is destined to be a museum. Our society (SHGV) has been closely involved in the promotion of this building and we continue to do so in the future.
Here is a list of the photos that appear in the calendar:
Interior of the Maison St Dizier
Altar on the Boardwalk (1944) celebrating "La Fête Dieu"
Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs church
House at 455 Beatty built in 1935 wich won a prise in 2009
Woodall Dancing Hall (CKVL) built in 1908 and demolished a couple of years ago
1910 photo of old ferry wich operated between Verdun and Laprairie.
1905 photo of the first firestation on Ethel st. near Church.
1925 photo of the Grand Trunk Boating Club
Model school 1920 ? photo of the Verdun Model School later the Jean Jacques Olier school.
1923 photo of the Verdun Motor Boating Club at the foot of Hickson, now Arthur Therrien Park
1907 photo of the Leblanc wharf
1920 photo of the corner of Church and Wellington looking north.
1899 photo of the Queen's Park club at the corner of LaSalle and Rielle.
The Maison St Dizier photo appears on the cover of our society's 2010 calendar and the sale will help promote the history of Verdun's historical past, including the information and photos that I post on this site. If anybody is interested in purchasing this excellant 300th anniversary souvenir calendar wich helps finance our society's activities, you may contact me at: guy.billard@sympatico.ca
Guy
The calendar is in french but I will include an introductory letter in english.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=84EtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=V5kFAAAAIBAJ&dq=willibrord%20park&pg=4807%2C797212 the above article from the Dec. 4th ,1954 Montreal Gazette.
It seems that 3 years prior to this article a 10 story building was put forth & voted down,and so this article proposes the new City Hall to be 2 story's high, & centered by a 3 story tower ( What 3 stories is a Tower now............hahahahahah.if that's the case we all lived in High Rises,based on that logic.....yikes.So the preliminary plans to build the existing City Hall actually started around '54 - '55,& construction was completed by 1958,roughly a 2 year project to build it.
There are many Montreal Gazette's available to us all now through the latest acquisiton of Montreal Gazette archives by non-other than Google,who smartly makes them available to us all,through their storage capacity.....There's a lot of stuff to search thorugh, So if any of you have had your picture in the paper at some point then you can look it up,.Give it a try, there's a lot of dragging your mouse etc etc , and I suggest using the 'Full Page ' mode too.....
I'm glad they sawed off somewhere in Btwn: the original 10 story proposal & the prsent day structure, I think it's a smart looking building,.not too big & not too small....I guess it's a Goldie Locks style......"It's Just Right"----G. Locks
HF&RV
the above article from the Dec. 4th ,1954 Montreal Gazette.
It seems that 3 years prior to this article a 10 story building was put forth & voted down,and so this article proposes the new City Hall to be 2 story's high, & centered by a 3 story tower ( What 3 stories is a Tower now............hahahahahah.if that's the case we all lived in High Rises,based on that logic.....yikes.So the preliminary plans to build the existing City Hall actually started around '54 - '55,& construction was completed by 1958,roughly a 2 year project to build it.
There are many Montreal Gazette's available to us all now through the latest acquisiton of Montreal Gazette archives by non-other than Google,who smartly makes them available to us all,through their storage capacity.....There's a lot of stuff to search thorugh, So if any of you have had your picture in the paper at some point then you can look it up,.Give it a try, there's a lot of dragging your mouse etc etc , and I suggest using the 'Full Page ' mode too.....
the above article from the Dec. 4th ,1954 Montreal Gazette.
It seems that 3 years prior to this article a 10 story building was put forth & voted down,and so this article proposes the new City Hall to be 2 story's high, & centered by a 3 story tower ( What 3 stories is a Tower now............hahahahahah.if that's the case we all lived in High Rises,based on that logic.....yikes.So the preliminary plans to build the existing City Hall actually started around '54 - '55,& construction was completed by 1958,roughly a 2 year project to build it.
There are many Montreal Gazette's available to us all now through the latest acquisiton of Montreal Gazette archives by non-other than Google,who smartly makes them available to us all,through their storage capacity.....There's a lot of stuff to search thorugh, So if any of you have had your picture in the paper at some point then you can look it up,.Give it a try, there's a lot of dragging your mouse etc etc , and I suggest using the 'Full Page ' mode too.....
Thanks to Steve G ( verdunlad,) who informed me of this story of Verdun's own, Pat's Mens Wear closing up shop, it was in the Gazette ( I hadn't seen it,) but here's some of the story from CBC online site:
Thanks Steve G.(Verdunlad1) I appreciate the idea........
A landmark men's clothing store that has dressed thousands of Montrealers since the end of the Second World War has closed its doors for good.
Pat Formal Wear opened at 5425 Verdun St. in 1947. (Google) Pat Formal Wear on Verdun Street rang up its final sale on Thursday, after 62 years of haberdashery service to teenaged boys and men in search of stylish threads.
For years, the modest family-owned shop in Montreal's western Verdun borough ran a robust business outfitting men in dapper suits and tuxedos, for sale or for rent.
But with the advent of cheap mall clothing, sales have slowly declined in recent years, said Brian Mullins, one of two owners at the store.
The competition proved to be too much, Mullins told CBC.
"It's coming from shopping centres. Then they put meters on the streets, then the Royal Bank closed next door. Everything is changing."
Mullins, who runs the store with his brother Barry, said their retail demise isn't isolated. Verdun was once home to 16 men's clothing stores — now there are two.
Their father, Patrick Mullins, opened the store in 1947, and sold it to his sons after running the shop for three decades.
Brian Mullins estimates that he's taught hundreds and hundreds of men how to tie a tie in his 32 years working at the shop.
Hundreds and hundreds of Montreal teenagers have rented prom tuxedos here over the years. (CBC) That kind of personal service bred loyal clients, many of whom visit the store regularly just to say hello.
"Whenever I'm in Verdun, I'm dropping by, and I've been dropping by, my goodness, for 20 years," said Ivan Livingstone, who was a Montreal Alouettes receiver from 1957 to 1960.
"To find another place like this will be difficult," said James Watson, another longtime customer.
"It certainly leaves a big hole in the community, especially in Verdun, because it was so well known," said Barry Holdbrook, who shopped at Pat Formal Wear for more than four decades.
The Mullins have liquidated most of their stock and say they will donate everything else to charity.
HF&RV
A landmark men's clothing store that has dressed thousands of Montrealers since the end of the Second World War has closed its doors for good.
Pat Formal Wear opened at 5425 Verdun St. in 1947. (Google)Pat Formal Wear on Verdun Street rang up its final sale on Thursday, after 62 years of haberdashery service to teenaged boys and men in search of stylish threads.
For years, the modest family-owned shop in Montreal's western Verdun borough ran a robust business outfitting men in dapper suits and tuxedos, for sale or for rent.
But with the advent of cheap mall clothing, sales have slowly declined in recent years, said Brian Mullins, one of two owners at the store.
The competition proved to be too much, Mullins told CBC.
"It's coming from shopping centres. Then they put meters on the streets, then the Royal Bank closed next door. Everything is changing."
Mullins, who runs the store with his brother Barry, said their retail demise isn't isolated. Verdun was once home to 16 men's clothing stores — now there are two.
Their father, Patrick Mullins, opened the store in 1947, and sold it to his sons after running the shop for three decades.
Brian Mullins estimates that he's taught hundreds and hundreds of men how to tie a tie in his 32 years working at the shop.
Hundreds and hundreds of Montreal teenagers have rented prom tuxedos here over the years. (CBC)That kind of personal service bred loyal clients, many of whom visit the store regularly just to say hello.
"Whenever I'm in Verdun, I'm dropping by, and I've been dropping by, my goodness, for 20 years," said Ivan Livingstone, who was a Montreal Alouettes receiver from 1957 to 1960.
"To find another place like this will be difficult," said James Watson, another longtime customer.
"It certainly leaves a big hole in the community, especially in Verdun, because it was so well known," said Barry Holdbrook, who shopped at Pat Formal Wear for more than four decades.
The Mullins have liquidated most of their stock and say they will donate everything else to charity
A landmark men's clothing store that has dressed thousands of Montrealers since the end of the Second World War has closed its doors for good.
Pat Formal Wear opened at 5425 Verdun St. in 1947. (Google)Pat Formal Wear on Verdun Street rang up its final sale on Thursday, after 62 years of haberdashery service to teenaged boys and men in search of stylish threads.
For years, the modest family-owned shop in Montreal's western Verdun borough ran a robust business outfitting men in dapper suits and tuxedos, for sale or for rent.
But with the advent of cheap mall clothing, sales have slowly declined in recent years, said Brian Mullins, one of two owners at the store.
The competition proved to be too much, Mullins told CBC.
"It's coming from shopping centres. Then they put meters on the streets, then the Royal Bank closed next door. Everything is changing."
Mullins, who runs the store with his brother Barry, said their retail demise isn't isolated. Verdun was once home to 16 men's clothing stores — now there are two.
Their father, Patrick Mullins, opened the store in 1947, and sold it to his sons after running the shop for three decades.
Brian Mullins estimates that he's taught hundreds and hundreds of men how to tie a tie in his 32 years working at the shop.
Hundreds and hundreds of Montreal teenagers have rented prom tuxedos here over the years. (CBC)That kind of personal service bred loyal clients, many of whom visit the store regularly just to say hello.
"Whenever I'm in Verdun, I'm dropping by, and I've been dropping by, my goodness, for 20 years," said Ivan Livingstone, who was a Montreal Alouettes receiver from 1957 to 1960.
"To find another place like this will be difficult," said James Watson, another longtime customer.
"It certainly leaves a big hole in the community, especially in Verdun, because it was so well known," said Barry Holdbrook, who shopped at Pat Formal Wear for more than four decades.
The Mullins have liquidated most of their stock and say they will donate everything else to charity
Thu Dec 31, 4:42 PM
MONTREAL (CBC) - A landmark men's clothing store that has dressed thousands of Montrealers since the end of the Second World War has closed its doors for good.
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Pat Formal Wear on Verdun Street rang up its final sale on Thursday, after 62 years of haberdashery service to teenaged boys and men in search of stylish threads.
For years, the modest family-owned shop in Montreal's western Verdun borough ran a robust business outfitting men in dapper suits and tuxedos, for sale or for rent.
But with the advent of cheap mall clothing, sales have slowly declined in recent years, said Brian Mullins, one of two owners at the store.
The competition proved to be too much, Mullins told CBC.
"It's coming from shopping centres. Then they put meters on the streets, then the Royal Bank closed next door. Everything is changing."
Mullins, who runs the store with his brother Barry, said their retail demise isn't isolated. Verdun was once home to 16 men's clothing stores now there are two.
Their father, Patrick Mullins, opened the store in 1947, and sold it to his sons after running the shop for three decades.
Brian Mullins estimates that he's taught hundreds and hundreds of men how to tie a tie in his 32 years working at the shop.
That kind of personal service bred loyal clients, many of whom visit the store regularly just to say hello.
"Whenever I'm in Verdun, I'm dropping by, and I've been dropping by, my goodness, for 20 years," said Ivan Livingstone, who was a Montreal Alouettes receiver from 1957 to 1960.
"To find another place like this will be difficult," said James Watson, another longtime customer.
"It certainly leaves a big hole in the community, especially in Verdun, because it was so well known," said Barry Holdbrook, who shopped at Pat Formal Wear for more than four decades.
The Mullins have liquidated most of their stock and say they will donate everything else to charity.
Happy New Year to all
Thanks to the contribution of James Shepherd, Deputy Rector's Warden of the St Clement's Church, several photos, drawings and documents have turned up wich I am sharing with members of MVC. All these documents are useless unless they are viewed by as many interested parties as possible. Here are some of the new (0ld) photos and drawings from 1900 to 1930 that I am talking about:
These photos cover the different periods in its history and are now part of our archives (SHGV)
and will be part of Mario Parent's project of his study of the churches during Verdun's history. Some members of VC have no doubt been part of this church and are familiar with the interior and 1 member has said that she was married there so keep those comments coming.
The history of St Clement's church is also posted on the Messager site as follows:
http://www.messagerverdun.com/
English: Section TOP STORIES, french section SOUVENIRS.
Guy
P.N. I have already posted other photos of the St Clement's church recently on this site.
SEE ALBUM NO. 51
