More Lost Toronto in colour

[metroland]

Wow...

yessss.... something very much wrong with this display.......

 

[College Park]

The Eaton's catalogue is an attack-of-the-clones extravaganza. Clear proof that people didn't reproduce in the old days, they budded.

 

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

Eaton's and Simpson's gone, now Dack"s Shoes.

(1834 - 2009)


Regards,
J T

 

[Goldie]

Recognizing people in photos -"uncanny!"

That guy looks so much like my Dad, it's uncanny. But who are the two nubile dames with him?

I had a most unusual experience when examining this 1930s photo of Toronto's Sunnyside Amusement Park. At first I was interested because that was my favorite ride whenever I visited the place 60, or so, years ago.
Then I carefully examined the boy in the car at the right - IT'S GOLDIE!!!
I discovered myself! What a surprise. I don't recall the event itself, but my family agrees that the driver looks exactly like me at that age.

 

[Strange Advance]

I discovered myself! What a surprise. I don't recall the event itself, but my family agrees that the driver looks exactly like me at that age.

Wow, you're old. I bet you knew that one was coming.

 

[jaborandi]

Wow, you're old. I bet you knew that one was coming.

Watch it buddy - we run.

 

[GenerationW]

Watch it buddy - we run.

Yeah but you're still worlds away.

 

[jaborandi]

Yeah but you're still worlds away.

Where would you be without the alphabet?

 

[adma]

Eaton's and Simpson's gone, now Dack"s Shoes.

(1834 - 2009)

Regards,
J T

And on top of that, Syd Silver Formal. (Interesting how Dack's tried to update itself as "Edward Dack", to no avail...)

 

[Strange Advance]

Watch it buddy - we run.

Yeah but you're still worlds away.

You never know Who Lives Next Door. She Controls Me, whoever she is.

Your turn.

 

[Zeiss]

Bloor/Yorkville. Summer

I can't figure out where is this picture taken from.

 

[adma]

The courtyard behind York Square? (With Hazelton Lanes looming in the background.)

 

[Urban Shocker]

The back door of Vidal Sassoon used to be up the stairs on the left - I used to go there for free haircuts in the late '70s and early '80s when the students needed models.

One would sit around in the lounge, like a ho, waiting to be selected.

 

[Zeiss]

How could I not recognize it?? It's IL Posto restaurant...

 

[Stumack]

Stumack: I may have been a little off concerning the Ontario license plates date-wise but I recall that when the Plate to Owner change was made in the early 80s Ontario went thru their plate series issuance slower when plates stayed with vehicles. When exactly did PTO begin if you know?

Long Island Mike

I don't recall how the rollout was done, but the earliest PTO stickers had a June '83 expiry.

Stumack