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Then: "May 17, 1949. N.E. corner Queen and McCaul streets."
Victoria Day is coming up. Fireworks for sale. I also see packages of firecrackers, "burning schoolhouses" and the "punks" to light them with. There were always instances of children burned or blinded by these things. I remember that firecrackers brought out the bully in many young boys - I had a few lit ones flicked at me; and saw many tossed at younger children by older children. The crack of firecrackers and sobbing children - just another Victoria Day in 1949 Toronto. It was no surprise they were banned provincially. I can't remember whose government did it - Bill Davis'?? Prime and desirable contraband were the larger firecrackers - cherry bombs, or M-80s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_bomb. I managed to get a package from a nice man in the Elizabeth street Chinatown. One of them covered by a house brick sent same several feet into the air. We also threw them at dogs and cats I think.
In the distance the sign partly obscured: "McCaul Cigar Store" was uncovered a couple of years ago and visible for a few months.
Victoria Day is coming up. Fireworks for sale. I also see packages of firecrackers, "burning schoolhouses" and the "punks" to light them with. There were always instances of children burned or blinded by these things. I remember that firecrackers brought out the bully in many young boys - I had a few lit ones flicked at me; and saw many tossed at younger children by older children. The crack of firecrackers and sobbing children - just another Victoria Day in 1949 Toronto. It was no surprise they were banned provincially. I can't remember whose government did it - Bill Davis'?? Prime and desirable contraband were the larger firecrackers - cherry bombs, or M-80s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_bomb. I managed to get a package from a nice man in the Elizabeth street Chinatown. One of them covered by a house brick sent same several feet into the air. We also threw them at dogs and cats I think.
In the distance the sign partly obscured: "McCaul Cigar Store" was uncovered a couple of years ago and visible for a few months.
Now. April 2011.
