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**This quote was supposed to be with the Orde Street School class photo - wonder what became of it - could be on another page?

I remember this corner of Bay & Dundas well. In the 1940s-50s Wolfson's Drug Store occupied this north-west corner of Bay & Dundas. My brother had a big blue wooden Star newspaper box on the corner - right outside the drug store. My other brother and I helped with the selling of the Star...

Orde St. School used to have a 'Health School' also that was on the top floors of the school. Children who were deemed 'underweight' by the health nurses would be sent off to this Health Section of Orde St. P.S. where they would receive snacks, lunches, rest periods and regular school work...

They used to have Scotch Eggs at the Marks & Spencers stores...but now they've gone too!

Remembering Cullen Country Barns... I remember these barns. It was sad to see them go and I read that the wood used to build them had been collected from 5 old Ontario barns. The barns had many interesting things to see and purchase and we took many enjoyable walks through all the sections...

Hello again, I forgot to check back to see if I rec'd an answer from you. I would love to see the photos your dad took of the grocery store. I remember going there with my brother Dennis to buy groceries for our family. Our family name was Lew at the time. So it would have been Michael who...

That tree looks quite old. Love the wrought-iron fence erected... N.J.

Business must be good since they expanded into the Print Shop...NJ

I remember passing this 'Dell' place when we took a different route to Orde St. School. Great shot...I never thought I'd see this again...Mavis

This is a great photo of Hester How! I remember we had the Union Jack and Elmer - and Elmer would be either half-mast if one of the pupils was injured in an accident - or - we'd lose it altogether. We also had the Ensign as our flag as the flag we now have was not developed yet...Mavis

About the brown building to the south-west of Mary Johns restaurant: It was a 'nurses residence' built in the area where they demolished 'Hester How' Public School. Most of the kids that lived in the surrounding areas attended Hester How until it closed in 1953. The pupils were then dispersed to...

Hello...are you related to the Ackerman family that ran a grocery store on Dundas St. between Bay and Elizabeth Sts? Also...my brother, Michael, used to go to an Ackerman dentist downtown and told me he was related to the Ackermans that ran the grocery store.