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Im pretty sure it is. Thank you. Thats awesome...

Thats it! Emphasis on "yoooooo" My Dad loved that jingle. They also had another one..."Try Ted Davies, Ted Davies, Ted Davies" Whenever my dad drove by it (usually on our way to my Grandparents at Gerard and Woodbine) my sister and I would say "Try Ted Potato Head". That would be about 1962 0r...

Robertson Motors had some competition in the 60's...Does anyone remeber Ted Davies Motors? (I don't have a picture of it unfortunately). They had a catchy radio jingle that my dad "reconfigured" for our amusement.

The Rio...I vaguely remember attending an all night movie there in and around 1968 or '69. About 4 or 5 movies with the feature which was Magnificent 7 or Magnificent 7 Rides Again, along with a few Kung Fu movies with the REALLY bad dialogue. My friend took me...he was a few years older than...

When my Mom passed two years ago, in her personal effects I found a whole bunch of those Green Stamps in a folder.

The absolutely stunning contrast is NOT the buildings, the cars, the PCC streetcar vs the newer (I forgot the name of it)....its the congestion of people!

Didnt Loblaws offer a volume each week...discounted if you bought groceries there...or am I mis remembering?

I should mention the places of my education: -Huron Street Public School, kindergarten to Grade 6 -Jesse Ketchum School Grades 7 and 8 -Jarvis Collegiate Grades 9-12 Oh and the Toronto Island Science School 1 week in March, 1966

OH MY! The money I spent at the Arcade on Yonge Street...

-Honest Ed's -7 Digit Phone Numbers -45's and the centre pieces for the record player to hold them on the turntable -Parkettes that popped up in neighbourhoods downtown -Swimming at the "Y" (Bloor and Spadina) -Of course, the British Invasion...The Beatles, Rolling Stones, etc -Does anyone...

Let us not forget the lighter traffic thru the streets of Toronto in the 1960'.

That's all true. However, the bi product of Sunday shopping and Sunday business is that for some it changed the dynamics of the "weekend". Business is open 7 days a week and requires employees to work for them 7 days a week. For example, my son works on Saturday and Sunday. His "weekends" are...

This is a list of things that have changed from the 1960's in Toronto that I miss from my childhood (in no particular order). Am I being ridiculously sentimental? Did I miss anything|? -The Eaton’s Window at Christmas -The Simpson’s Window at Christmas -The Eaton’s Santa Claus Parade -Winston...

16 1/2 cents a gallon. Keeps going up like that and your mother's gonna have to go out to work!

I live in a housing Co-op in Scarborough. If I can remember correctly, they were deemed unsafe by the government, as the wood is full of chemicals to treat it against rotting in the elements. Apparently, kids were biting into the wood and parents were complaining. The Co-op was required to...

Hi...I am very curious as to the status of the redevelopment project of Bloor Street United Church. I have a sentimental interest only. A good chunk of my child life was spent inside that building. My Dad (who passed away in Oct. 2013) was the head caretaker there from 1959 to 1992. I knew every...

This relates to nothing in this thread beyond the context of "Then". My Granddaughter, all of 5, wandered into my computer room while I was on this site last week. She wanted to know why the world wasn't in colour in "the olden days". Made me smile, thought I would pass it on.

Ah yes...the Wildcat. That's why I forgot it...I let a friend talk me into it (1973???). Got sick as a dog...too much food prior to taking the Wildcat ride. Seems pretty tame looking compared to coasters out there today, eh?

The Flyer...wasn't that renamed The Wild Mouse? I cannot quite remember.

Just an interesting bit of info we got in the Falls in the spring from a resident. I don't know if it is true or not. But some of the residents living or working near the Falls claim in the last 5 or 6 years the mist off the Falls has increased by 20% or so. Many claim this is due to the many...