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Also, just up the street on Carlaw from Colgate Palmolive (by the way, they renamed "Natalie" Street "Colgate" in 1935 when they built the factory) was Reliable Toy factory. My mom worked there for 24 years from 1948. Many of those factories in the east end are either torn down or turned into...

I grew up on Booth Avenue and Queen in the 1960's. The factory was a 4 storey Dunlop Tire factory. The current Jimmie Simpson pool building was a late addition in the late 60's to the Dunlop factory, that they kept when they tore it down in 1970. My lucky dad owned our house from 1940-1969 and...