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Here's some recent pics of Brampton Mall, a little relic of how malls used to be before they were enclosed and expanded.
The Crystal Lanes Bowling Alley (a memory of my childhood) closed about 5 years ago, it was in the basement. Likewise the old Guest Hardware, which was a great hardware store with a basement level. The local flowershop, the hobby/sport store (Vivian's), Brampton Colour and Sound, and others anchored the mall, along with the Steinberg's/Miracle Food Mart, LCBO and Beer Stores.
Between 1960 and 1969, it was either downtown Brampton or the Brampton mall where one could shop. It had Reitman's, two good shoe shops, a bank, an appliance store, with Woolworth's as the other anchor. All that's left is the grocery store (now Metro), Shoppers Drug Mart, Royal Bank, a woman's fitness shop and a pub and a hairdresser, and a few marginal businesses and non-profit agencies.
![](http://www.flickr.com/photos/7119320@N05/5245392389/sizes/z/in/photostream/)
![](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5006/5245992952_49535fda04_z.jpg)
From what I've heard, the old Woolworth's site (later Bargain Harold's/Bargain Shop) is being dismantled to accommodate a full-size Shoppers Drug Mart.
![](http://www.flickr.com/photos/7119320@N05/5245392853/sizes/z/in/photostream/)
![](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5243/5245391157_a9afd5cef9_z.jpg)
![](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5089/5245391681_1db8f17bda_z.jpg)
The Crystal Lanes Bowling Alley (a memory of my childhood) closed about 5 years ago, it was in the basement. Likewise the old Guest Hardware, which was a great hardware store with a basement level. The local flowershop, the hobby/sport store (Vivian's), Brampton Colour and Sound, and others anchored the mall, along with the Steinberg's/Miracle Food Mart, LCBO and Beer Stores.
Between 1960 and 1969, it was either downtown Brampton or the Brampton mall where one could shop. It had Reitman's, two good shoe shops, a bank, an appliance store, with Woolworth's as the other anchor. All that's left is the grocery store (now Metro), Shoppers Drug Mart, Royal Bank, a woman's fitness shop and a pub and a hairdresser, and a few marginal businesses and non-profit agencies.
![](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5006/5245992952_49535fda04_z.jpg)
![5245392389_577a1d357c_z.jpg](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5205/5245392389_577a1d357c_z.jpg)
From what I've heard, the old Woolworth's site (later Bargain Harold's/Bargain Shop) is being dismantled to accommodate a full-size Shoppers Drug Mart.
![](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5243/5245391157_a9afd5cef9_z.jpg)
![](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5089/5245391681_1db8f17bda_z.jpg)
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