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I used to work at the building beside the Salvation Army (before it became Hakim Optical)
I used to work at the building beside the Salvation Army (before it became Hakim Optical)
(suburbia was always an abstract concept for me, coming from dense housing in Europe, and then first settling in the country near Port Hope as child. It was nirvana, country school, playing in barns, lake, dog, adventure, tomato picking for local farms for pocket money, et al)
funny that the cne has a similar overhead ride like the one shown here. I think it is about three years old now.Here's a some old pics from My Dad that I just discovered - Ex 1964View attachment 114115
Hey! First house in this nation was on Toronto Rd, then we moved to Lakeshore Rd and Brand's Lane, just east of Brand's Creek. It was nirvana for us kids, even with walking to country school in Port Britain about two miles there and back in a winter we had no idea could be so cold. I'm getting overwhelmed by memories. That was 1959...Hey, I am from Port Hope! Now I live a few minutes walk from the location of those Don Mills photos.
Answer will be found here: http://www.cneheritage.com/gallery-details-page?image_id=1030&main_category_id=52
By the way, that was a simple search on Google under: "cne alpine way"
Hey! First house in this nation was on Toronto Rd, then we moved to Lakeshore Rd and Brand's Lane, just east of Brand's Creek. It was nirvana for us kids, even with walking to country school in Port Britain about two miles there and back in a winter we had no idea could be so cold. I'm getting overwhelmed by memories. That was 1959...
The name "Monkey Mountain" comes to mind, did some digging on that, but must let it go right now, I was too overwhelmed with memories.I was 3.5 in 1973 when we moved to Port Hope. Had to walk up the big hill that is Bedford Street to school at Dr. Hawkins (now condos!)
"Watsons Guardian Pharmacy" was "Pearl Hutchinson IGA" in the late 50s and early 60s.
You're right! I had to use Google Street View to re-orient my memory. I'd remembered the Midland Railway line still being used for shunts and local delivery, and thought that was the side/cross street, but I was off by a block. What nailed it was seeing the (then) hotel across the street. Thank you! So it was the IGA still until then. It always seemed so large as a kid, now it looks tiny. There was a toy shop a few doors down from there, do you remember that? (As a kid, of course it's something I'd remember, buying Dinky Toys there.)Actually IGA was up the street at the corner of Cavan and Walton (above it Ontario Street and Walton). It was still IGA in the 70's.