Age yourself with a store

[Perry Mason]

Anyone else remember this place.

Toronto used to be a lot grittier than it is now.

I miss that about it.

That place had more pussy than chicken...

Perry

 

[Perry Mason]

Anyone remember Christine's of 110?

Upmarket Chinese restaurant at 110 Bloor West...

Perry

 

[fishfinder]

Bargain Harolds

 

[billie69]

Bargain Harolds

Was there only one Bargain Harolds in Etobicoke or were there other locations?

 

[Spunky1]

Anybody here have their Birthday or attended a birthday at the Mad Hatter ? 1980s

 

[shack]

Anyone else remember this place.

Toronto used to be a lot grittier than it is now.

I miss that about it.

On Mt. Pleasant? I don't think that it's been closed all that long. 5-7 years?

 

[shack]

Are the street "knife sharpening" guys still around?

You can hear them once in a while on the residential side streets.

 

[shack]

Maple Leaf Stadium at the foot of Bathurst.

 

[thirdcup]

Anyone else remember this place.

Toronto used to be a lot grittier than it is now.

I miss that about it.

It's gone?! Say it ain't so.

 

[fishfinder]

Was there only one Bargain Harolds in Etobicoke or were there other locations?

Lots of locatuons, as many as a teenager has pimples.

 

[superstar_88]

Never heard of Maple Leaf Stadium until now. Never would have imagined an baseball stadium at Bathurst and Lakeshore.
Which brings up Greenwood for horse racing.

 

[eddie kerr]

Anyone else remember this place.

Toronto used to be a lot grittier than it is now.

I miss that about it.

Anyone else remember this place.

Toronto used to be a lot grittier than it is now.

I miss that about it.

I believe it is now a restaurant bar called Seven44.

 

[eddie kerr]

Never heard of Maple Leaf Stadium until now. Never would have imagined an baseball stadium at Bathurst and Lakeshore.
Which brings up Greenwood for horse racing.

That was the home of the Toronto Maple Leaf professional Triple A Baseball League Team. Greenwood Race Track was located on the corner of Queen and Woodbine Avenue home of live thoroughbred horse racing. Later became the Old Woodbine Racetrack which added Harness Horse Racing all run by the Ontario Jockey Club. They later closed the track and moved to the New Woodbine Race Track in rexdale. Also, across the street from Greenwood on the north side of Queen was a bar called the Orchard Park Tavern. It was noted for having a separate entrance for women only and had a special lounge room on the second floor for them. Toughest looking women I had ever seen. LOL.

 

[eddie kerr]

Maple Leaf Stadium at the foot of Bathurst.
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I went to many games there as a kid with my dad.

 

[eddie kerr]

I went to many games there as a kid with my dad. By the way prior to this stadium, there was a professional baseball park located on the Toronto Island on Hanlan's Point. This is the best trivia question in sports iIMHO. Where did Babe Ruth hit his first home run in professional baseball. Answer, against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Hanlans Point in 1914. He played for the Providence Grey's. Americans will never believe this.

 

[tml]

I think they're still searching the water for the ball.

 

[tml]

If, by chance, you have specific memories of either of these 2 restaurants please PM me. Thanks.
Ted's coffee shop---Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton---c. 1970
Boulevard Grill----Dundas St. W. and Howard Park Ave----1960's

 

[corrie fan]

What so many people don't know about Peter Munk. He was a brilliant idea man and a smoothe talker. He wanted to manufacture colour TVs and convinced the premier of Nova Scotia that if they built a plant there he would hire local people to work there in Stellerton Nova Scotia. Problem was fishermen weren't adept at electronics and the quality of the TVs were terrible. At the same time a partner from clairtone in the USA got huge contracts to sell to many of the largest retailers there, and at the same time Clairtone went public and shares opened at $2.00 per share. In 6 months they sold thousands of TVs to these stores. Shares went up to $15. as annual reports showed big profits. However, although sales were shown as final, they were in fact sold on consignment and because of the poor quality many were returned for credit. Company ended up going bankrupt but prior to that Munk and his Treasurer sold their shares. Munk made 8 million. The Ont. Security Commission charged him with insider trading but later dropped all charges. Bottom line Peter Munk was a crook. I know because at that time I was the Assistant Credit Manager. Sorry for the long rant.

One of my relatives was a Clairtone dealer. I don't know if he ever sold their TVs but he sold quite a few stereos, He had a customer who wanted a console stereo to match her dining table. He sent a leaf from the table to the factory and they matched the colour perfectly.
About 20 years or so ago I remember seeing some cheap electronic products advertised with the Clairtone name.

 

[shack]

I went to many games there as a kid with my dad.

My dad thought that baseball was a stupid game. He'd never go.

They had a promo on Father's Day. Any kid coming in with his father would get a free bat, regulation size. So I went with a few friends, bought a ticket and then scoped out men walking in alone. We asked them to be our father as we walked through the turnstiles and then got our bats. LOL.

 

[eddie kerr]

One of my relatives was a Clairtone dealer. I don't know if he ever sold their TVs but he sold quite a few stereos, He had a customer who wanted a console stereo to match her dining table. He sent a leaf from the table to the factory and they matched the colour perfectly.
About 20 years or so ago I remember seeing some cheap electronic products advertised with the Clairtone name.
[/QUOTClairtone made to best stereo consoles. Some were designed in many futuristic styles, one had speakers attached resembling world globes. Too bad they decided to build colour TVs