Vintage Toronto
- Thread starter The Oracle
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Another very popular type of entertainment back then we're the many dance halls through the GTA that featured singers and live bands where many single young girls would go to meet guys or dance among themselves. Places like the Masyryk Hall in Parkdale, Club Trocadero which featured R & B music, Maple Leaf ballroom where all the girls would sot at one side and the guys on the other. During the rock songs the girls would dance with themselves but when a slow soñg began to play there was a stampede of guys running across to the other side to get a dance if they were lucky. I decided to learn to dance to rock songs and would easily get a girl to dance with me then when the slow song began, I already had a girl on my arms to dance with and take them to their home later and become good friends, LOL. Met my wife at the Avenue Road Club 55 years ago.
Interesting how Melinda Street curves into Jordon Street not too far from the building. Melinda and Jordon were husband and wife. Melinda got cutoff from Yonge when 199 Bay Street went up. Jordon also got cutoff with development in the commerce court south area.
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