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the war had just ended and I lived in a house at 602 Simcoe St N. which is still there. Halliday's Store was around the corner on McLaughlin Blvd.; it was a wonderful place for kids, with seven cent Cokes and a huge selection of penny candy and the Hallidays were friendly and are fondly remembered. North Simcoe Public School was across the street and there were some wonderful and talented teachers there: Mrs. Valleau, Miss Fox, Miss Puckrin, Miss Hull, Miss Kidney (really!), Miss Taylor, Miss Fairclough and others whose names are lost to me. I hope they had happy lives. In the summer, you could ride your bike out to Somerset Park which had a great swimming pool delicious greasy food and a building full of worn out mechanical games that were cheap and fun to play, as they required little skill from little boys. The Oshawa Airport was another great bicycle destination, though a long haul for an eight year old on a single gear CCM. There were wrecked planes in the woods! There was a Lockheed Hudson, an Avro Anson and a couple of Cessna Cranes that were derelict and no one ever bothered us for playing in them. Kids were tolerated in those days as long as you showed respect for things; You could walk around outside the hangars and look at the wonderful airplanes owned by Kenting and Field Aviaton, both aerial survey companies. They had a B-17 bomber and a Catalina flying boat converted for surveying and you could get up close to them.

In answer to Joanne June 11, I remember the popcorn man. My earliest memory of him was when he rode a bicycle with the popcorn box on the front. The whistle of the kettle that was hanging inside would bring everyone running for a bag of his popcorn. A fond memory of my childhood indeed.

I remember the Vanier's had a chip truck and they drove all over Oshawa selling french fries in their white and maroon van. My mother would send us with a huge kitchen bowl and they would fill it up and we'd feast on fries! Not very good for you but delicious! I've never had fries as good since. Anyone else remember them?

I would like to know if anyone remembers the Pop Corn man. He was a man that drove around Oshawa selling popcorn fruitella taffy popcorn etc. out of his blue station wagon. I have often thought of him and he was a big part of mine and my siblings childhood. We used to hear that whistle and off we would go to get some of his delicious treats. I have never found out what his name was because I assume he would be passed away now. I would like to tell his kids how enjoyable he made our days in the summer and how wonderful he was. Thank you Popcorn man......

1947 went to Cederdale School,lived across the road at 882 Simcoe South. Our family returned to England in 1952 for 9 months. The return to Oshawa put us in a brand new house in north Oshawa I was a paper boy Globe and Mail my route was from The new homes on the east side of Simcoe North ( Edd Lupton had not moved to Oshawa yet to start Milwork) R.S. McLaughlin was on my Route and required his paper by 7 A.M.I worked for Karnes Drugs when the fire took out the business this put us in the old Post office. I was there to see the rails taken out on king street.
The history in 1947 the 401 was at Simcoe street and you had to go north to king Street to number 2.Then in 1957 I joined the Royal Canadian Navy was tired of working on roofs for H Gasgoien for $1.00 an hour. This was interesting job roofing GM North plant and putting the roof on the Calvary Baptist church on Center street. I did end up working for GM in Oshawa for 32 years and the history here looking at the Lake shore, knowing all the days spent at barn harts and my new found job to prove McLaughlin with Durant and Durants son in law Founded General Motors. This was written in the book The Driving Force ,I trust in the writers quoting R. S. McLaughlin just before his 100th birthday. This book is a must read for any person knowing Oshawa and country side.

Funny thing! I lived in Oshawa as a kid for a few years and had no idea that my great, great grandfather was the architect of the Oshawa Community Church!
Great info, love the site.
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Sean Siddall

I was born and grew up in Oshawa. One of my memories as a child was going to the Oshawa Bakery after church on Sundays to get their warm rye bread. Does anyone know if their rye bread receipe is still in use and can you still get their bread? Thanks

I grew up on Glencastle Avenue across the street from Brookside Park. My friends and I spent a large part of our childhood playing in the woods to the east of the airport. We had to wade through the Oshawa Creek to swim at Sommerset pool. In place of a shower they had a 10' hallway from the change room to the pool deck that had cold water spraying. We used to wrap our towel around ourselves to avoid the shock. Swiming at the Centenial Pool at the Civic was such luxury by comparison with it's hot showers and heated pool water.

We were also close to the Airport and we spent a lot of time hanging around there looking at the planes. The pop machine in the Flying Club took a quarter, gave you your pop and thirty five cents change. I don't remeber how long that went on before they figured it out and fixed it.

We had the Rossland Plaza with the Power Store, the Roxy Variety, Jackson's Dominion Hardware, (where in the 60's your could buy a rife,) the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and the Jury and Lovell Drug Store.

All in all it was great neighbourhood to grow up in. Safe and lots of things to do. The first sign of spring for us was when the city put the swings back up and dumped a load of sand in the sandbox. Summer was the best when you left the house in the morning and only came back for lunch, then back again for dinner. After dinner your Mom would say come home when the streetlights come on.

I have fond memories of downtown too with the lunch counters at Karn Drugs and Kressgies. You could get a cheese sandwich and a glass of milk without it being enough food for two meals and costing $12. I took my wife and daughter to have lunch at the Woolworths lunch counter on the last day they were open to remember the last of the downtown lunch counters. I was impressed with John Gray's work in rejuvenating downtown and I hope John Henry keeps the effort going. Hats off the Wilson & Lee, Doug Wilson's Menswear, Wilson's Furniture and all the other long standing family business who stayed.

If anyone can tell me the names of the hotels that stood in downtown Oshawa, I would appreciate it. Please send the info to rholmans@gmail.com

Thanks

My one and only memory of Oshawa was in October 1961. I was 5 and my dad had to pick up a truck for his oil delivery business in Saskatchewan. We flew out and then stayed in a real cheap hotel in the downtown core;I can't remember the name of it.Then we took a taxi to the GM plant. I remember walking through the plant fasicinated by the men on the assembly line putting engines into the cars. After dad got the truck (with a Chevy Apache pick-up hanging on the back of it),we drove back all the way to Saskatchewan.No doubt the plant has changed quite a bit since then....

I am a big fan of history especially when it is in my own city. I didnt know about this site until John Gray told me about it. I love seeing the pictures here there are amazing.
I do feel sad though when these beautiful buildings are destroyed. I wish we could save some of the Windfield farm homes before they are all destoryed.

do any of you remember pollard's hobby shop on somcoe st. north, any links to photos. can remember going there to race slot cars in the back room.

When I was about 15 or 16 I worked part time at the Marks Theatre and the Biltmore. What great memories!!! Going after school to the Metropolitan store to grab a coke or the Globe when it was on King street. I remember meeting Gord Lightfoot at the old Kresgie's (can't remember the spelling) store on Simcoe St. near the 4 corners. Dances at the UAW hall on Saturday afternoons....Oshawa was a great place to grow up in the 60's.

In the early 1960's when a group of stores on the southwest corner of Simcoe and Athol burned. Fashion Village was one of the stores. As a child I walked early Saturday Morning form Kenneth street to the Masonic Temple on Centre St were I took dance lessons for 7-8 years. I would gaze in the window at the maniquins beautifully dressed. I was incredibly sad at the loss of those stores.

I have many fond memories of Oshawa in the late 1950's and 1960's. In 1957 we lived in one of the long green buildings at the airport. At one end of the building there were two apartments divided by a shared bathroom that had two shower stalls and two sinks and toilets. The other end of the building was rented to a buisiness that fibreglassed canoes.
We lived there for about two years. Beside this building there was a large building that was used for badminton and weekend dances.
Some of my fondest memories while living there was at the airports main hangers. The watchman would have to walk around the hangers and punch his time clock that he wore on his waist belt. Being only 7 years old, without much to occupy my time; he would let me walk around with him. I'm sure I chatted his ears off.

I worked at the Regent Theatre as an Usher, in the candy bar (as we referred to it then) and in the box office.
I worked in the box office when the Ten Commandents played the Regent and they were lined up all around the block onto Bond Street.
My Managers were Mr. and Mrs. Hatshorn and I worked for them for about 2 years. On one movie that I worked I had to toss bundles of cash at my feet until Mr. Hartshorn could come out and relieve me of it as my cash drawer was so full of cash.
The theatre at that time had continuous shows and one week I would work afternoons and the next evenings.
The Hartshorn's were very strict and difficult to work under and when I left to work in a factory in Ajax to increase my wage take home, they asked me to work until they could get some one to replace me. I woould work in the factory during the day and the box office in the evenings until after 3 weeks of this he had not even attempted to replace me, I had to make a decision to leave there as it was proving to difficult to work both employments. When I left there I was making $20.00 wkly which netted me $19.70 after EI.
At the time there were 3 other theatres in downtown Oshawa all within minute walks of one another; The Biltmore (later the Odeon)was almost directly across the road, and just a few steps away was the Marks Theatre and up the road just a few steps from what is now a parking garage was the Plaza Theatre.
The Genosha Hotel on the corner was a fine Hotel and restaurant(The Rib Room) and coffee shop.
Downtown Oshawa was a nice place in the 50's and 60's and hopefully it will be again.
I have so many memories of working at the Regent Theatre and the people I worked with but that would take up much more space than I have here.
I worked there when it looked like the photos on site.
Best wishes and thank you for restoring the Regent Theatre. It holds many memories for many of us that were born here in Oshawa and it was sad to see the destruction and ruin that the whole downtown core had fallen into.
Make us proud of our Downtown and of the heritage in the restoration of The Regent Theatre. By the way, the box office was outside and hot in summer and cold in winter without my trusty little heater.

it all began. Great HO website. RH

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