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I am new here and I was wondering if you could tell me why my account keeps logging out? Is this normal?

hi i am new here just wana say hi to all members

Good day all,

As i had been shown I could leave the latest message right here in order to introduce personally.

I just registered with the forums and am trying to understand the way in which every thing is effective.

My name is actually Rick Lawsons and 'm the mom of two fabulous little children.

I 'm married for nine years to Tom and at the same time we really are exceptionally happy.

I hope to meet a lot of nice people who think likeminded.

Kindest Regards,


Ricky L,

Alias:HapEnalaylone

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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