My mother worked at Steele's Tavern ( 2:30 ) in the early '60s and through her I got to know Mr. Steele , Sam & Sid Snyderman of "Sam The Record Man" and also met Gordon Lightfoot who played upstairs at Steele's in those days . I also worked part time at SAM'S during Christmas '66 .
Just discovered this video but...better late than never!?I was in my twenties during those years and I remember some of these places quite well! Ah! Those were the good old days in...' Toronto the Good '😍
Nice shots. Yonge from Queen to Gerrard had more life to it back then. Then it went all sex, drugs and lowlifes in the 70s as most of the retail moved into the Eaton Centre. That patch has never recovered.
I got a bunch of old photographs of Toronto in 1973 from my grandparents. Pictures of the streets, a carnival ride and even the CN tower during construction.
I grew up in Toronto. I was born in 1961, and many of these places were very familiar to me. Got waves of nostalgia watching this video. Please slow down the pace of the next series, so details can be observed more easily. Thank you!
and the constant zooming in all the time makes it hard to look at anything and trying to read while recalibrating focus while pictures are zooming in... I gave up
Outside of the downtown core,there was a lot of run down places,like 928-938 Dufferin. Looking at the train tracks,this was still in the latter stages of the industrial age in the city. Yonge Street,with all the taverns and bars concentrated in that area,was a pretty rough and tumble area,especially in the summer and on weekends. This was the era when the likes of Rompin’ Ronnie Hawkins performed nightly at those taverns.
Toronto has come a long way since the 1960s! Just before I watched this video, I watched another one shot in April 2024. Downtown Toronto nowadays looks so beautiful and so ultra-modern! (I lived in Toronto from 1975 to 1995. I have a lot of happy memories of the time I spent in Canada.)
@@ianstuart5660 I did! The Beaches, Garden Gate Restaurant, CNE, Shopper's World, Eaton's and Simpson's, Casa Loma, Queen Street East, Riverdale Zoo, Tam O'Shanter, Sam the Record Man, A and A Records, Yorkdale, Honest Ed's!!
My mom took me to Bassels when I was around ten years old. I felt so grown up in that atmosphere. The food was great, too. Such a happy memory for me. One of so many that my mom and I shared. She passed away a few years ago. I miss her every day. ❤❤❤❤
