I recently stumbled across this Christmas time ad from 1962.
11 locations listed there. When they were acquired in 1995 by Shoppers Drug Mart, there were 135 locations across south western Ontario.
Built in 1929, the house at 2177 Victoria Avenue was originally numbered 1545 Victoria, pre…
Crescent Lanes first opened on Ottawa Street in 1944 at 1055 Ottawa Street, opposite Lanspeary…
Above is a photo of the home of Mr & Mrs Oswald Janisse, located at…
in 1917 two Greek brothers Gus & Harry Lukos purchased a one story building on…
Photo from Google Streetview A long time reader sent me an email the other week…
An unremarkable end to a part of Windsor's history. The large vacant house at 841…
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I worked at De Re's Big V in South Windsor during my high school years in the '60s, as a delivery driver. The ladies whom I worked with, Lily and Leah were a lot of fun. One time some guy came in and asked me for "prophylactics". I had no idea but they rescued me.