Photo © Scott Hughes
Today we have a pair of old shots from about 1995, taken and passed long by Scott Hughes. These shots show the old, long gone N&D signs at Eastown Plaza, at Tecumseh Road and Lauzon Road. The sign must have been replaced not too long after these shots were taken, as a boring teal painted steel sign stand there today its place. Teal as may you may recall hit a peak in popularity in the 1995-2000 era…
Photo © Scott Hughes
Thanks to Scott for sending along these photos.
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I worked as a box-boy at that N&D when the place was new, in the '60s sometime. Does the company or the brand still exist?
N&D closed up shop many years ago, late 1990's maybe? I remember going to the Eastown one all the time as a kid (we lived in Forest Glade before the Gordon's opened in the Forest Glad Plaza).
I recall that Shell gas station had a car wash too.
And going way back I remember when the Windsor Police 2nd precinct operated out of the old Sandwich East township hall next to the McDonald's.
My favourite part of N&D was those funny tall shopping carts - used to love riding in the bottom as a little kid.
Wasn't there a Woolco at that location a long time ago?
What I remember most about the old N&D is the way they treated thier employees. I knew a lot of friends who worked their way through university and college at N&D, a lot of lifetime employees who were able to raise and family and send their kids to university thanks to N&D. It was a part of our community and whenever a charitable organization needed help or the local kid's baseball team needed money for new uniforms, Mr, Budimir, the owner, was there to support them. His generosity toward the city was legendary and when he died Windsor lost a great benefactor and N&D lost its' guiding light.
Woolco with the stone front was their until Wal mart moved to Canada, when Walmart opened the new store further west on Tecumseh Rd the old store sat empty, probabily till the lease ran out. Two years ago they started to remodel the old Woolco, now looks modern only needs more tenants.
My brother an I used to draw a suits...or robot parts on the side of the bags that didn't say "N&D". Then we'd cut holes for our arms and head and wear'em.
...man, we were poor! LOL! We had clothes mind you...these were for play lol.
Thanks for the memories!
I see Blondie Cleaners I used to drive for one of there salesmen, Fred Rock who lived in a trailer behind his mothers house on Jos.St. Louis. Blondies was a class act in the dry cleaning business as we had to wear dress pants and white shirt and tie to drive their trucks.
N&D were great grocery stores and their meat was exemplary. They even managed to give the big chains like Dominion and Loblaws a good run for their money in terms of price.