Located in South Windsor, this relic from the 1950’s still lights up the parking lot at Yorktown Square (as the dates below show, the Yorktown store that was first to open, did so in 1953). Thanks to John and Mike for the heads up that the old sign still lights up.
At one time the plaza was anchored by The N & D Yorktown Store. N & D was a Windsor “chain” supermarket with two locations, Yorktown and Eastown. The two locations lasted into the early 1990’s forced to close when they could no longer compete with the larger national chain stores.
I’m sure the old logo brings back some memories for many locals. I found this paper grocery bag in a locker when my old factory shut down. 1988 dates back before our company was in that building, so that relic was laying around in a locker for over a decade. I saw it as I was cleaning out my locker, and decided to snag it.
Back when Windsor had independant stores in city limits.
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I grew up on Mark Ave between 3rd Concession and LaBelle in the 60's and 70's. My house was the 4th house to be built on that block of Mark and the mortgage was $93.00 a month. My mom used to go shopping at N&D on Thursdays and she would come home with enough groceries to feed a family of 6 for a week for something like $20.00. There was a barber that we used to go to somewhere in Yorktown Plaza and my first bank account was at the Bank of Montreal. Who doesn't remember the Metropolitain 5 and dime?
I remember when Bellewood Public School was being built. The construction site was fun place in which to play. After it was finished a bunch of my friends with whom I attended Northwood PS were, much to my chagrin, shipped off to Bellewood.
Does anyone remember the "cow path" which was Northwood Dr. before the houses on the north side of 3rd Concession (EC Row) were built? There was, as cliche as it sounds, an abandoned little red one room schoolhouse near where Centennial HS was built that one day burned to the ground.
That was a fun stroll down memory lane!