Highway Tavern – 1969

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• Wow! See the Killarny in the next block. They had great pickeled eggs in a huge jar on the counter. Across the street, the Volcano. Good old Windsor greasy Naples style pizza like Sam's, the Italia and Trevi. Good shot of the Texaco and Supertest signs. Awe, the smell of leaded gas!

• Wow. My old turf. The high up Coca Cola sign on the south side of Wyandotte marks Steve's Confectionery, one of dozens of little ma & pa retail stores scattered all over town in the pre-convenience store days. Real basic stuff. Penny candy and pop. Milk and ice cream. A few canned goods. Bread. Owners usually lived on the premises. Steve was some kind of eastern European guy, had a hook instead of a hand on one arm, with a sort of a clamping action. Probably a WWII injury,who knows? Hard to imagine now how they made a living. Further east is the Volcano Pizzeria, Windsor's first? First one I ever went to anyway. Scene of many a late night chow down. Supertest was Canada's national gasoline brand. The Killarney's big sign would light up the street. Note the fire alarm box in front of the Highway House. Quaint relic of the pre-digital era. Funny how it all looks dead. If you stood in the same spot today, it would look much the same.

• it's nice to see the TEXACO and SUPERTEST gas stations today the closest gas is at the 711 at Parent Ave

• I noticed the previous color photo of the Highway Tavern is a victim of the dreaded STUCCO!!

• I can't wait for the day that we can go back in time with Google Street view cars, so that pictures like the one above are interactive ;)

• Supertest billed themselves as Canada's only Canadian owned oil company, they operated in Ontario and Quebec based in London On. They where bought by BP in early 70's and BP bought by Petro Canada.

• P.E.T.R.O. Canada...As a friend used to say,
  Pierre
  Elliot
  Trudeau
  Ripped
  Off
  Canada.

• I find I funny that when you compare both pictures Mondays post and today's ,it shows someone standing almost identical to the corner of the street.

• It's amazing how one can make associations. Mention the gas company and I immediately think of the Miss Supertest hydroplanes owned by J. Gordon Thompson and the three Harmsworth Trophy wins with Bob Hayward behind the wheel of the Supertest III.

• I find it interesting that in both pictures,Mondays and today's ,you see a guy both standing almost in the same corner..