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Wally’s Baits – Sandwich Street – 2005

 

Going through some old photos, I came across this shot from February, 2005. The long gone Wally’s Baits sign on Sandwich Street, just east of Mill Street. This shop was a long time west end fixture, I’m sure a great many readers have memories of this place…

Andrew

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  • Wally's is still alive and kicking. It doubles as some kind of thrift store. That sign was tucked in the back for at least a year while some brick work was being done. I inquired about preserving it but got no response. I'm guessing it was taken away for scrap metal.

  • Grew up around there and it always seemed dumpy inside. I remember there was a handwritten note in the window stating the building WAS NOT FOR SALE.
    Guess a lot of people were looking to buy it.

  • What a shame about the sign. This was my great-uncle's business, opened in the
    late 1950s & owned by him until he died in 1991.

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