Ok. Well, your comment caused a flashback to the 1960s...but it was a Federal sex scandal. I remember going to pick my Dad's paper up, sometime around 1966 and remember a HUGE headline in big black letters on the top of the Toronto Star...something about Gerda Munsinger and some kind of an...

LOL...are you referring to something specific?

Our TV was not working one night. Total disaster...we only had 1 tv in those days and the Leafs were playing on HNIC that night. Game time was 8:30 in those days...it was 5:30...My Dad opened up the back of the tv and found a blackened tube and sent me over to Meyers Smoke Shop on Bloor Street...

I went to Jesse Ketcham PS for grades 7 and 8. Around the corner from the school (I think on Davenport) was one of the best French fry place in the city....My parents couldn't afford to let me buy my lunch very often, But when I did, that's where I went. I survived the junk food era. LOL

Mike Harris is responsible for the demise of a lot of things. Unfortunately, my wife wont let me rant about him anymore.

Awesome...Thanks for posting that. I vaguely remember from my Dad Mrs. Band passing sometime in the mid 80's.

Touché, Admiral Beez. Thank you. Thanks W. K. Lis for posting that link...Popcorn was 5 cents and I forgot about the candy apples.

A long time ago (probably 1983 or 84) the gas meters at Cedarbrae Mall were scattered throughout the mall, some inside stores, some outside. I was a meter reader for Consumers Gas (now Enbridge) and was tasked one mid March day to read them. There were 4 meters on the roof...two at one end, 2 at...

LOL...There is a hat hook in our front closet just inside the front door...all of my grandkids use it! Anyway, back to the subject at hand: What I miss about the 60's in Toronto... -Louie the "Lots of Butter, Charlie" popcorn man bicycle cart on Huron Street (he sometimes sold roasted...

Interesting vid...thank you W. K. Lis for posting it. Mister F.... I guess we should agree to disagree. You are certainly entitled to your opinion as I am mine, and we should walk away from this one with all due respect. But if I invite you to my table, you will be expected to remove your hat...

Well, first of all, MisterF, lets set the record straight. I didn't say I resent the person. I resent the act. Huge difference in what I said and what you interpreted. Why do I feel that way? Well, the way I was raised, the dinner table was a place for family discussion. How can you talk to...

I am really kind of sad that I just found out the house I grew up in in the 1960's, 478 Huron Street has been up for lease for 7 months. The house belongs to Bloor Street United Church, where my Dad was the head caretaker from 1959-1992 when he retired. We lived on the top 2 floors and the...

That's interesting. The US football player, Colin Kaepernick refusing to stand during the anthem has re-ignited (amongst other things) the debate over playing anthems at sporting events. And personally, his "protest" is ridiculous, given that he makes a lot of money and until this week, has not...

Girl on a Swing...Willison Motors Billboard Ad; Eglinton Avenue East at Victoria Park

50 years ago yesterday (August 17, 1966)...the Beatles last appearance in Canada...Maple Leaf Gardens.

I'd forgotten the soft ice cream in the old annex...do u remember the smell of cooking food in there?

I was too young to bar in the 60s but my brother used to go to The Brown Derby and Le Coq D'or all the time.

Interesting posts on this very topic: http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/life-in-scarborough.1182/

We had a period in the '90s where gang violence had ramped up...Malvern had its own gang. But with the help of a lot of concerned citizens and the police, it was cleaned up significantly. But its reputation carried on. Even my parents (who lived in Trenton at the time) used to even call every...

Yesterday, I looked on the crime map of Toronto. In terms of shootings, murder and violent crime, Scarborough is not even close...the north west end of Etobicoke is by far the most crime ridden. I have lived in Scarborough for 33 years. What strikes me about Scarborough is that public...