05-14-2009, 08:54 PM
I dropped in at George's today. Very sad looking with only 2 days left and the whole original half of the store shut. There were some interesting items dredged up from the basement (old TruScale roadbed and Atlas switch kits), but nothing I could actually use. Dayle wanted a train destination sign board but I thought it a bit expensive.
My first visit to George's must have been in 1962 or 3. Our class went to a play at The Crest Theatre and when we got off the bus Peter said, "There's a sign down there that says Trains." 2 blocks away there was a shop that couldn't decide if it was George's or Bob's. I hadn't known about it before. So over the years i watched as he expanded to include the second floor and the shop next door.
Back then, there was Streetcar service on Mount Pleasant and a Trolley Bus that went not that far north. The Streetcar was converted to Trolley Bus and then that went in the big gasification. That made the shopping trip a little less interesting. Then the parking was switched to those meters where you have to guess how long you're going to be in the store.
The new store s possibly handier for me. Getting from the northwest by car to Mount Pleasant is a tricky trip.
Right now there is a Toronto Star story: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.thestar.com/article/633402">http://www.thestar.com/article/633402</a><!-- m -->
My first visit to George's must have been in 1962 or 3. Our class went to a play at The Crest Theatre and when we got off the bus Peter said, "There's a sign down there that says Trains." 2 blocks away there was a shop that couldn't decide if it was George's or Bob's. I hadn't known about it before. So over the years i watched as he expanded to include the second floor and the shop next door.
Back then, there was Streetcar service on Mount Pleasant and a Trolley Bus that went not that far north. The Streetcar was converted to Trolley Bus and then that went in the big gasification. That made the shopping trip a little less interesting. Then the parking was switched to those meters where you have to guess how long you're going to be in the store.
The new store s possibly handier for me. Getting from the northwest by car to Mount Pleasant is a tricky trip.
Right now there is a Toronto Star story: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.thestar.com/article/633402">http://www.thestar.com/article/633402</a><!-- m -->
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.