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St Lambert, Quebec

Do you remember ....... way back in September !!!!!!....... What do you remember !!!!!! ......



The St Lambert Centenial medal 1857-1957, ....... I still have mine

The hill at the garbage furnace - Upper Oak ... now a housing development

The fountain in the pool at l'Esperance Park , ...............long gone.................. only the pool remains the same

The original school 81 Green St ............... boy has it changed ...........


Then


Now


Chambly County High School

The temporary classrooms at the back of CCHS (there is now a permanent addition to the High School, something they said in our time would be replacd with a regular structure in six months - BUT then again no one said six months from which date)


CCHS

The swimming hole at the end of Victoria ( well acutally floating squares)

swim

canoe




Taylor's toyland, at one time on the thrid floor, then removed to the basement,
Taylor's who supplied all our gym unifoems for school (grades 1 to 11)


IN THE BEGINNING

WHEN WE WERE YOUNG
NOW - with no more toyland




Ahearn's Handy Store Reg'd 189 Green St
which became Lawson's Handy Stores Reg'd in the late 60's

Max Nyveen's Music Shop , corner Green St and Oak St
which was in front of Romeo's Snack Bar Reg'd ( in the 50's),
where Ronald Thorpe had his upholstery business


Rainbow Market , Desauliner Blvd corner of Maple ,
Rollie the delivery man from Rainbow Market ( he knew the layout of every one's kitchen
and was trusted by many to put the order away properly
and even pick up the empty bottles)


Modern Meat Market , Green St. corner of Oak


Johnny's Corner , Tiffin ( well not quite in St. Lambert, but close enough)


Ranger's Hardware , Victoria St



The Sanford School, -the Merton School-
finally named the Margaret Pendelbury Primary School , Green St corner Merton St


The St Lambert Annex ( grades 1 to 3)
which became the Provincal License Bureau , where you took your driving test,
finally becoming the St.Lambert Municipal Library on Mercille St


The St Lambert Bowling Alley over the United Stores 5-10-15 , Green St


The St Lambert Pool Hall, (a place I never was allowed to go) located over the Victoria Theather
Then
theater
Now



Romeo Taxi Company


Romeo Snack Bar (corner Oak and Green)


The Friday night movies at the United Church hall.
(Roy Rogers, Superman, Rifle Man , etc)


The Montreal and Southern Counties Railway .... tramcars .......

tramcar notes


Click on car to get to history



The United Stores Ltd, 5-10-15 , on Green
which was taken over by Jazzar's


The St Lambert Bar B Q Vitcoria St ( owned by Gregory Spiro's family)


Thrift Stores which became Domionion Stores
which is now Kapetan Restaurant established by George Papadopoulos


A & P Grocery Store Ltd


The Rousseau Record Bar, the original, ,br>not the Hardware store on the opposite side of Victoria


The Suburban News , which changed it 's name 11 August 1952 to the South Shore Echo, Echo de la Rive Sud


The Blue and Grey Shop


Hughes Gift Shop


Hughes Shoe Store


The Chow Mein Gardens


Rexall Drug Store , corner St Denis and Elm ,
that became Don's Marine and Sporting Good Ltd
and then Benny Bar B Q (more french fries than chicken)


Doctor Brown of east side of the tracks
who was more like Robert Young of 'Father knows Best' and 'Marcus Welby , M. D.'


Doctor Flint of the other side of the tracks who's beside manner at times needed a bit of moderation


Elmhurst Dairy and the milk wagon pulled by horse


South Shore Electric - Your friendly neigbourhood G E dealer


Letourneau Plumbing Ltee


Eric Sharp , Dougie Parsons (sports celebrities)


Miss Italia ( today you still cannot beat their pizzas , no matter what city you live in
they often received orderd to be delivered over night to ex St. Lambert residents all across Canada -
50% cooked via Purolator and you just pop it is oven at 500 degrees
just like back home




The Street dances at Seaway Park


Zodiac Audio Visual Inc


Albert's Hamburger Eat Shop ( corner Green and Victoria , where the Bank of Montreal is now)


Victoria Shoe Repair


St Lambert Meat Market


Barber C Cartage


St Lambert Convent


John Gravel Automobile Ltd ,
who opened his second show room just before the Monteal entrance ramp to the Old Champlain Bridge ,
then close and sold the St Lambert show room


AND SO MANY MORE TO BE ADDED..... HOPEFULLY

St Lambert 1857-1957


Other Scenes cira 2007

St Lambert's beginings (St Lambert on the east side of the tracks and Victoria Park on the west side)

Early beginnings of Mortlake Street , St. Lambert


Conrad Porier took these photos in 1946 : they are on file at the Biblioteque National du Quebec - Montreal


Ranger Hardware

Firestation

Teen Club

Post Office

Victoria Theather

J L Taylor

War Memorial

Victoria St

Afew photos courtsey of the CNR people, photos are on file at the Canadian Archives - Ottawa


> Control Tower


The real train station

The present train station

And again

Victoria bridge

Freight yard

Freight yard

Sharing the bridge


Check out Lovell"s directory listing for the South Shore - the information listed there should help spark your memory

Not knowing how many visitors to this page have actually taken the time to do a look up in the Lovell's street Directory,
I have decided to post a small sample of the listing of Victoria Street from Riverside Drive to where it changed names to Devonshire.
Beginning with the year 1935, which is way way before my time , the listings will be increments of 5 years , that should make most every one happy .
If I see that there was a big change in any of the other years, I might decide to post that year in particular.
In any case a lot of the names you will see on this street listing are names that were quite evident in the Village that most of us remember.


The Village of St Lambert 1935 (street guide)


Riverside Drive to Green Green to Woodstock Woodstock to Devonshire Tiffin to Victoria Victoria to St. Denis



The Village of St Lambert 1940 (street guide)


Riverside Drive to Green Green to Woodstock Woodstock to Devonshire Tiffin to Victoria Victoria to St. Denis




The Village of St Lambert 1945 (street guide)


Riverside Drive to Green Green to Woodstock Woodstock to Devonshire Tiffin to Victoria Victoria to St. Denis


The Village of St Lambert 1950 (street guide)


Riverside Drive to Green Green to Woodstock Woodstock to Devonshire Tiffin to Victoria Victoria to St. Denis


The Village of St Lambert 1955 (street guide)


Riverside Drive to Green Green to Woodstock Woodstock to Devonshire Tiffin to Victoria Victoria to St. Denis

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Something special


School Promotion List -
St Lambert Elementary
 August 1959



Kindergarten :

Joseph Allen, Elizabeth Arnold, David Bradwell,Christina Cash, Barbara Chapleau, Nicolas Day, Susanna Dean, Alexander Douglas, Christopher Field, George Caty, Shirley  Gignon,  Dianne Glasser, Joanne Hale, Cynthia Halchin, Pamela Hammond, Richard Hill, Pamela Hillard, Debra Homles, Sussane Jackson, Donna Lee Johnson, Barbara Jones, Deborah Kirk, Kimbery Lansing, Cheryl Lewis, Catherine LeDrain, Sharon Martin, Robert Martin, Helen McDowell, Laura McLellan, Joan Milne, Frances Milligan, Wendy Gwen, Ingrid Peets, Scott  Rappard,  Barbara Robertson ,James Shepheard, Barbara Smith, Eleanor Smith, Jo Ann Strathdee, Carolyn Watson, Kenneth Williams.


Grade One

Judy Andrien, Debbie Archer, Stuart Birnie, Roger Brendish, Mary Bridgeman, Heather Campbell,
Patricia Darlington, Laurel Eaves, Shirley Elliot, Mavis Fellows, Billy Fergusson, Susan Grey,
Betty Lou Harper, Terry Harris, Leslie Hunter, Kitty King, John MacArthur, Heather MacGillvray,
Mark Middleton, Tommy Nowers, Keith Ogg, Ross Ogilvie, Billy Olsen, Margaret Perrott, Keith Robinson, Rhoda Ryan, David Small, Wendy Steven, Susan Tarbuck, Roberta White, Terry Yeoman, Lillian Young.




Grade two-1


Margaret Boyd, Jancie Brown, Kevin Burchmore, Goerge Burbidge, Gordon Campbell, Raymond Carter, David Crouch, William Croucher, Brent Daigle, Anne Darley, Gary Delo, William Dempsey, Bonnie Dewar, Grant Doak, Carolyn Dunster, Janice Farrer, Kenneth Geddes, Steven Gillians, Adrian Goss, Gail Harris, Carrol Horne, Christopher Knight, Christopher Lansing, Sandra Matheson, Jackie Philips, Anne Poulton, Jane Poulton,  James Richards, David Simpson, Kennth Williams, Judy Allen, Lenny Carter, Derek  Finchom, Patrick Friedman, Lynne Gregory, Robert Harris, Kent Leach,  Jacqueline LeDrain, Susan Mahon, Peter Marr, Archie McInnis, Campbell Miller, Carol Milligan, Janet Milligan, Linda Mosher, Grant Noakes, Neil Ogg, Gordon Ogilivy, Fred Olsen,  Colin Pilmer, Gordon Pinneo, Reid Preston, Douglas Robinson, Peter Rugg, Wesley Scharff, Gail Smith, Michael Smith, Morton Wengler, Thomas White, Kirk Williams, Diane Yurkowski. .




Grade three

Richard Arblaster, Russull Bunrham , David Campbell, Janet Cayford, Cheryl Clinton, Pamela Corbett, Heather Dewer, Donald Erskine, Geaffney  Gibbons, Donna Gourlay, Arabey Hagyard, Victoria Haliburton, Michael Hanley, Patricia Holloway, Michael Home, Robert Horne, Mark Inman, Renate Kessler, Michael  Koculym, Terry Lanning, Janice Loney, Soon Ying Mark, Steven Mosher, Jay Myers, Michael O’Brien, Virginia Owen, Daniel Pinneo, Marion Scheulze, Linda Smith, Roger Smith, Joseph Yeoman.




Grade four –1

Nan Baird, John Bloxham, Bobby Brown, Patsy Carley, Ronald Chapleau, Bruce Clark, Debby Day, Joanne Harding, Susan Jones, Ross Milligan, Earle Newbury, Allan Philip, Brenda Pollitt,
George Simms, Audrey Stone.


Grade four – 2

Gary Armstrong, Craig Bloxham , Joanne Corneil, Robald Esber, Heather Gignon, David Haigh, Robert Hastings, Susan James, John Kobelt, Cecile Lomon , Scott Mackay, Kwong Mark, Tommy Mayhew, Gary Millward, Mary Norton, Ian Ogg, Bruce Oglivie,  David Parry, Lorraine Plimer, Lyn Potter, June Rawlings, Carman Roberts, Jean Roth, Gaye Shepard, Laura Storen, , Lynne Taylor, Joan Telfer, Louise Villeneuve, Audrea Whittaker, Warren Wilson.

Grade four –3

Ruth Barrier, James Baxter, Michael Brewer, Linda Berry, Caroline Brendish, Richard Bridgeman, Cheryl Curran, Katherine Carter, Bruce Crisp, Sylvia Dean, Shelia Darley, Elizabeth Douglas,  Alan Dunfield, Valerie Eaves, Lynne Gibbons, Leslie Gilbert, Janet Glasser, Stephen Hartshorne, James Harris, James Hindes, Ian Hunter, Katherine Hanson, cathryn Haynes, Marliyn Heatie, Edmund Jack, Glenn Mehienbacher, Donald Morley, Judith McConnell, Marian Malvet, Susan Myers, Charlene Rugg.





Grade five – 1

Robert Baxter, Russell Carter, James Charlton, Gail Connick, Hal Terris, John McClay, david McKinley, Linda Smith, Ross Taylor, Carole de Trizac, Dewar Willis.

Grade five – 2

Patrica Bird, Michael Boggild, Wendy  Daigle, Peter Dickie, Douglas Fellows,  Connie FitzRandolph, Wyane Greene, Donna Harris, Lynds Heaney, Wanda James, Richard Lillico,, Sandra Mayer, Donald Simms , Douglas Smith, Sandra Robinson, Linday Tarbuck, Ronald Zinnicker.

Grade five – 3

Robert Beil, Stephen Berridge, Robert Grigg, Ronald Hill, Mark Twin, Gregory Heushner, John Neilson, Teddy Nyveen, Geoffroy Orrell, Alan Preston, James reid, Brian Ross, John Savage, Donald Semper, Kenneth Snedden, Berry Stemshoon, George Welcher, Barbara Ascah, Christine Cole, Spring Hadkinson, Susan Kirkwood, Rosemary Manning, Cherly Pope, Linda Rowe, Hynne Seaman, Kathleen Stephenson, Tineke Struyk, Lynn Thwing.
 


Grade five – 4

Carol Bourne, John Burbide, Marie Carter, Donald Clinton, Eric Hartmann, Derek Hynes, Rouglas Luckhurst, John McNeish, Kenneth Myers, Pat Middleton, Ken Muir, Linda Newton, Derck Oppen, Linda Pass, Joyce Radcliff, Helena Richards, Janice Simkins, Joan Smiley, Celia Smith, William Stady, Martha Stewart, Donna Taylor,  Karen tilly, Diane Villeneuve, Jim Venus, Ketith Walden, Susan Walton, Bill Ward, Gail Westlake, Norman Wheelwright, Patty Wilson.

Garde five –5

Jean Alford, Marianne Biske, Robert Bonar, Ian Bourne, Rodney Brown, Peter Chabot, Lorraine Charron, Patrice Cloran, Larry Coby, Duncan Cross, Valerie Dean, Dale Edmunds, David Elliot,
Patrick Evans, Helen Falins, Ann Farish, Larry Fokes, Beverly Fraser, June Fursey, Barry Gibson,
Judy Grosskurth, Heather Hass, Diane Hoy, Arlene Jackson, June King, Rosilyn King, Carol Lauer, John Martin, Arthur Matheson, William McKinnon, Jennifer Rodger, Elena Bearle, Roger Taylor.

Grade five – 6  

John Croll, Gerard Haliburton, John Hodkinson, Heather Lewis, Douglas Macfie, Donna McInnes, Merle Mead, Adrea Miller, Clifford Morham, Lorraine Owen, Stephen Pickersgill, Cornelia Pfaff, Dorothy Rowe, Joanne Sauvey, Gregory Spiro, Michael Wallis, Jacqueline Watson, Larry Yatsushiro.


Grade five  - 7

  Marguerite Ancliffe, Patricia Burdon, Larry Chandler, Donald Collins,  David Corbeil, David Craddock, Norma Cross, Janis Davidson, Lynn Ferrie, Joyce Fletcher, Paul Gibbon, Pamela Hanson, Gordon Harrison, Brian Hillman, Kathryn Hobbs, Sydney Jones, Janice Lawerence, Michael MacBride, Jim MacClellan, Gordon McIntosh, Diana Millen, Barbara Newbegin, James Partridge, Diane Rattray,Ian Ruthven, Richard Wallis.    


 Grade six  - 1

Vicki Barber, Susan Bloxham, Nick Brenner, Pamela Clark, Candance Coates, Robert Dowker, Duart Edgar, Petra Eizenger, Diane Gibson, Felicity Hay, Allan Hayden, David Heatlie, Lynn Hillman, Marcus Jones, Stewart Jones, Norman King, Gordon Lang, Charles McQuade, Margaret McQuade, Ted Moore, Ross Stanley, Judy Weeger.

Grade six  - 2

Bruce Burrows, Gordon Cameron, Cothy Ellicott, Del Embury, Patricia McGale, Peter Harrison,
Nancy Heeny, Gus Jones, Nelson Jones,  Richard Murray, Hilany Nowers, Janice Pavuk,
Inglelore Schulze, Warren Shufelt, Alan Swanson, Kathryn Smith, Linda Thiéband, Malcolm Young.

Grade six – 3

Elaine Bennett, Ted Buck, Pat Chansel, Barrie Cross, Bruce Dunn, Peter Gilbert, Gordon Gillespie,
Derek Grout, Karen Leach, Pat MacMillan, Rosemary Mills, Barbara Myerson, John Nourse, David Parker, Pamela Patterson, Allan Petley, Bruce Rattray, RonaldRenwick, Paul Smalley, Bruce Smith, Alan Stafford, Judy Storen, Mark Tait, Donald Toy, Eldred Vivian, Linda Willis, Peter Wolfinger.



Grade six – 4

Lynne Bentley, Richard Brown, Susan Collins, Joyce Croil, Drinda Firling, Peter Folkes, Jane Fursey, Donna Gettes, Rae Harris, Robert Hillard, Meredith Howie, Gregory Kennicle, Kathleen Kilburn, Karen Laduke, Neil Lowes,  Callum MacDonald, Susan McArthur, Ian Mercer, Duncan Miller, Pamela Munro, Billy Munrray, Kenny Robinson, Barbara Shotten, Lynda Simpson, Joy Smith, Daphne Thierry, Robert Townsend, Brian Trottier, Linda Walker, Margaret Watson, Robert Westlake, Linda Wright.


Grade six – 5

Waston Anderson, Kevin Andrien, Wayne Arblaster, Linda Barker, Peter Brown, Susan Burchmore,Susan Chapleau, Keith Chapman, Ian Cross, Linda DeMoon, Mary gilbert, Donald Hammond, Ralph Howe, Robert Irvine, Ashlye Ivey, Robert Johnston, Susan Keen, Lynne Keelty, Peter Keller, Gunther Knoblock, Hans Kreler, Pasty Mehienbacher, Patricia Myers, Peter Parry, Robin Pollitt, Melvin Smith, Karen Thompson, William Whitehead.

Grade six – 6

Barbara Alexander, Jill Allen, Dawn Brawley, Duncan Brown , Gail Clark, Ross Cloran, Susan Darley, Ronald Dempsey, Paul des Trois Maisons, Mary Eastman, David Gillians, Peter Grout, Richard Hamilton, Carol Hodgson, Barbara Holmes, Elizabeth Humphreys, Thornton Larocque, James Lawson, Robin Leatherbarrow, John Lovelace, Lorraine  Milligan, Harry Moon, Sylvia Mosher, Richard Mulanax, Carol Phillips, Kathleen Rodger, Edward Saunders,  Angela Shepard, Ronald Scott, Geoffrey Thomas, Janice Ward, Gary Whittaker.




Grade seven –1

Carole Bergeron, Barbara Boulerice, Brent Burrows, Don Clark, Gary Dennis, Corine Dingwall, James Evans,David Erskine, Joyce Folbourn, Leslie Griffith, Heather Lambe, Kim Lee, Barry Lidstone, Jame Mayhew, Ken Partridge, Lynne Patterson, David Philip, John Rogers, Stephannie Rosevear, Carol Sanders, Graham Worden.


Grade seven – 2

John Anderson, David Austen, Jim Ballantine, Bob Charlton,  Gleen Christensen, Susan  daigle, Eric Ferrie, Tim Hanson, Lynn Jacobson, Terry McCoy, Sandra Parr, Brian Parry, Lynne Pearcey, Stewart Phelan, Douglas Proctor, Lynne St Onge, Kathleen Willey.

Grade seven  - 3

John Amyot, Robin Armstrong,  Grant Barry, Melaine Bishop, Trevor Burchmore, France Burns, Robert, Dunn, Barry Elder, Edward Harding, Barbara Harper, Penny Hodgson, John Kennedy, Heather Llody, Geoffrey Luckhurst, Peter Maidment, Robert Norton, Shelia Perry, John Quayle, Alan Nidge, Anne Sansoucy, David Saunders, Gary Schram, Diane Seawald, Jennifer Stanley, John Fatham, Barbara Willis, Andrew Yatshushio

Grade seven – 4

John Baxter, Malcolm Brigden, G Brett Cane, Sandra Caverly, Beverly Chandler, Delcie Chaplin, Carolynn Chisnal, David Crisp, Robert Deadman, Susan Doak, Catherine Grant, Charlotte Green, Irene Grimard, Savah Hastings, James Hoskin, Karen Jackson, Marilyn King, Elisabeth Knoblock, Norman Lamarre, Gordon Marr, Susan McCoy, Douglas MacLaren, Adele Middleton, Richard Owen, Clifford Read, Doug Smith, Lesley Smith, Sharon Smith, Joseph Stelner, Ann Taylor, Gail Todd, Robert Tucker, Vivian Weir, Susan Weiser, Michael White. 


Grade seven – 5

Richenda Atkinson, Brian Barber, Mary Bagso, Robert Boulerice, Maurice Brewer, Hedda  Deissner, Kack Eaves,Bruce Firing, John Green, Bob Hawkins, Judy Hanger, David Fillico, Barbara Lloyd, Bobby Laman, Douglas Matthews, Sharon Preston, Larry Read, Lynne Smith, Pat Storen, Henry Symore, Bobby Taylor, Eric Templeton, Jennifer Tilley, Russell Witt, John Wrigley.

Grade seven – 6

Marylin Allen, Bill Barry, Dorothy Bourne, Cathy Cross, Dick Fransham, Don Haynes, Margaret McPherson, Bill Redman, Margit  Scholz, Ron Thorp, Barbara Tovey, Stewart Welcher.




The following is from the promotion list of Chambly County High School  August 1959

Grade VIII –1

John Baglow, Barbara Barton, Edward Bates, Lorne Beckett, Allan Cruickshank, Murry Dorning, Andrew Edwards, Claire Fraser, Barbara Greene, Pamela Gunning, Brian Harvey, Heather Hume, Anna Kelimbet, david Langille, Ellen Larsen, Ruth Leonard, Andrea Long, Richard Lockhurst, Rosemary Martin, Karen McClay, Cadman Mercer, Jill Mockridge, Peter Muller, Leslie Porteous, Bruce  Raham, Julie Ross, Joan Rowe, Luigi Sarcoli, David Sproston, Manfred Schilling, Richard Williams, Richard Wright, Wendy Wright.

Grade VIII –2

Carol Bell, Edward Burchmore, Robert Curren, Richard Desserud, david Free, John Harris, David Jensen, Marliyn Leushner, Lynn Martin, Lynne Olsen, Janet Orr, Chester Phillips, Eric Poulsen, Tommy Poulton, Howard Rhodes, Peter  Skaaning, Susan Tatham.

Grade VIII- 3

John Amyot, Bob Bennett, Peter Bisson, Carol Chapleau, Karl Erdmann, Linton Lovelace, Isabel McPherson, Sandra Millen, Ernest Phipps, Bruce Ward.

And finally

Grade VIII- 4


Margaret Brown, Frances Coastes, Gary Colby, Carol Culkin, Linda Daigle, David Elder, Kathleen Floyd, Linda Harris, Thomas Heeney, Donald Hossack, Glenn Jones, David King, Nicholas Lee, Bruce Mackay, Margaret Moore, Ronald Smith, Suzanne Villeneuve, Libby Wiser.



Comments received before the guest book option was added


After reflecting for a few days, here are some more institutions of St.Lambert in the 50's: contributed by [email protected]

1. Seminuk Electrical Repair Store This was just behind Parker's Dry Cleaning. Mr. Seminuk had a mountain of old toasters, radios, etc. behind his counter. Perhaps not the most organized individual, but of good heart and intention. Supplanted by Jardines in the early 1950's.

2. Parker's Dry Cleaning

3. The cement trough for horses to drink from (on one side) and people (on the other side). Like the fountain in the center of the L'Esperance Park Wading Pool, the horse / people fountain was sponsored by the Lion's Club. It was located on the St. Barnabas Anglican Church side of the park formed by the intersection of Victoria and (?) Horsfal opposite the Victoria Theatre / Taylor's Store. I recall it well, as I used to lean my bicycle against it while drinking from the fountain (people's side, that is!)

4. Dr. Brown, on Mercille Avenue, almost next to the St. Lambert Elementary School.

5. The first St. Lambert Library, built around 1953

6. Smiley's Coal, delivered in horse-drawn carts. (They used to shovel the coal down a chute into a room in our basement, from which my dad shovelled it into the furnace.) This became Smiley's Fuel Oil, delivered in tanker trucks. ( Note from Doug Macfie -- ah!!! Joan Smiley now that is to remeber)

7. Gargbage collected by horse drawn city wagons, pulled through the lanes behind all the houses in the first section of St. Lambert.

8. Chambly Transport (aka 'Shambles' Transport) and their dogpatch buses, which replaced my beloved Southern Counties Railway streetcars - still a few in Delson?

9. Romeo's Barber Shop, on Victoria Street - 25 cents for a haircut, and ten cents for a tip

10. The outer suburbs - Mackayville, Lafleche, Ville Lemoyne, Greenfield Park - where are they all now?

11. Brown's Pharmacy, on the corner of Horsfal and Victoria, opposite Parker's Dry Cleaning. Mr. Brown Senior and his son (who never became a pharmacist) ran the store. Both had bad tempers)




This sight was a treat to find! As I read down the list of places and things from the St.Lambert of my childhood (the horse trough on Victoria - classic), I couldn't help but smile. I came to St.Lambert as a boy of about 4 or 5 from Malton (dad worked on the Avro Arrow until it went Kaput)and lived first on Desalunier (near Johnny's corner) then up on Mercille.I remember the Lion's head fountain and paddling pool at the youth center on Lesperance and the lane-ways we walked to get there on those hot summer days. Then a 5 cent popsicle on the way home from Lawsons , I could go on and on. Dr.Brown (on Notre-Dame) and his nurse Therese (with her big dog Blackie? beside her in the office)was my doctor. [email protected]



Cathy Harper of Huntington writes.... " I too well remember Brown's Pharmacy on the corner of Victoria and Webster,opposite Parker's Cleaners. J.G. Brown and his son Jim never advertised as each prescription was dispensed along with a joke or funny story. They knew that the best advertisement was a satisfied customer and my grandfather and uncle had more doctor and prescription business than any other pharmacy in town. "



What a trip down memory lane! I always thought I was "the only one" who remembered such seemingly unimportant highlights of my growing up years but, obviously, I am not alone in treasuring these golden nuggets! Friday evenings at the Youth Centre dances (L'esperance) with the disco ball glittering from the ceiling and Aker Bilk playing "Strangers on the Shore" as the last dance. Summer days at the "Youth camp" across from Holy Angels school where we got chocolate milk in a bottle with the cardboard top. We lived across the street from the park on St. Denis so all I had to do was cross the road to watch my brother play baseball or play on the monkey bars (forget today's plastic stuff - this was the real thing: metal) or swim in the small concrete pool. There was a wooden chalet where, during the summer, they played music from the juke box (Wake Up Little Suzie) and during the winter we laced up our skates while the pot-bellied stove warmed us and then we went outside to the rink and skated around to recorded music. My Dad was a writer and avid photographer and snapped pics of The St. Lawrence Seaway's opening amongst many other "happenings". If you need any old photos of St. Lambert, please contact me. They're amazing!



I remember going to see "Psycho" at the cinema on Victoria Street and being so scared we were afraid to walk home so we went into the little Chinese restaurant across the street - we spent an hour eating 2 almond cookies - enough time to get our nerves up to run home. My Mom would drag us to the A&P every Saturday morning to do our shopping my big treat was to pour the coffee beans into the grinder and push the button - I can still smell the aroma! 'Round about 1970 or '71 St. Lambert had a weekend craft fair - started out in the morning with pancakes and sausages and went all day with various artists showing their wares. Don't know if this was just a one-off or if it went on for a few years. Anyway, so sorry to bore you with all of this nostalgia but I was so taken by your site and the memories it conjured I just had to let you know how appreciative I am. I moved to St. Lambert when I was 9 months old and left when I was 23 so you can imagine how dear to my heart this wonderful place is! Please contact me should you want to see some great photos! June Shirley June Killen[email protected]> Oakville, Ontario Canada Monday, October 06, 2008 at 13:45:26 (CDT)