Old Lachine Fire Station on 45th

Chris Erb: 13th Aug 2006 - 21:30 GMT

Montreal seems to have some very interesting fire stations.

Matt: 15th Aug 2006 - 02:49 GMT

I keep veiwing your pictures hoping to see my old house,corner of biermans and westill across from the arena..and my old school st. monicas. hint hint. keep up the stellar work! Great pics!

GUY: 31st Aug 2006 - 12:22 GMT

Spent my childhood/ teens in Lachine 1955 thru 1972... Dixie Shopping center,Lachine High..
memories are made of this

EvilGentleman: 31st Aug 2006 - 13:39 GMT

I just dropped my kids off at Lachine High 45 minutes ago.(now Lakeside Academy, and merged with Bishop Whelan High). Today is the first day of school for them after summer vacation. My uncle graduated from Bishop Whelan in 1968.

Unfortunately, the restaurant at 45th and St-Joseph (to the left of where my car was when I took this picture) burned down sometime in the late 90's and there are now condos lining that block of St-Joseph between 45th and 46th avenues.

vanman: 9th Nov 2006 - 02:15 GMT

All inAll goodstuff! We all have our favs, i have seen better and worse.many nice views ,accross the country. bye! nov.8 2006 1015 p.m. atlantic

terry banks: 8th Mar 2007 - 19:48 GMT

Spent a lot of time at the milk bar across the st. great picture brings back a lot of memories from the 50s

Kryss: 6th Jan 2008 - 17:00 GMT

The restaurant burnt down for the last time in '98, a week or two before the ice storm hit us hard. My mom and I watched the firemen putting the last of the fire out. It was something to see.

EvilGentleman: 7th Jan 2008 - 21:32 GMT

I was living in the Arctic when the restaurant burned down, but I will always remember it. It's the spot where I stood and watched my present-day wife head off to her classes in a taxi, the morning after our first night together. We had our eyes locked through the back window of the cab until it rounded the curve by 48th Avenue. All in all, we still consider it one our more romantic memories.

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: 7th Jan 2008 - 22:21 GMT

ahhhh! You big, ol' softy, EvilG.

hrisSpencer of 45th: 29th Jan 2008 - 13:45 GMT

I recall my younger days on this street I;m only 21 but I vivdly recall that restaurant, I remem ber, that whole strip was burned down in the late 90's (January 1st 1998) to be exact, on the eve of that dreaded icestorm, it was quite the tale, I miss that old strip...

Terry Banks: 21st Feb 2008 - 23:40 GMT

Keep the stories coming. Love to read all the nostalgia of Charlies.Most of LHS hung out there. Where are all of you.P/S the photo is great also

kerwin: 16th Apr 2008 - 20:34 GMT

wow i never knew this was a fire station for the 12th year living in lachine. i thought it was some random building that was an office

danny: 6th May 2008 - 04:15 GMT

i grow up on that on 45 th till i was was ten return 22 years later that firehall was the fisrt pic i took when i was there

Steve:1st June 2009: 2nd Jun 2009 - 02:27 GMT

I grew up in Lachine and worked on 45th as a young boy at West End Grocery (the beer store) and Continental Carpet Wharehouse,but I remember the restaurant, "Miss Dixie",....

Charlie...G.: 16th Mar 2010 - 23:05 GMT

I lived the first 25 yrs of my life on 45th. I have great memories of Carmellos barber shop, the Dominion store that had dixie lanes bowling on top.
I recalled the old fire station was for a time was the Lachine Public Library.
This was before the new one was built on 32nd ave in the 1970s. I recall the gas station that was just across from the old fire station.

CMG: 24th Jun 2010 - 03:40 GMT

I absolutely value every memory I have from growing up on 45th Avenue. I haven't lived in Lachine since '98 yet I STILL dream about my days working at Dixie and the Video store (until that terrible new year's eve fire. While the video store never burned, the fire department sprayed so much water in the store to prevent the fire from continuing it's Northern run that almost everything was destroyed. The Royal Bank now stands where Video 29cents once stood). As far as the old Gas Station it was there, at 6 years old, that I broke my only bone to date, after the guard dog scared me off the short wall that used to divide the station from Stoney Point Park. Ya gotta love Lachine.

brian muirhead: 21st Jan 2011 - 05:18 GMT

I lived on 45th avenue for about 6 years i remember the bowling alley it was owned by two buffalo sabers players don marshall and phil goyette. I would appreciate it if anyone could tell me if the appartments are still there. you can e-mail me at muirheadbe@rogers.com.

Thank's

Brian

Barb Muirhead: 28th May 2012 - 21:02 GMT

I too lived in Lachine from mid 50s to 1970 when my dad was transferred to ottawa. I am trying to collect stories and tidbits like these to rewrite my mom's childhood history in a short story .."these were truly the good old days" .. What we called pohey Louie is now such a beautiful park area. "Dixie island"...anyone got old pictures or map of Stoney Point? What was name of 5+dime store? Is there still anyone around that might have info on streetcar to Stoney Point then get on smaller one called trolley car to get from 44 to 56th?
...not sure if we can related Brian!!!

EW: 23rd Aug 2012 - 17:08 GMT

Lived on 45th. Avenue in the 60's - my family moved in the late 60's and then after marrying my HS sweetheart, came back in the 1990's. Lived on 46th. avenue when the children were young (and went to the same HS - Lachine High as me and my wife). Here is a sketch

made of "Charlie's" rememberd from when I was growing up - anyone else remember this?

Mary Moshopoulos: 12th Sep 2012 - 17:07 GMT

My Dad and uncle owned Miss Dixie Restaurant. I have a lot of good memories working there during my youth. The restaurant burned down sometime in January - it was during or after the ice storm. I remember driving by and thinking it looked like an ice palace. My Dad passed away a month before the fire. I am glad he didn't get to see it. It was his home for over 30 years.

Fred Grant: 15th Nov 2012 - 15:32 GMT

I lived on 46th ave. and also have many fond memories of Stoney Point and Dixie shopping center. The old fire station had a bus stop and on cold winter days you could warm your hands and feet inside while waiting for the 191. The Miss Dixie restaurant use to be referred to as the Del back in those days, a great place to meet friends and enjoy good food. It's interesting to read everyone's comments , brings back happy times for me.

claude meldrum: 5th Apr 2013 - 20:53 GMT

I lived at 997-46th Ave on the corner of Sir George Simpson from 1955 to 1967. I spent most of my time at Charlie's Restaurant along with all my friends like Kirk Hatcher, Ronnie Cordell, Ian Stark, Bruce Paterson and Des Hamilton. I still visit Charlie himself where he lives in Pt. Claire and myself and my wife will be going out to dinner with Charlie and his wife in the next couple of weeks. Charlie is 86 now and looks 60. He looks fantastic. The memories of living in Lachine and spending a great deal of time at Charlie's are the best memories a kid could have.

anon (cache-mtc-ae05.proxy.aol.com): 18th Apr 2013 - 15:24 GMT

april 18, 2013
I lived at 46th and Sherbrooke until 1967. I remember when the firehouse was a library, dark and cold with a mean librarian. I've hated libraries ever since. My brothers both worked at the gas station across from the firehouse; I used to take them lunch on my bike. We were forbidden to go in the river because of the pollution. I remember seeing a rusted sand pail there once, and being shocked at the thought that anyone had ever gone swimming there. Don't remember the name of the 5 & 10, but remember spending allowance there. Still have a doll I bought there. I miss the candy store, the sponge candy and red Indian heads, the freshest cheesies ever, buying Beatle magazines in the drugstore and French bread at the bakery. Yes, I remember "Down Dixie" like it was yesterday.

Charlie Tatigian Jr: 23rd May 2013 - 20:26 GMT

Hello there. It is nice to hear comments on my fathers store "Charlie's" I was 8 when it burned down on Dec 17 in 1970. I still have great memories and contacts still from that time.