Comments about shopping

There are 100 comments about "shopping"

EvilGentleman: I hear ya. I used to love watching the heavies and the swing-wings take off from Plattsburgh when we would be shopping there back when I was a kid. And as a former base brat......

in response to: Snafu at the Former Plattsburgh Air Force Base by EvilGentleman

Janice Seifert; July 2008: Hi Ronald Lees, I grew up on 600 Wishart St. Your sisters will probably remember me. My brother Joe used to hang out with your brother Earl and Freddie Beck. I used to love how......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Anna: I was born and raised in Kensington (K&A) right acrossed from McPherson Square. My family still lives there, and my children grew up there! When I ws growing up in the late 60's and......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Anon: I lived on Menahan more or less 20 years ago and it looked the same. I haven't lived in Brooklyn for 10 years now. Gracias for the memories of the neighborhood and shopping......

in response to: Menahan by Peter

Sheila Hilton: Gary Sparkes - re shopping centre: There was also a shoe shop opposite the entrance and a little to the right (not too far from the bank).I remember buying my son a pair of Doc Martens......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

serlingrod: In response to the last post - first of, let me say that I live in Philadelphia and have worked as a community organizer in Kensington for the past several years. I mention this to......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Gary Sparkes: i am drawing a overhead plan of the maypole(irlam shopping centre)so far i have the TSB, harrys chippy(lovely),hesketh amd claire(butcher),gemtime??,electronic shop???,bingo place???,supermarket???,norman lownes grocer with mrs egan knittware,optician???,newsagents (stuart???),cant remember any more,does anyone have any......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

cyril bagshaw: Hi Anne I dont know if you have managed to see any of the old Twenty Row photos yet, but one in particular has come to light on the Irlam and Cadishead Ancestry site.It was taken......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

BostonVisitor: Hi there and bonjour, I'll have friends visit me from California, and we all want to check out Montreal. Specifically, I'm interested in providing my friend a prostitute. I remember several years back going......

in response to: Red Light District by CE

Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

11:11: high street is great shopping. record shops, head shops, hookah bars, bars, OSU bookstores and chinesse food...

in response to: Downton Columbus by maybetoday

PJS: These posts are so fascinating. I grew up at Lawrence and Huntington. Went to John Welsh Elementary, then Girls' High. Mos.t of my friends went to St. Edwards at Seventh and York. I remember the......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Peter: hahaha, i was just doing some shopping on that exact block yesterday afternoon......

in response to: Sunset, 1st Avenue Between 4th and 5th Street by Mike L.

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Joanne, Here is a photo of my old family home where I was taken to live after being born several months earlier in 1925 the one nicely painted in pink and nicely kept......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Adam Enright: There is No Game like the Good Ol' Montreal Hockey Riot! A city whose hockey passions create a constant hunger for battling peace and the status quo. [[http://www.progressivewebdesign.ca/hockeyriots.html]] by Adam Enright I was thrilled to read about......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

Jesse: We moved to the northside when moving here from Ontario. Fredericton is about 20 yrs behind well anywhere else in Canada especially when it comes to shopping. My god its a capital city and full......

in response to: Northside Fredericton by CE

Gary Sparkes: hey ,has anyone got any more photos of irlam shopping centre (maypole) also what happened to tarzan bridge, isnt it there anymore??? you cant find ropeswings like that any more, i remember tying one......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

67502 May 7, 2008: Hutch has not grown since I came here in 1978. It's a retirement town with lots of low income housing and those people DO NOT support our downtown or help us stay in business.......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Mrs.L: For all of the people who are down on Hutch; how old are you?? For the people who think this town is such an awful place, you must be young. I am still in my......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

anon (205.173.35.130): I have lived in Jacksonville for all of 3 months now, and I have to say that I haven't found it all that great. Once you get over the beach and the shopping/dining, there......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

Marg Gunhouse (nee Dodds): My husband and I are going to Montreal in June 2008 for our 50th wedding anniversary. We had one of our first dates at a smoked meat place in Norgate shopping Centre. I guess it's......

in response to: Norgate Shopping Centre by CE

A. Weinstein: Hi Janet, Most definitely do remember the luncheonette on the corner that is where I was introduced to my first choclate malted and my sister showing me how to dunk a pretzel stick in the glass......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Gary, I am sure I must have met you and your Mum if you did your shopping in fiddlers lane as we were from 1947 to 1980. If you open up the other web site that......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Gary Sparkes: hi Cyril,i think you might know my mum and dad Conny and Fred Sparkes your name really rings a bell ,did you used to have a shop (poss fruit?veg)if so im sure i remember coming......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

mburgos: omg... i wonder how many of you i know... i grew up all over kensington... and still kinda am ... the steak house wanderer was staliking about was billy's steak house... they robbed and......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Oldfart: This isn't a hockey tradition. Montreal loves its riots ever since the Quebec legislature passed the Rebellion Losses Bill in 1849 and an English mob torched the parliament buildings, which used to be here. Since then......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Andrew Thanks for adding Dom's photos.The frontage of the Rialto cinema is very little different from when it was The Globe picture house. Even the Large door to the right of the main entrance is......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith: Here's some photo's contributed by Dom Smith (friend but no relation) - photo's of Irlam in the late 1980's The parade on the estate - butchers on the left, newsagent in the middle (run by Dom's......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Angela Bentley: Looks like no one has been on look at this wonderful site and letting people remember the past. I am still trying to find out if any one remembers kathleen fisher who lived on......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Louise R. March 30th 2008: Hello! I'm working in this shopping center. I work for a chiropractor who's situated on top of Tim Horton. The first chiropractor ''Dr Pierre Paquin, chiropractor'' opened his practice in 1950 and Dr Carl......

in response to: Norgate Shopping Centre by CE

hutch native: I can't believe this website. Absolutely amazing that so many people have taken the time to rant and rave about how terrible Hutch is. I grew up in Hutch, graduated from Hutch High in 1984......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Sheila hilton: Hi to Deb, Just read your comments about Elsie Royale and a Mrs Pitt. When I was a little girl, there was a Miss royale who......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

jack: you know, 86th street, under the el, in the summer, hot, sweltering days, but the shadows of the el always kept me cool, that was my area for awhile because all my family was housed......

in response to: X Movie Theatre by jack

ed marecek: go yorkville pirates....grew up 76th second and third....east side house, john jay park[yea, we played softball] and association in the street, remember that?? sold shopping bags on 2nd ave....doubles and homers of the wall [77th......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Rob Tynan: Before the "new road" was built through Irlam in the early 1800s Platts brook was open with a bridge over it. The Old Road, going towards Cadishead, went up Boat Lane, down Ferry Road,......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

St John the Baptist church : Maybe I am getting old and long in the tooth but I can remember Vicar Lee being the vicar at St John the Baptist church and I can remember the shop that is......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Ex cari-all employe: Unfortunatly, this company is closing in June. Altought, it's odd to see a Christmas tree made from shopping carts, but it was a great promotional plan cause everyone in the city knew the Cari-all......

in response to: Shopping Cart Tree by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Nice way to spend a day. I wonder how it would have been to do it here in Montreal? Shopping carts are usually very tricky to push in the snow....

in response to: Idiotarod 2008 by Peter

Hello Kitty: »I like the shopping cart on last picture, perfect for a charcoal BBQ...

in response to: Speed Trap! by EvilGentleman

Gems: This is like the worst city on earth, there is nothing to do. Not only in La Junta not "One of America's best kept secrets! La Junta is a growing city on the High Plains of......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 8 by Scott Sargent

the most boring of all is......: watertown ny. this city is retail america. everything you do is involving eating and shopping. the city council has no ideas to enable a family fun lifestyle. every activity is in doors and costs you......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

EvilGentleman: I still come back and look over this article every once in a while. This time, I followed a link on Wikipedia leading here. The memories have begun to fade, yet that last shot, the one......

in response to: Murder at Dawson College by EvilGentleman

Jeanne: I remember the charlotte rousses too. They were my reward for going shopping with my mother. But I got mine on Pitkin Ave. Does anyone remember the wonderful, old world out-door market......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

jack: all in all it looks very nice and modern, sorry that they push Christmas on us so quickly, i have people already with Christmas decorations on their homes and its not even thanksgiving day yet,......

in response to: It\'s Christmas Already? by Elicar

Okie Pappy Daddy: I like living in Norman It is only boaring if you got to allways be going out and doing stuff all the time like if you have to go out to resterants every night or......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

alensky: well,that twin towers i supposed is the Glorietta complex? (not sure) but it's like a Condo then shopping mall.filipino like to do shopping......

in response to: Metro Manila by Laura

Stephen Weir: Cyril I have many happy memories of shopping at your shop....I was treated as royalty at my "tender"age....I am sure everyone in the shop had a good laugh at my expense, wish shopping was so pleasurable.....besides......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

DIANE: I Lived on Franklyn Ave Off WILLOUGHBY In The Early 50'S. A Few Years Ago I Went Back To My Old House,And It Was Still There,It Chaned A Little But Not Much.It WAas A Wonderful......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

EL: You should see Verdun in December, every porch and staircase glimmering with lights. Gorgeous. Good shopping on Wellinton Street too....

in response to: 45 Minutes in Verdun by CE

cyril bagshaw: Hi Stephen Congratulations on your selective shopping, and you are quite right, I have two sons, John and Brian, who at that time were very busy in the business....

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

ZD: If any of you are interested, the Council is holding a consultation event about regenerating Catford, this week. It's in an empty shop in the shopping centre. They want people's views on revamping the town......

in response to: The Giant Cat of South London by I.T.U.C.

Bushwick Girl: My Bushwick...I love this neighborhood. I've been in the bush since 1988 I migrated here when I was 8 yrs old. Back then I was too young to understand what was really happening in this......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

ffox88: Hey... some heartfelt stories to be read here. I had my bike (Grey Kona Condercone 2004) stolen last week in Riverdale. I'm devastated. This bike has been with me over 12000km all over Germany. For......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

2less2: it's to bad that you guys haven't taken the time to see the actual truths as they relate Las Vegas and all you've managed to find fault with. first, one of the biggest reasons the......

in response to: Viva Las Vegas, Part 1 by aer suzuki

Eric: Wow, what a thread! I've always been amazed at peoples attitudes toward peeing. Unfortunately, it's something that every living human does. We don't breath or blink in private. The age old myth that washing......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

BelievelandBikes: The shots were taken about six years ago and I just scanned them recently. As for the boxcar, it was the only isolated car in the yard just hanging out by itself. The......

in response to: LTV by BelievelandBikes

little ukraine: speaking of Sunset Park... Here is Third Avenue, once a vibrant street full of shopping and dining (New Yorkers, think Steinway Street, Fulton Street, Roosevelt Avenue). The Gowanus Express, the southern leg of the BQE,......

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

Cinic: Hey CE, Im in little burgundy now, on St-Jacques. Its true that Griffintown is rather inconvenient. Ive also lived in the old port on Wellington which was also very inconvenient for food shopping. ...

in response to: Griffentown (William) by Cinic

jack: barry, you lucky dog, i wish i could go out on a party boat and catch some stripers. i usually go down the shore to union beach and fish for stripers but i only......

in response to: City Island by barry

Dee: I grew up in Bushwick as a matter of fact iwas born in Bushwick.Iwas born in Wycoff Heights hospital in 1955.I lived in the same house with my family until I married in 78 my mom......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Dee: I remember this very vividly. the looters were running down my block with televisions, diapers, stereos u name it. We sat on my stoop just watching. Now I'd be petrified but then well......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out by upfromflames

Dee: I was born in Bushwick in 1955. I left when I got married in 78. Bushwick was a really nice area until the mad exodus of the 60's everyone ran.Brodway was a great shopping area......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

Joe S.: I remember shopping there with my parents as a kid in the 1950's. These photos are depressing!...

in response to: Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out by upfromflames

proud2serve: What about Hutchinson is boring? I really am interested in your thoughts and how we can make it better. What would make it exciting? I know that most young people think that......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Bonnie: I too lived on Wilson Ave., between Cooper and Moffit Streets -- in the 1950's. We lived on the 3rd floor of one of the cold water railroad flats, right down the street from......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

JAY: I am writing a novel and have part taking place in Bushwick in the '40's. Can anyone give me an idea of what it was like back then. What kind of businesses? ......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: yo bazz, i used to live right in that neighborhood... 45th and 4th ave, actually. that area is great. be sure to walk up to 5th avenue for the good shopping, diners and amazing produce.......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

NYCArthur.com: James usually works till he gets enough money for food, then goes shopping then fixes dinner or eats out. Currently he's living with a "friend" who got a bit loony and is now in Bellview......

in response to: Ninjas Killed My Family - Need Money for Kung-Fu Lessons by Jayson

EvilGentleman: Nah, I'm just a guy who likes to take lots of pictures and post them on the internet, sharing the world I see with others, using my preference for a comprehensive photojournalistic presentation style. I......

in response to: Sexe Cite by EvilGentleman

Peter: cay: firstly, i think its humorously ironic that you qualify "not scaremongering" by saying "god knows {nyc} is scary enough". thats a dated, inaccurate and stereotypical statement that i dont appreciate much, as a {new......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: [[http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&t=k&om=1&ll=45.020694,-74.752758&spn=0.003693,0.007231&z=17]] You can see here how the landfill is wedged between a chemical plant and a shopping mall. Location, location, location....

in response to: Ski Dump by EvilGentleman

Guy McLaren: Procyon, I fear that you are way too trusting, I can with a little photoshopping take many pics from here and make use of them. Fortunately I don't believe in doing so. I have found......

in response to: Sunset by Guy McLaren

chiamattt: I find that all your doing is promoting your small business on this site. the watermark on your photo takes something away from it. I find it annoying. If I can't even see "shopping centre"......

in response to: Sunset by Guy McLaren

sara: I lived in kensington (A St.) from birth until I was 9. I still have fond memories of being a kid there. I haven't been back to that neighborhood for many many years. Unfortunately the......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

shoot it straight: Also, i agree C-Town is good, the deli on the corner of Knickerbocker and Suydam, good too, and you can't beat the shopping on Knickerbocker. ...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: funny, my mother's girlfriend was named josephine toronto from brooklyn and i always thought that they named toronto after her. nice pic's. of course it's not exactly the quaint hamptons village shopping area out......

in response to: Kensington Market by CE

chris : well i meen the shopping center and the whole decarie...

in response to: Norgate Shopping Centre by CE

EvilGentleman: I must comment additionally, I found the adjacent signage in the last photo to be quite funny, yet appropriate. The "{Body Quest}" Gym was an awesome touch of randomness, and I guess the dancers who......

in response to: Club Super Sexe by EvilGentleman

my visit: I travel from a small community north of Toronto to New Brunswick 2 times a year and on average i spend a month in your beautiful province and at about a week each time in......

in response to: Sussex Stationers by CE

groovehouse: Damn sad story, I guess problems are the same everywhere. We have quaint places that are being bulldozed for condos and shopping centers. ...

in response to: The Hambone Cafe by LoopZilla

EvilGentleman: 34 - Neither pedestrians nor drivers have a clue what a crosswalk is 35 - Jaywalkers cut off police cars and nothing happens 36 - People prefer to shove shopping carts into snowbanks rather than bring them......

in response to: You Know You\'re in Montreal When... by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: I think you have gotten the wrong Idea there, Benjamin. This is not a Better Business Bureau complaint form, this is an interactive photoblog article about the frustrating aspects of urban grocery shopping, particularly those......

in response to: Things I Hate About... Grocery Shopping by EvilGentleman

Paul: Somehow, I don't think that the Maypole Shopping Centre will be winning any architectural awards. I seem to recall a newsagents of some sort in there. My grandmother spent the last 5 or 6 years......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Dave: Hi Paul An outdoor old saying sorry.Im mean an Off licence that sell,s alcohol and many other things. The chemist is still there Parker,s and Co now .Parker used to live off Roscoe rd if you......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Paul: Dave, Thanks for the picture of Galliers. It looks just like I remember it. I remember going in there to pick up "The Pink" with all the football results. You mentioned it is......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

jack: welcome to the wonderful world of developers. as you may already know, developers do not care for human beings. they detest them. they feel humans should not get used to things in......

in response to: Soon To Be Demolished by groovehouse

Micah: Oooh. Though not to be confused with the Devonian Gardens outside Devon, near Edmonton. A nice couple-hour bike ride out west of E-town will get you there and wow it is nice! ......

in response to: Calgary 01 by Cyberia

KAYO: I REMEMBER BUSHWICK OF THE '50S. RIDING THE TROLLEY THEN BUS DOWN TO GATES AVE TO SHOP AND BANK WITH MY MOTHER. SHOPPING ON BWAY IN THE CANDY STORE,BAKERY AND MR. LAST'S DELI THEN THE......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

anon (bas15-toronto12-1168008055.dsl.bell.ca): Thanks for the great shots. The woman leaning on her shopping cart is my favorite. Joe...

in response to: Nov 06 2006 Toronto by hool

Caroline: I'm working on a quick pdf document to promote two spaces for rent in the Norgate Shopping Centre, I would like to know if I can have some pictures of yours in high resolution? Let......

in response to: Norgate Shopping Centre by CE

EvilGentleman: There is an Orange Julep still open on Decarie next to Decarie Square (a shopping complex). Sirhcbre, that's pretty close to your place, so no need for me to involve myself further on that particular......

in response to: Montreal Scavenger Hunt by CE

susannah: Her best friend's husband looks at her as if she's one of her husband's pot roasts. Brazen. She pretends not to mind, but it gives her the creeps. She wonders if this is how her......

in response to: Rainy Days and Mondays by a disturbed young man

Spyda: Found this one while shopping in SoHo: [[img:16190]] ...

in response to: Graf Trux 10: Back to Manhattan by Peter

Cameo: They umm... uhh look like oranges! Perhaps a shopping bag exploded....

in response to: The Wind That Stole Dorothy by benji

EvilGentleman: Sorry about the previous comment, but when you are my size, new toilet seats are pretty standard shopping items....

in response to: Murder at Dawson College by EvilGentleman

chiamattt: He's crippled. I don't know why they wear the rubber trousers. I think its due to the 'dragging themselves around the city". There are people like him all over the city. They mostly stick to......

in response to: Gangnam and Yeoksam by chiamattt

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

in response to: Old Lachine Fire Station on 45th by EvilGentleman

groovehouse: These are the norm in our "uptown" area. "Uptown" is the area that encompasses The Galleria, a huge multi-level shopping center on Westheimer near Post Oak. To coincide with these chrome street markers are huge......

in response to: Ring by laanba

Susan: I agree that "If the best thing a town has to offer is 'national chain outlets' which 'offer convenience and competitive shopping', I don't want to be there." La Junta does have some other things going......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 8 by Scott Sargent