I remember when...

[roblau004]

Public grocery on 117 st jasper, best penny candy in town...... A&P 151 street and 104 ave.... select penny candy on a sample display both stores were run by really old people

[reservoircat]

Klondike Eric Neville and Popcorn Playhouse, 4pm every weekday.

[fool4christ]

Hilarious House of Frankenstein. Igor get the phone...."Yes Master...and can I feed the monster?" And the guy in a gorrilla suit always getting nailed by golfballs...good stuff that.

[cnr67]

Originally Posted by fool4christ

Hilarious House of Frankenstein. Igor get the phone...."Yes Master...and can I feed the monster?" And the guy in a gorrilla suit always getting nailed by golfballs...good stuff that.

"The castle lights are growing dim. There's no one left but me and him. When next we meet in Frankenstone.........Don't come alone......."

RIP Vincent Price.

http://www.frightenstein.com/characters/index.html

[fool4christ]

Right you are...

I bow to your superior memory sir.

[24karat]

Originally Posted by reservoircat

Klondike Eric Neville and Popcorn Playhouse, 4pm every weekday.

Fans of Popcorn Playhouse
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/...3843011&ref=ts

[reservoircat]

Rocket Robin Hood, Professor Kitzel, and Saturdays being the only real day for cartoons.

[cnr67]

Originally Posted by fool4christ

Right you are...

I bow to your superior memory sir.

It's not memory...it's memorex!!!

[fool4christ]

Rocket Robin Hood I remember well, but what the heck is/was Professor Kitzel???? Or do you mean Pretzel?

[NielCole]

Originally Posted by fool4christ

Rocket Robin Hood I remember well, but what the heck is/was Professor Kitzel???? Or do you mean Pretzel?

Professor Kitzel was a "educational" cartoon, I can't quite remember wether it aired on Popcorn Playhouse, or wason Saturday Mormings on CFRN

[reservoircat]

I remember Wig Wag chocolate bars.

[overoceans]

Originally Posted by darrellinyvr

Professor Kitzel was a "educational" cartoon, I can't quite remember wether it aired on Popcorn Playhouse, or wason Saturday Mormings on CFRN

The latter. The narrator of the segments(I think he might have voiced Kitzel as well) was Paul Soles, who was also the voice of Peter Parker/Spiderman, and "the lawbreaker" on This Is The Law. More recently, he was seen in the movie The Score, alongside Robert De Niro, Ed Norton, and Marlon Brando. Apparently, he was in the recent Hulk movie as well, playing a pizza shop owner.

link

[overoceans]

Originally Posted by fool4christ

Hilarious House of Frankenstein. Igor get the phone...."Yes Master...and can I feed the monster?" And the guy in a gorrilla suit always getting nailed by golfballs...good stuff that.

Since I'm on a minor Canadian celebrity roll...

Most of the parts on HHOF were played by Billy Van, who went on to do some work in the USA on the Sonny And Cher show. Plus a lot of stuff back home in Canada.

link

[overoceans]

Originally Posted by reservoircat

I remember Wig Wag chocolate bars.

Wasn't it Wigwam?

[The_Cat]

I think it was Wig Wag. I chewed one of those when I was ten, and it pulled out one of my teeth to make room for my adult teeth.

[overoceans]

Originally Posted by The_Cat

I think it was Wig Wag. I chewed one of those when I was ten, and it pulled out one of my teeth to make room for my adult teeth.

Just did a quick google, and yeah, I think you guys are right.

[cnr67]

A flat rectangular piece of Macintosh Toffee that came in the tartan box.
I needed a hammer to break it into pieces I could chew.

[reservoircat]

[NielCole]

Originally Posted by reservoircat

They still sell them in the UK, they care called "Curly Wurly's" maybe the Scottish Import Shop (now on 124th Street) sells them? they are now Cadbury brand.

[murman]

Originally Posted by darrellinyvr

Professor Kitzel was a "educational" cartoon, I can't quite remember wether it aired on Popcorn Playhouse, or wason Saturday Mormings on CFRN

Kitzel was whack... who'd have thunk that kids were getting a classical education before their parents rose in the AM?

"Hey kids! Ever heard the one about the "r@pe of the sabine women"?

I kid you not. Clearly recall that one when they did the "Romulus and Remus" episode...

[fool4christ]

Habulous time remebering all this stuff (thanks for the links too).

As for Wigwag bars...I remember leaving them on the dashboard of our chrysler in the sun all day...and it was just starting to get soft.

What was that chocolate bar called? It come in a clear plastic rapper lying on a red piece of celophain. It was rectangular and had a wavy pattern on the outer edges? Can't remember it's name but they used to be big (at least to a 7 year old).

[reservoircat]

Coming home from school to watch Big Valley, Gunsmoke, Hogan's Heroes and Baa Baa Black Sheep in the late afternoons...

[NielCole]

Originally Posted by murman

Kitzel was whack... who'd have thunk that kids were getting a classical education before their parents rose in the AM?

"Hey kids! Ever heard the one about the "r@pe of the sabine women"?

I kid you not. Clearly recall that one when they did the "Romulus and Remus" episode...

Yeah nothing like learning things when your strung out on Frosted Flakes or Count Chocula in the morning.

[reservoircat]

[NielCole]

Originally Posted by reservoircat

Coming home from school to watch Big Valley, Gunsmoke, Hogan's Heroes and Baa Baa Black Sheep in the late afternoons...

That's how I started to "learn German" with Shultz or Klink yelling Schnell! or Rouse!, Rouse! And dpn't forget General Burkhalter, or Klinks secretary.

I can remember when Baa Baa Black Sheep was on at primetime I think it was Tuesday's either on CBS or ABC....

[cnr67]

You needed a hammer to bust this up.http://www.oldtimeconfections.com/Count%20Goods/Macintosh toffee.jpg

[reservoircat]

[overoceans]

Anybody remember the Natural Gas Genie who always appeared on lapel-stickers for conventions and whatnot? I think he was the logo for whatever the Alberta gas company was called in those days, and they distrbuted the lapel-stickers as a promotional thing. This was mid to late 70s.

[jagators63]

when I was young boy, I used to watch those on tv

[NielCole]

Originally Posted by overoceans

Anybody remember the Natural Gas Genie who always appeared on lapel-stickers for conventions and whatnot? I think he was the logo for whatever the Alberta gas company was called in those days, and they distrbuted the lapel-stickers as a promotional thing. This was mid to late 70s.

The name back then was Northwestern Utilities.

[reservoircat]

I remember running and rolling on the grass as kids,
pretending that we were traveling back in time
and falling out of a psychedelic tunnel.

Then we would hop on our banana bikes (without wearing helmets)
and play Evel Knievel on jumps made of plywood.

[andy8244]

Originally Posted by darrellinyvr

They still sell them in the UK, they care called "Curly Wurly's" maybe the Scottish Import Shop (now on 124th Street) sells them? they are now Cadbury brand.

Our love of such things probably helps to explain the state of our teeth.

[IGNITERS]

Here's one ....
FREEDOM!
Maybe alot of this is getting up when ya want and riding your bike in the direction of your choice and returning around dinner when ya got hungry lol being a child in Edmonton had alot more to offer than that of coarse but in the back of the motivation to leave the house was the thrill of FREEDOM!
The freedom you couldn't wait for as a young teen ....
-Remember when you could light a cigarette without somebody reminding you how unhealthy it was ( or now telling you that you cant?)

-Eating in your car at the A&W before the big buisness figured they didn't need to hire servers and they could use the land better,not really caring that the whole reason why you went there was to show off your car and grab a burger not to support some corparation.

-When you stepped on the gas a little harder on that abandon stretch of road to see "what it does"...before photo radar monitered your bank account

- Drive Inn theatres, for some of the above mentioned reasons or just to see what a night under the stars had to offer

- when something as simple as rolling through a parking lot meant not having to crawl over speed bumps

- When you didn't have to get to the airport 2 hours early for a pat down and luggage inspection

- Buisnesses that felt that style was as important as substance ( and there was substance)

-When it seemed that parents had at least a small amount of control over their children ( at least in public) lol

Or just a time before the assumption that we are all criminals that needed protection from ourselves.

that kind of FREEDOM...

[localyokel]

...we'd pile into my folks '65 Chevy Biscayne for the yearly summer trip to Winnipeg (folks moved here from the 'Peg in 1960)...our cool British (Yorkshireman) neighbour who was a carpenter cut a piece of plywood to fit over the tranny hump/floor in the back seat so we had the coolest playpen on wheels - seatbelts/car seats?...HAHAHAHAHA

...on the way back west when we passed the tanks on Refinery Row, that was the sign we were almost home

[ersatz]

i remember cigarettes costing 75 cents a pack. and i remember buying 3 comic books for a dollar.

[roblau004]

-Eating in your car at the A&W before the big buisness figured they didn't need to hire servers and they could use the land better,not really caring that the whole reason why you went there was to show off your car and grab a burger not to support some corporation


The Beverly A&Dub ia a prime example ... the hot-spot for Friday night car shows.... mow it can holds about 6 cars... the weight staff was better looking in the 70s too.

[abaka]

"We need your head to run our business."

"S. S. Kresge & Co."

The Orientique next to the CIBC main branch.

The "commercial bvilding."

"Diet Pepsi is the favorite diet soft dirnk in the land... " (silly tune! still rings in my head at a moment's notice)

The derrick that gave old Derrick Dodge its name. "Edmonton Oil capital of Canada".

Two-bedroom apartments on Whyte at $305/month.

The ski jump on Connors Hill.

The brick works at Cameron Avenue.

The unpaved road leading down to Cameron Avenue.

Erehwon books.

Moro Craft Ltd.

The grain elevators along 120 Avenue by the Coliseum.

[24karat]

The big green water tower in North Edmonton
Happy Pop
The Pop Shop
Wasn't there a third pop outlet?

[NielCole]

Originally Posted by 24karat

The big green water tower in North Edmonton
Happy Pop
The Pop Shop
Wasn't there a third pop outlet?

Believe it or not you can still buy Pop Shoppe Pop at Zellers (the Meadowlark store sells it ) I have no idea where they get it from, it is even still in those stubby clear glass bottles.

[abaka]

^ Hey, can you still get Happy Pop as well?

[NielCole]

I have only seen the Pop Shoppe stuff in the same sickly flavours such as grapefruit, creme soda, etc It just makes me wonder if they found an underground bunker full of the stuff.

I can remember picking up cases of it as a kid at the "bottling plant"" off 111 ave and 142 st and them charging 5 cents a bottle deposit.

[greydog]

Now correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Pop Shoppe at Centennial Mall, and Happy Pop was on 149st, and 111 Ave?
All I know for sure is, that Happy Pop had the best root beer ever, and Pop Shoppe had a wicked Black Cherry!!

Tried the Pop Shoppe pop at Zellers, but it just doesn't taste the same!!

[greydog]

Originally Posted by ersatz

i remember cigarettes costing 75 cents a pack. and i remember buying 3 comic books for a dollar.

Guess I'm showing my age as cigarettes were .50 cents a pack, a glass of beer at the New West Hotel was .10 cents, and comics were .10 cents a piece!!

[greydog]

[QUOTE=fool4christ;272829]Habulous time remebering all this stuff (thanks for the links too).

As for Wigwag bars...I remember leaving them on the dashboard of our chrysler in the sun all day...and it was just starting to get soft.

I remember Wig Wags well, they used to frustrated me as the chocolate would always fall off the caramel, and land everywhere but your' mouth!!

[NielCole]

Originally Posted by greydog

Now correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Pop Shoppe at Centennial Mall, and Happy Pop was on 149st, and 111 Ave?
All I know for sure is, that Happy Pop had the best root beer ever, and Pop Shoppe had a wicked Black Cherry!!

Tried the Pop Shoppe pop at Zellers, but it just doesn't taste the same!!

It was the Pop Shoppe at 142 st and 111th next door to Trudeau's Cleaners, because as kids we went every two weeks after picking up groceries at Woodwards Food Floor at Westmount (another blast from the past)

The building was a big white cinderblock warehouse style with a peaked roof and a big red Pop Shoppe logo on the front. I loved it because the plastic cases of pop wold roll along those, wheeled type conveyer belts through the wall to load the cases into your car.
We tried Happy Pop once or twice and thought it was crap besides we rarely went to Centennial so there is no childhood memories of even where you could buy pop in that mall. Centennial was strictly Canadian Tire or Shakey's Pizza Country on very rare occasions.

As for the taste of Pop Shoppe now available at Zellers, I can't vouch for it since I don't even know where they get it from, Like I said earlier a old underground bunker somewhere seems probable to me.

Consider yourself corrected...

[greydog]

It was the Pop Shoppe at 142 st and 111th next door to Trudeau's Cleaners, because as kids we went every two weeks after picking up groceries at Woodwards Food Floor at Westmount (another blast from the past)

The building was a big white cinderblock warehouse style with a peaked roof and a big red Pop Shoppe logo on the front. I loved it because the plastic cases of pop wold roll along those, wheeled type conveyer belts through the wall to load the cases into your car.
We tried Happy Pop once or twice and thought it was crap besides we rarely went to Centennial so there is no childhood memories of even where you could buy pop in that mall. Centennial was strictly Canadian Tire or Shakey's Pizza Country on very rare occasions.

Why do i remember going to get Happy Pop on 149 St where the Rotten Ronnies sits now??
Does anyone else have any recollections of this?

[NielCole]

Sorry it was 149th! Because the Pop Shoppe then either closed or moved and Sundance Mazda opened in the same building! the cobwebs are clearing....... But it was still The Pop Shoppe.

[reservoircat]

Oh, yeah: Woodwards and the Pop Shoppe!

[NX1]

Oh, I like this! Thanks to all who reminded me of years gone by.

I was on Popcorn Playhouse on Sept. 8, 1978. Anyone have the tape?

I remember when our house was the only one east of 66st in Mill Woods. We were surrounded by barns and farmers's fields. Watch the tornado come towards us from the south, thank God it veered to the East. My car got smacked pretty good by those softball-sized hailstones, though!

Born in Edmonton, living near Toronto for the last 20 years. To all you Edmontonians who think Torontonians hate you... don't worry, most Torontonians don't know you exist.

Nick P.

[reservoircat]

[NX1]

Channels 3 and 5... 11 didn't count because it was French.

I was in heaven when ITV, channel 13 came along.

[NielCole]

Originally Posted by NX1

Oh, I like this! Thanks to all who reminded me of years gone by.

I was on Popcorn Playhouse on Sept. 8, 1978. Anyone have the tape?

I remember when our house was the only one east of 66st in Mill Woods. We were surrounded by barns and farmers's fields. Watch the tornado come towards us from the south, thank God it veered to the East. My car got smacked pretty good by those softball-sized hailstones, though!

Born in Edmonton, living near Toronto for the last 20 years. To all you Edmontonians who think Torontonians hate you... don't worry, most Torontonians don't know you exist.

Nick P.

Dude I do not think to many people were taping things off the TV in 1978, since Betamax or VHS really didn't take off until sometime in the very early 80's and they were EXPENSIVE!

We try to ignore Toronto as much as possible so don't worry, besides most of planet earth doesn't realize Toronto is there anyway so I guess we are in good company

[24karat]

Originally Posted by NX1

Oh, I like this! Thanks to all who reminded me of years gone by.

I was on Popcorn Playhouse on Sept. 8, 1978. Anyone have the tape?


Nick P.

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/...3843011&ref=ts

[greydog]

Now since we're so in tune with the past... what about Lounges/Pubs of yore? I remember the Sahara at Westmount Mall, but it was demolished before I was older enough to enter!!
Anyone remember Luigi and Chows, at the traffic circle on 118ave, and St Albert Tr.?

[greydog]

Originally Posted by greydog

Now since we're so in tune with the past... what about Lounges/Pubs of yore? I remember the Sahara at Westmount Mall, but it was demolished before I was older enough to enter!!
Anyone remember Luigi and Chows, at the traffic circle on 118ave, and St Albert Tr.?

or... Charley's Pub on 178st?? That was a great hangout for the high school crowd of the mid 80's!!

[abaka]

Dale Harney the magician.

[NielCole]

Originally Posted by abaka

Dale Harney the magician.

Now there is a blast from the past, whatever happened to him? I seem to remember that he married his assistant? True or False?

[overoceans]

There is a bit of a discussion of Dale Harney on Page 6 of this thread. Plus, below is a link to a magicians' forum where they talk about Dale Harney.

link

[localyokel]

Living just down the street from both my Elementary and Junior High had it's benefits...even if it was uphill both ways

I often enjoyed a bowl of Alpha-Getti whilst watching the Flintstones at lunch time...also, if one were home from school sick there was always "Siesta Cinema" in the early afternoon

[NielCole]

Originally Posted by overoceans

There is a bit of a discussion of Dale Harney on Page 6 of this thread. Plus, below is a link to a magicians' forum where they talk about Dale Harney.

link

question answered, thanks

[jagators63]

I remember my mom and dad used to buy 8 track tape and machine for listening music in late 60's and early 70's

[jagators63]

I remember christmas 1974 when I was 11 yrs old My Parents bought me a toy that make me going crazy to play with.




in either 1976 or 77 my parents bought me this electronic football game which I have played for hours.






very popular watch in the 70's with red cover.

[reservoircat]

[jagators63]

I remember this fast food restaurant called Red Barn in ontario but I don't know if alberta here ever have that but this restaurant was out of business in 1974 or 75 because of McDonalds have arrived in Canada and first ever mcdonalds was open in Richmond BC in 1967 and 2nd was in london, Ontario in 1971 so that is how it happens.




my family usuallly goes to big boy restaurant and it was out of business in ontario in early 80's but still operates in America

[NielCole]

Originally Posted by jagators63

I remember this fast food restaurant called Red Barn in ontario but I don't know if alberta here ever have that but this restaurant was out of business in 1974 or 75 because of McDonalds have arrived in Canada and first ever mcdonalds was open in Richmond BC in 1967 and 2nd was in london, Ontario in 1971 so that is how it happens.




my family usuallly goes to big boy restaurant and it was out of business in ontario in early 80's but still operates in America

We did not have those at all (Red Barns) Edmonton's first McD's was Capilano in 1975, Second was at 168th and SPR in 1976 (Its still there) across from where Mayfield Common now stands I had my first job there....

JB's was in Edmonton Centre (now ECC east) and the one on 118th Ave as well.

[jagators63]

wonder do you all remember tv shows in 60's and 70's called Friendly Giants



Captain Kangaroo by Bob keeshan ?

[reservoircat]

[overoceans]

Originally Posted by localyokel

Living just down the street from both my Elementary and Junior High had it's benefits...even if it was uphill both ways

I often enjoyed a bowl of Alpha-Getti whilst watching the Flintstones at lunch time...also, if one were home from school sick there was always "Siesta Cinema" in the early afternoon

(I think I might have mentioned this already on another page of this thread, but in any event...)

You ever wonder why those Siesta Cinema movies seemed so off-the-beaten path? It's because they were mostly made for night-time viewing as network movies-of-the-week. A few of them were actually pilots for TV shows that eventually became popular. For example, I saw one that was the pilot for Love Boat, with exactly the same format, but an entirely different cast.

link

[cmcharlesmillar]

I noticed several mentions of the demise of the trolley. I came across an interesting site, www.trolleybusesx.net. On the homepage is a map of North America. Punch the Edmonton button and you will find a couple hundred photos of Edmonton dating back to the 30s. Some of these photos brought back more then a few memories for me. Oh by the way you will get over the loss of the trolleys here in Calgary we got rid of ours back in 75, by the way lots of photos of other cities for those transplants. I also found if you google Chicken Man you will find a site with several of the episodes I had not heard him since I was in High School at Vic Comp back in the late 60s. Enjoy!

[jagators63]

Originally Posted by cmcharlesmillar

I noticed several mentions of the demise of the trolley. I came across an interesting site, www.trolleybusesx.net. On the homepage is a map of North America. Punch the Edmonton button and you will find a couple hundred photos of Edmonton dating back to the 30s. Some of these photos brought back more then a few memories for me. Oh by the way you will get over the loss of the trolleys here in Calgary we got rid of ours back in 75, by the way lots of photos of other cities for those transplants. I also found if you google Chicken Man you will find a site with several of the episodes I had not heard him since I was in High School at Vic Comp back in the late 60s. Enjoy!

the website you post is wrong and should be http://www.trolleybuses.net/index.htm

[jagators63]

I just happen to saw old photo of 1981 Edmonton trolley bus website and the restaurant called " restaurant whitehouse and lincoln hotel so where these buildings is at ???

http://www.trolleybuses.net/edm/htm/..._198106_ss.htm

[cmcharlesmillar]

If I,m not mistaken the Lincoln hotel is across the street from the new bus depot I think that is 102 st & 103 Ave

[Spill]

Originally Posted by cmcharlesmillar

... Punch the Edmonton button and you will find a couple hundred photos of Edmonton dating back to the 30s. Some of these photos brought back more then a few memories for me. ...

Nice find. Too bad the shots are limited to the trolley routes.

[norwoodguy]

Love this picture. So many faded memories, I had forgotten about the Welsh's Saddlery store which is now just a parking lot. And nice to see the Tegler building within the context of the downtown before all the skyscrapers were built along 101st Street. What a bloody shame the Tegler was demolished and replaced by the BMO building. It would have been nice to retain a blend of classic architecture amidst the newer buildings.

Link

[greydog]

What was that chocolate bar called? It come in a clear plastic rapper lying on a red piece of celophain. It was rectangular and had a wavy pattern on the outer edges? Can't remember it's name but they used to be big (at least to a 7 year old).[/QUOTE]

I believe the bar you're thinking of is the Cuban Lunch!! Haven't seen it in years!! Good bar though!!

[greydog]

Originally Posted by RichardS

OMG Shakeys and their pizza was legendary!!!!! All you can eat, and I took advantage of that. I think it was where the current BP's is now...how approriate.

There was good old Happy Pop nearby too! (or was that pop shoppe???)

It seems to me that Pop Shoppe was at Centennial Mall, while Happy Pop was on 112 Ave and 149 St.

[cmcharlesmillar]

Speaking of chocolate bars anyone remember Treasure Bars where there were 6 pieces each a different flavour. I am glad you guys enjoyed the trolley bus photos I know I did brings back many memories of a forgotten childhood. I enjoy both the Edmonton and Calgary photos. My favourite is from Calgary showing my street corner with the neighbourhood fire hall. I live 5 doors from that fire hall.Another one is from Edmonton showing the apartment block where my parents used to manage on 118th Ave & 127 st

[North Guy66]

A few months ago I did see Pop Shoppe bottles being sold at Zellers.

[Sonic Death Monkey]

Remember these X-Men comics from the late 70s? PM Trudeau sends a Canadian super-hero team after Wolverine and they battle in Calgary (the artist was from there) in the midst of a blizzard (of course). There was a lot of media coverage about it back then. I got hooked on X-Men comics for a couple of years because of this.

[overoceans]

That reminds me, there was a Hardy Boys book, The Viking Symbol Mystery, which was set partly in Edmonton.

Interestingly, I don't think this was one of the books written by Leslie McFarlane, the Canadian who wrote the earliest titles in the series, and also did some work for the NFB.

link

[cmcharlesmillar]

Yes I remember the old green water tower. I used to live on 64 st & 118 ave in the early 60s I went to Montrose Elementary in grade 5. Anyone in the Highlands district most likely remembers the packing plants just to the north of the district and the awful smell that would make its way into the district if the wind blew in the right direction.By the late 60s we moved AGAIN to 87 st & 117 ave. We had a corner lot and my dads pride and joy was his garden . Dad was from Germany and he insisted on doing everything the old fashioned way. He dug that garden by hand and every spring he brought in a dump truck load of fresh manure. My brother and I were recruited to spread that manure. I still have nightmares of standing knee deep in a pile of manure with a shovel in hand. To this day I shudder when I think about that.

[abaka]

Here's something I THINK I remember from when I just came here: ITV, just established on Channel 13, playing the video to "Love's Theme" by Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra whenever they were short on paid advertising....

[NielCole]

Found this posted on Youtube. the early part of the vid is the best!

Edmonton Alberta in picture postcards part 2 1950 - 2000

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6q9JDlFoBL8

[norwoodguy]

^Thanks for the link.

I must be getting old, I find the nostalgic images and the background muzak rather soothing. Now where did I put that glass of warm milk?

[NielCole]

Originally Posted by norwoodguy

^Thanks for the link.

I must be getting old, I find the nostalgic images and the background muzak rather soothing. Now where did I put that glass of warm milk?

Kind of sad, remembering shopping and being in alot of those buildings as a kid. Even the "new ones" like the AGT tower going up. sigh

[overoceans]

Originally Posted by abaka

Here's something I THINK I remember from when I just came here: ITV, just established on Channel 13, playing the video to "Love's Theme" by Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra whenever they were short on paid advertising....

I remember that too! The words "Barry White" actually appeared in big letters on the wall behind the orchestra. And White was conducting, as I recall.

ITV in that era also had a lot of shows that you never saw or heard of anywhere else. Some examples...

Two's Company. A Britcom about this crabby American woman living in England and her British butler. Played on Saturday afternoons.

The Many Wives Of Patrick. Another Britcom, about this guy who had a bunch of ex-wives he'd visit with each week. Also Saturday afternoons.

Pete's Place. This faux variety show(I don't think there was a real audience, just canned laughter) hosted by an obscure comedian named Pete Barbutti. I think this MIGHT have been a Canadian show trying to seem American. Saturday nights, iirc.

Please Stand By. Low-rent syndicated American sitcom about a family that owns a local TV station. Maybe weeknights.

Lewis And Clark. Gabe Kaplan, apparently hard-up for work after the glory days of Welcome Back Kotter, starred in this forgettable sitcom about a guy running a bar in the American west with his wife. Weeknights?

Oceans Alive. The poor man's Jacques Cousteau. I never actually watched it, but from the ads it looked like stock undersea footage with commentary added. Maybe weekends.

Red Fisher. Like, it was a show about fishing. Seriously. John Candy parodied this on SCTV as The Fishin' Musician. Saturday or Sunday afternoon.

Fishin' Stars. Another fishing show, only with "celebrity" guest. Like, for example, third-tier country singer Blake Emmons(whom I also once saw at Stage West doing Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.) Weekends.

Yan Can. Maybe this wasn't as obscure as the others. It was a Chinese cooking show, hosted by a Chinese guy with a thick accent who told corny jokes. Maybe his name really was Yan, but I think the title was an attempt to ride the coat-tails of Wok With Yan, CBC's Chinese cooking show featuring a somewhat more debonair host. Weekday afternoons?

Not all ITV shows were this obscure. But they certainly did seem to have more than their share of bargain-basement offerings.

[Cardinal Fang]

Dark Star comics store as well as Comic Castle. Harry the acid king was my fav employee to chat with! This guy was actually married at one time! W@W!

There was another store that was Edmonton's first comic store. They use to set aside comics for you in a "file." No discount, but the fact that you did not have to be there when the new comics came out was such a revolutionary idea! But it mophed into a gaming/video store. This was in the late 1970s. Forgot the name.

[24karat]

Originally Posted by Cardinal Fang

There was another store that was Edmonton's first comic store. They use to set aside comics for you in a "file." No discount, but the fact that you did not have to be there when the new comics came out was such a revolutionary idea! But it mophed into a gaming/video store. This was in the late 1970s. Forgot the name.

Could it have been The Hobbit's?

[jagators63]

Originally Posted by darrellinyvr

Found this posted on Youtube. the early part of the vid is the best!

Edmonton Alberta in picture postcards part 2 1950 - 2000

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6q9JDlFoBL8

downtown in the 60's and early 70's does look too big difference from today !!

[cmcharlesmillar]

Wow thanks for the memories. As the others stated I found the videos quite interesting and soothing. I remember so much of those videos the buildings, cars etc. The old muni the control tower. When I was with the air cadets 504 sqn back in 66-68 I could go in uniform to the airport and I was invited up into the control tower and I could stay there as long as I wanted. Try that today

[overoceans]

Originally Posted by 24karat

Could it have been The Hobbit's?

I was under the impression that the Hobbit Shoppe was always primarily a gaming store. But then, I never went there all that often.

[Cardinal Fang]

Yes, it was Hobbit's

[kkozoriz]

Hobbit's started as a book store. Games were originally in a smaller space called Little Wars Games Shop. They were both on 106th st. They then moved to the lower floor of the Revellon Building on 104th st. At that time it became one of the first video stores. Most of the movies were actually copied from satellite broadcasts. They later moved to 101 st, next to the Rialto (or was it the Odeon?) theatre. They shut down a few years later. I worked at all three locations.

[24karat]

The owner of The Hobbit's was Carman Madu. He was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis about 20 years ago, and sadly passed away in 2001 of complications which were caused by that terrible disease.

[abaka]

Rialto, I'm pretty sure. And wasn't there a poster/print store a couple of doors over? That whole streetscape got wiped in two passes, by Manulife and then Commerce Place.

[murphys]

Originally Posted by reservoircat

Klondike Eric Neville and Popcorn Playhouse, 4pm every weekday.

Lost in Space on at 7:00 every Sunday night then Ed Sullivan at 9:00.
Faking sickness to skip school so I could watch Siesta Cinema movies on TV at 1:00 pm.
Getting my weekly allowance of 25 cents and going to Loblaws and buying chips and a pop.
Playing marbles.
Double dutch skipping rope.
Drive Ins.
Listening to great Canadian bands at the Rex Hotel. (80s)

[kkozoriz]

Originally Posted by 24karat

The owner of The Hobbit's was Carman Madu. He was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis about 20 years ago, and sadly passed away in 2001 of complications which were caused by that terrible disease.

Sorry to hear about Carman. A bit of trivia for you comic fans, Carmen was the model John Byrne used for Kitty Pryde's father.

[norwoodguy]

Originally Posted by murphys

Getting my weekly allowance of 25 cents and going to Loblaws and buying chips and a pop.

Boy those were the days, when having a couple of dollars in my pocket made me feel rich. My weakness/vice back in those days like many others were those Neilsen's Danish bars.

Originally Posted by 24karat

The owner of The Hobbit's was Carman Madu. He was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis about 20 years ago, and sadly passed away in 2001 of complications which were caused by that terrible disease.

How terribly sad about Carman.

[cmcharlesmillar]

Does anyone remember the Palace of Sweets on Jasper Ave X104 st used to go in there and read, I believe the place burned down. Ever notice every city seems to have a Cecil Hotel and they all are skid row hotels remember CJCA and the Flying Tiger. I was a school safety patrol man back in 63 I was posted at the top of the 105 st hill on 99 Ave .I went to Mac Kay Ave school. I was selected to broadcast safety message at 8:30 A.M on CJCA

[abaka]

Flying tiger, yes! On the Birks building, I think? Or was it on the heap of bricks that stood where Energy Square is now at Sixth?