Eaton Centre in Edmonton was the only place they sold Playmobil for the longest time (that and the McDonalds drive thru of all places), that place was glorious when we visited there before Christmas and my parents pulled the go with your mom scam while dad buys your gift - wink wink.
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If any of you find yourselves in the UK, find an Argos store. A lot like Consumers, but a bigger catalogue and crazy high-tech ordering kiosks. Punch in your order, pay for it, and wait 5 minutes for your product to appear.
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If any of you find yourselves in the UK, find an Argos store. A lot like Consumers, but a bigger catalogue and crazy high-tech ordering kiosks. Punch in your order, pay for it, and wait 5 minutes for your product to appear.
Sadly, I do find myself missing Argos. Oh and John Lewis or Bentall's on a Saturday - shopping with my darling Mum. Great memories.
Eaton Centre in Edmonton was the only place they sold Playmobil for the longest time (that and the McDonalds drive thru of all places), that place was glorious when we visited there before Christmas and my parents pulled the go with your mom scam while dad buys your gift - wink wink.
I noticed that they sell Playmobil at the Indigo at 130th.
They sell it everywhere. Sadly I am a smidge old for buying playmobil
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Where was that Bonkers kids play area? Because I am pretty sure they took over an old mini-department store area that I would have thought was an old Woolco....
The Bonkers was where the Shoppers Drug Mart is now.I believe on that side of the mall it was the Bonkers and then the Safeway (which is still there). I personally do not remember a Woolco being in Market Mall, only a Woodwards, which was on the South eastern end of the mall, way back in the day.
You guys remember that old grocery store that was in Chinook? Once you bought all your stuff they would load them into big grey bins that they would fire down the tunnel built into the tills and you would drive out to that central pickup location to get your groceries? Man, so many times I wanted to jump into one of those bins and ride it out!
An old memory that just pop'ed into my head, was Woolco at Northland Mall (NW Calgary) hit by lighting around 1990? I grew up around there are vaguely remember something like that and they were selling crap outside.
I remember that! And if I recall, a Safeway in the NW (Brentwood, maybe?) was hit by lightning the same night.
Crazy, what useless information the memory retains.
What about K-mart. I don't think there is a single Canadian location left is there?
Really I get why department stores suffer - whenever I go into The Bay, or Sears - each department is a complete mess, understaffed and even when you want to go pay for something - it's very difficult to find someone that will actually take your cash.
The model doesn't work anymore.
That being said I would love to get my eat on at a Woolco cafeteria.
It doesn't up here but for some reason still does in the states with JC Penney Target Nordstrum etc.
Wal Mart did not buy Woolco. They simply moved into their abandoned stores after Woolco went under.
According to the source to end all sources (Wikipedia). Woolco closed in the US in 1982, but remained in Canada until 1994 when Wal-Mart bought Woolco out.
Really I get why department stores suffer - whenever I go into The Bay, or Sears - each department is a complete mess, understaffed and even when you want to go pay for something - it's very difficult to find someone that will actually take your cash.
The model doesn't work anymore.
I personally have found that since The Bay was bought by whoever owns it now, it has gotten a lot better. They seem to have nicer stuff now (I'm talking only about menswear) and everything is almost always folded and organized pretty well. 10 years ago menswear at The Bay was almost always a disaster. I will agree that it is sometimes hard to find someone to take your money though.
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I personally have found that since The Bay was bought by whoever owns it now, it has gotten a lot better. They seem to have nicer stuff now (I'm talking only about menswear) and everything is almost always folded and organized pretty well.
The downtown location has especially improved in terms of quality brand-name clothing and selection. I don't know if it's due to the improvement of Holt Renfrew down the mall, but I'm real impressed with The Bay now.
I really liked another defunct Canadian store: Brettons. I think there was only one in Calgary when I was growing up. It was in Chinook, pre-renovation, where Zellers is now. I remember that store vividly as a kid...oh and of course, Marks and Spencer. Great candies and snacks there
I really liked another defunct Canadian store: Brettons. I think there was only one in Calgary when I was growing up. It was in Chinook, pre-renovation, where Zellers is now. I remember that store vividly as a kid...oh and of course, Marks and Spencer. Great candies and snacks there
My Mum worked at Marks and Spencer when she first came to Canada. English accent = hired!
I really miss these old/canadian institutions. As Christmas nears who didnt love going to the big dept. stores downtown?
If you're old enough and ugly enough to remember a more rural Canada . . . . . then a lot of your Christmas shopping might have happened out of a well-thumbed Sears or Eatons catalogue that most households received.
Certainly, if you were a kid, a it was a glittering, impossible to believe, treasure chest . . . . .
Or maybe there was that one trip to the city, just before Christmas, where you got to walk those hallowed halls of the actual store.
Times have changed.
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If you're old enough and ugly enough to remember a more rural Canada . . . . . then a lot of your Christmas shopping might have happened out of a well-thumbed Sears or Eatons catalogue that most households received.
All you wanted was a new red, white, and blue Montreal Canadiens sweater like your hero Rocket Richard, but stupid Monsieur Eaton sent you the horrible blue and white sweater of his beloved Toronto Maple Leafs.
Your mom didn't want to offend poor M. Eaton, so she made you wear that horrible sweater to the local hockey rink, where that jerk of a priest/ref kicked you out of the game because of your sweater.
Growing up in rural Canada during the war sucked.
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