Woodwards and Eatons the dept. store thread

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by getbak

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.

The upside is the Sears or Eaton's catalogue probably provided you and most Canadian boys a first glimpse of a bra.

Cowperson

[North East Goon]

Originally Posted by Cowperson

The upside is the Sears or Eaton's catalogue probably provided you and most Canadian boys a first glimpse of a bra.

Cowperson

you could even catch a glimpse of some nipple on certain bra's.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Cowperson

The upside is the Sears or Eaton's catalogue probably provided you and most Canadian boys a first glimpse of a bra.

Cowperson

Now that you mention it...That reminds me of a story my mother tells.

When she was a girl (she actually did grow up during the war), she went to a Catholic boarding school - nuns for teachers and the whole thing. At that time, people used whatever paper they could find for toilet paper and the Sears and Eaton's catalogs were both good sources of paper. However, the nuns would get my mother and the other girls to go through them and rip out all of the pictures of ladies in their undergarments so that the boys didn't have any extra entertainment when they visited the water closet.

[Sample00]

Originally Posted by Hustle

Didn't the roof cave in at the store and that's why they set up shop outside (or closed the store altogether?).....seems like forever ago. Granted I was only 5 at that point so my memory might be failing me.

yes the roof caved in after a heavy rain. I was working there at the time.

and my recollection is that Walmart bought out FW Woolworth/Woolco.
I dont believe they went under.

[Jimmy Stang]

Originally Posted by Sample00

and my recollection is that Walmart bought out FW Woolworth/Woolco.
I dont believe they went under.

I think that's right about the buyout. The Deerfoot Mall location used to be Woolco also. That's Sport Chek or something now I believe because WalMart has their own building.