Old Calgary stuff you miss...(The Nostalgia thread)

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by Swift

http://ww2.glenbow.org/dbimages/arc1...2864-37725.jpg

Sam Osherow, manager of Jaffe's Book and Music Exchange, Calgary, Alberta. December 20, 1979

Wow that photo. I remember that guy, he and my Dad seemed to know each other. And I vividly remember digging through that comic book bin he is standing behind.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Fantastic stuff Swift!

[Reggie Dunlop]

More about Jaffe's Book Store

http://comicscomicsmag.com/?p=7074

[peter12]

Oh my god, this thread is making me miss Calgary so much.

[peter12]

Being in Vancouver, where the business community is quite small, I really miss the feeling of big corporate Calgary.

[tony-soprano]

Spoiler!

[dirk diggler]

still remember the square patties at Willys. miss that place. went to the one in Acadia a fair bit

[Jiri Hrdina]

I would commit crimes against humanity to have one more Willys burger

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

still remember the square patties at Willys. miss that place. went to the one in Acadia a fair bit

$0.25 1/4 pounders, first Monday of the month (IIRC) limit for 4, because there was no GST it was a good feed for $1.

I used to go to the same one at Acadia during high school (LBHS)

[dirk diggler]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

$0.25 1/4 pounders, first Monday of the month (IIRC) limit for 4, because there was no GST it was a good feed for $1.

I used to go to the same one at Acadia during high school (LBHS)

my grandparents lived on Fairmount Drive, so that was a popular place to go. remember the Wild Rose bakery, i believe it was called in the strip mall. that was fine

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

I would commit crimes against humanity to have one more Willys burger

Truth.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

my grandparents lived on Fairmount Drive, so that was a popular place to go. remember the Wild Rose bakery, i believe it was called in the strip mall. that was fine

I actually don’t

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

I would commit crimes against humanity to have one more Willys burger

Aw man, I'd go there for lunch all the time. I hear you.

[PaperBagger'14]

Id kill for some Dixons 5c wings, tiny little chicken scabs they were but damn if I wouldn't eat 40 of them in a sitting

[blankall]

Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14

Id kill for some Dixons 5c wings, tiny little chicken scabs they were but damn if I wouldn't eat 40 of them in a sitting

Maybe my tastes have changed, but wings aren't what they used to be. I don't like the bigger fattier wings and they always seem soggy. Dixon's definitely had the cheap wing game down, I'd down at least forty of those in a sitting.

[malcolmk14]

I remember having Willy's Supreme burgers at the location by Peter Lougheed. Anyone remember what was on those things? I'd love to try remaking them.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

I would commit crimes against humanity to have one more Willys burger

[looooob]

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

my grandparents lived on Fairmount Drive, so that was a popular place to go.

I'd stare longingly at it to and from each practice or game at Fairview arena, just hoping it would be my lucky day. it rarely was

[Reggie Dunlop]

I forgot Bearcat did Willy's commercials!

[Snuffleupagus]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

TIL that Google has done extensive newspaper archiving, and they have thousands of Calgary Herald issues from the 1880's to the 1980's

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=PLWDSxI5WzYC
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Hx6RvaqUy9IC

Fun going back reading the sports section and watching the Flames transform from suckage to a finalist