People used to go shopping, to movies, or to restaurants downtown on Friday evenings; they'd go shopping downtown on Saturday afternoons. I remember going downtown with my Auntie Mable (Morrissey) on Saturday afternoons, but memory has a life of its own so perhaps it was only one time or perhaps it was a few times. This was probably around 1960.
There are several memories from those times. One is shopping at the Woolworth's store located on the corner of McGill College Avenue and Ste. Catherine Street West. This building was demolished years ago and it is now the location of the Montreal Trust building which includes a shopping mall. I remember eating a turkey dinner at Woolworth's and having two chocolate milk shakes on one of those occasions. I think the lunch counter was in the basement but perhaps it was on the main floor; as we left the store I remember Auntie Mable buying lemon squares in a white box tied with string when we left to return home.
Because of these memories I have collected photographs of that Woolworth's location; the better to remember it.
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| Woolworth's is the white building, centre of photo; view of McGill College Avenue from Place Ville Marie |
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| Interior of Woolworth's, late 1940s; not sure if this photo is of the Woolworth's we visited |
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| Crowded Ste. Catherine Street in early 1960s, Woolworth's on right |
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| Woolworth's on right; these people are crossing McGill College Avenue and walking along Ste. Catherine Street, the main shopping area of Montreal |
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| The lunch counter at Woolworth's; again, not sure if this is in Montreal where the lunch counter was possibly located in the basement of the store |
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| Looking east on Ste. Catherine Street; Woolworth's on the left; late 1950s |
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