CityPulse at the C.N.E (August, 1983)

Jeff Ansell visits the Canadian National Exhibition in August 1983

[@junkboxxxxxx]

Back then you could get an apartment downtown for $320/mth, beer was $1.25 and there was live music bands in every bar, in addition to the venues.

[@FS02012]

What i rented a place for $85/month. 1 bedroom studio in a house.

I went back the next day and 'yes' I did get stinkin drunk again and really messed up on crack and 'yes' I got arrested again.....I truly was having a string of bad luck in those days.

[@mellowandjello]

I was born way after this, watching videos of old Toronto and old Canada is like watching a completely different era and even a different country, even though it's only less than 40 years ago. Somewhere between then and now Toronto lost its charm, soul and general enjoyment

[@garyharris2812]

It's because of mass immigration

[@kenlompart9905]

@@garyharris2812 They tell me it makes us stronger, I see no evidence of that.

[@KITTYGALOREXXX]

The LIBERALS- LIBRARDS DESTROYED CANADA.🗣️📢😑🔫👮🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳👮

[@tarasyonka6462]

Somewhere between then and now Toronto lost its charm...YEAHHH, THANKS TO FORD NATION?!

[@salobrena6442]

Toronto was fantastic in the 60's and 70's I was born in 60' so growing up then was amazing. Not without it's troubles, but a much nicer world.

[@phynessea247]

The golden era of life in Toronto.

[@ezzz42]

Could not agree more

[@ajs41]

The golden era of life everywhere.

[@alextyy]

@@ajs41 You sure? At that time parts of New York was like war zones.

[@ajs41]

@@alextyy I'm English. But I know that although New York City was dangerous at that time, it was also more interesting from an artistic point of view.

[@flamingocupproductions5329]

@@ajs41 both good points. i guess back then people felt it was worth it to risk getting stabbed.

[@johnpatterson4272]

A better time in Toronto/CNE history. When the 'big fair' still meant something and it had a relevant Canadian significance. You planned your summer around the CNE, with the concerts (bandshell and stadium), the amusement ride innovations, the Food Building new offerings and all of the new gadgets and products at the 'Better Living Building'. I remember August '83, well.

[@christopherwelch136]

Lol! There was never a good time mate. 😜

[@MatrixDiscovery]

Back then I noticed there weren't alot of people. Now in 2021, it takes 40 mins just to drive anywhere.

[@tarasyonka6462]

Died: Feb 23, 2021 - Remembering Jeff Ansell R.I.P. Jeff - Citytv goofball reporter turned serious anchorman in the 1980s, who became a media consultant and trainer.

[@izzydeadyet7336]

Takes me right back.. I was in my mums stomache till November!

[@ClintScottFischer]

I wish these days could come back again. Toronto has lost its special and uniqueness. It's sad

[@79tazman]

This was back when kids had morals and respect for their elders and respect for one another.

[@TheIronDuke9]

Enjoy those rose coloured glasses

[@MichaelGarbutt-r8]

There's so much room out there

[@junkboxxxxxx]

1:27 the Scout oushing the old lady in the wheelchair has the Religion in Life badge in the alpha omega designation for Christianity

[@ericisave]

The best part of the CNE for a lot of folks back then was the food building and its freebies and the added attraction of Ontario Place (when it was fun and relevant).

[@lukewarmwater5320]

I was at the ex with my buddy John in '84 and it was fuckin' awesome...Toronto is shitty now, I get that obviously things change as time and technology advance but that doesn't always mean for the better, I remember when you could walk down Yonge street in the 80s and smell the food, people were more connected and more tribal if that makes any sense, there were specific cliques and styles and attitudes...now Yonge street is sanitized and all that remains of a once vibrant bustling street culture are just gelatinous globs of redundant protoplasm shuffling lifelessly down the street like apathetic slugs with phones attached to them...

[@jakesoros2376]

An excellent summary of the current drudge that is life in modern Canada. I'll make sure to remember that.

[@MariaLuna-ri3cv]

😢

[@ericisave]

I remember when people said the start of the CNE was the unofficial end of summer in Toronto. And when it usually rains.

[@NoName-vx6up]

I thought this was Pleasant Ville? Simpler and fun times.

[@Parkwaymania]

When the CNE was good.

[@79tazman]

That's when Toronto was good now it's nothing like it use to be at all

[@OutOnTheTiles]

Ya it was great back then. Garbage now even though I still go. COVID fucked it over this year.

[@daviddaponte9601]

O was 8 years old.. I love the 80s

[@miel1074]

Me too! I absolutely loved the 1980’s!!

[@TanyaKatherine]

Crazy hearing them talk about Claude Watson since I grew up in the area and went to Earl Haig although I wasn't in Claude.

[@79tazman]

Use to go to the CNE every year back in the 80's and early 90's till 93 and went back a few times but not much now days since the whole city is not what it use to be so I try to stay far from it if I can

[@kevinblack16]

Why? Because all the people attending don't look like you?

[@kenlompart9905]

Same.

[@kenlompart9905]

@@kevinblack16 Because it's full of morons like you.

[@kevinblack16]

@@kenlompart9905 good one. A+ rebuttal.

[@Canada_Dominium]

@@kevinblack16 Toronto isn't as great as you think it is

[@OLDSKOOLSNIP3R]

❤❤❤

[@howlingmaddmurdock]

fast forward to 2017 and the boys scouts are now the boy/girl scouts.

[@bobbyjames4300]

Alphabet scouts...

[@D33Lux]

Non-binary scouts

[@TrainmasterCurt]

Some cute 80’s chicks 🐥 at 0:24 😻, is it me or did girls look cuter than today?

[@terminator1562]

they were definitely cuter back then.

[@TheCountziggenpuss]

Dude, they're like 14. 🤨

[@renegade595]

​@TheCountziggenpuss they are blatantly in their 20s. This is what por nagraphy and constant tik tok does to your brain. You are so use to seeing underage girls on your phone screen that you see women in the past as teenagers seek help.

[@bobbyjames4300]

Now it’s ghetto vile..

[@yomamma4823]

They took this from you.

[@jimmyi3191]

Rest in peace.. jeff..

[@BrianLatimersPage]

Somewhere in the dark depths of the "progressive" 90's we lost our way.

[@Canada_Dominium]

1995

[@TanyaKatherine]

Do you have footage of the Simply Red concert at the Canadian National Exhibition Stadium on August 13 1986?

[@BmanTheChamp]

Man, how far the Ex has come...

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

Was the name of the store they sold those City TV Toronto! T shirts at called Thrifty's?

[@paullaa8329]

Stitches

[@kenlompart9905]

I remember Thrifty's, it was the place to go if you were looking for jeans.

[@sianiswack633]

God. Remember how we tried to hold it together with bogus 50s tv personality, simultaneously trying to be 80s smirk 😏, like Bruce Willis in Moonlighting

[@galaxiedance3135]

SO WEIRD !! Actually being able to understand what everyone is saying! The good ol days in Canada!

[@matteovitacco3735]

It’s back 2024

[@JJJ-xl8io]

Better living building had something new each year to help better living

[@extremosaur]

White People are great, amazing, beautiful, and together.

[@ChrisJones-ij3xp]

The clickbait did not disappoint

[@MOJO-xi3wf]

Ahh yes. 1983. The year I got married and the year I stopped going to the EX. LOL

[@salobrena6442]

great ad for going on the rides..lol catch their foot, tear them, cut them, break bones..LOL oh the good old days lol

[@areolaman]

1:40 break bones? I don't want to go on those rides.

[@NicholasMoreau]

Oh my goodness: at 1:48, that's got to be Neil Crone, the comedian and actor from things like Power Play and Little Mosque on the Prairie.

I was there that day - drunk - stinkin drunk and smoking crack and acting really 'really' bizarre and freaky until I was arrested.

[@VBaskin2010]

I Wonder do everybody called "The Ex" or just simply put it as "The X"?!

[@purselady2]

EXHIBITION) TORONO NATIONAL EXHIBITION)

[@junkboxxxxxx]

Times change. In 1819 there were a lot of people talking about how there are no Iroquois left in Teiaiagon.

[@mfloyd1556]

Go back to where you came from.

[@junkboxxxxxx]

@@mfloyd1556 Scotland won't take us back anymore -- says we're Canadians now, not British.

[@CD-yr8tw]

This Toronto is long since dead and gone...

[@princessdiana50]

Toronto before the indians came flooding in

[@itsadrianlee]

I see wat u did here (with the thumbnail...)

[@Estate1997Italia]

Such a beautiful time with no diversity

[@FS02012]

Oh there was diversity but the right amount and the right kind. People all over wanted to fit in. They knew canadian culture first. Diversity is Canadas down fall but during that time everyone was given a Bible upon citizenship oath they didn't have to practice it but they just quietly accepted it. No one had a problem with canadian culture back then. Now we remove everything, change names etc

[@miel1074]

As a non Canadian, I just want to know what happened to your accent in this clip? Everyone sounds American!

[@MariaLuna-ri3cv]

Closer to NY for an accent I suppose. As long as you don't use "eh" frequently.

[@AozoraUltra2006]

The past is cool, but stop glorifying it. Our present will be our past. If you want Toronto to be great, I think recently it is greater than ever as a global cultural powerhouse.

[@A.I-GAMING]

People were not being shot every day back then.

[@theLowestPointInMyLife]

street shitting powerhouse

[@IDontWantThisStupidHandle]

Back when Canada was actually Canadian.

[@purselady2]

AND COULD UNDEWRSTAND ENGLISH AND HIRE US CANADIANS! THEN)

[@ricka4192]

LOL yeah you may be write. I miss those days as well.

[@ilovebeingtheultimatebrony6685]

lol and this was posted on my birthday XD

[@ilovebeingtheultimatebrony6685]

a month before i was born