Montreal Road

[@craigx1433]

Wow...fantastic...I WORK ON MONTREAL RD NOW AND REALLY ENJOYED THIS...Thank you

[@Pengwie005]

Lived on Lavergne Street in Eastview... before moving to Claude Street (behind Rideau HS) in 1960. My dad worked part-time at the Eastview Hotel as a bartender for 15+ years. My mom presently resides at the long-term-care centre behind the Montfort Hospital My first job at age 15 was at the Steinbergs @ Montreal Road/Centre Street. My sister and many female cousins attended the Notre Dame convent. Many, many relatives lived in Eastview... (Houles, Lafortunes, Bourgons)... some still do. Many Sunday masses, weddings and unfortunately funerals at Notre Dame church I remember ALL the old landmarks. Beautiful trip down memory lane... one I physically walked many times. Too bad Belisle Automobile or the Eastview Community Centre weren't in the video. Merci Jean pour les belles memoires. Robert Dupuis

[@belter019999]

+Pengwie005 Bienvenu Robert.

[@vlpbeljf]

Quelle balade spéciale Jean Ouellette, elle m'a permise de voir une photo de mon oncle Lionel Gladu, aussi mon parrain....quel plaisir cette balade & la musique appropriée de ces années......Bravo pour tout ce que vous faites pour nous, le Groupe d'Eastview, beaux souvenirs!

[@belter019999]

+Georgette Clavet Merci beaucoup et c'est mon plaisir Georgette.

[@canadianfloormasters]

My home was at the corner of 277 Granville and Montreal rd across the Lafontaine hotel.Wow what a trip I so remember those times.

[@twfh]

Thanks for this , I grew up right next door in Overbrook back in the day.

[@deathrattle1000]

So cool!!! Interesting to see the beer store at North River Rd has been there for like 70 years!!!

[@diecastsixtytwo2751]

I was a kid living in Eastview/Vanier when that photo was taken. The my mom worked at that Woolworth's store and the construction behind the mall are the white govt. buildings at McArthur & River Rd. North. I remember when they were being built as I walked to school past them every day.

[@brentsarazin7448]

Thank you for the stroll down memory lane. These were my old stomping grounds in the late 60's and 70's...:)

[@HockeyPlayoffRun]

Merci J'ai demerais sur St Denis durant ces annee

[@lenavig]

Quels beaux souvenirs. Mes parents vivaient sur St-Laurent près du chemin Montréal. A 15 ans je lavais de la vaisselle à Montfort. Quelle belle église Notre-Dame de Lourdes, emportée par les flammes.

[@margaretmcnarry4298]

Thank you so much! I lived in the apartments at Montreal & Mona, next to the Lafontaine for several years in the late 1970s, and recall talking this stroll many times during a bus strike in the late 70s. I worked downtown at DND HQ! I also recall many trips with the family along Montreal Road in the 50s and 60s. You brought back so many memories -once again, thank you!

[@belter019999]

+Margaret McNarry Merci beaucoup Margaret, I’m glad you enjoyed it and I’m happy it stirred good memories foryou.

[@silvialogan9226]

Montreal Road certainly had changed a lot since then. It looked so much better then than now.

[@canman5060]

So much better in those days without the FLQ crisis and separatist movement.

[@chinchin2121]

C'est fou. J'ai passer ma vie à vanier et ya des endroit où je ne reconaissaient même pas. Voir le cimetière sur une route aussi tranquille ma vraiment surprit.

[@mimithe.5836]

Un très gros merci pour ce joli vidéo. J'ai vécu à Eastview/Vanier toute mon enfance, alors ces lieux, je m'en souviens. Je partagerai avec mon père qui est en résidence et qui a vécu à Eastivew/Vanier pendant une quarantaine d'années.

[@belter019999]

+Mimi Thé. Tu es plus que bienvenue.

[@bradcurrie6706]

Have lived in Ottawa since 1984 Lived mostly in the east end Laval St in Vanier Love that part of Ottawa People speak like it's a poor and shitty place but it's actually a vibrant community

[@jencanadian1971]

What a wonderful video! Thank you for making this.

[@belter019999]

+Jennifer Stannard You're quite welcome Jennifer, my pleasure.

[@mygailmarie]

Merci M. Ouellette d'avoir fait ce vidéo. I am forwarding this to my mother. She is a Landriault and I'm pretty sure that at least one Landriault shop shown in your video belonged to my grandfather's brother. I, myself, was born at the Montfort, as were my other sisters. Not sure if all three of us were born there. At one time, we lived on Borthwick Avenue but moved (thank God) to a better neighbourhood in Aylmer QC in the 1960s. Borthwick wasn't all bad, though. It is there that all of us girls had very caring babysitters while my parents worked. The place we lived in is now a completely renovated semi and the selling price reflected the many upgrades. My mother was raised in Lower Town and much later, her parents and the rest of her sibblings moved to Mutual St. Like many franco-Ontarions, many family members are buried at Notre-Dame de Lourdes Cemetery. I cannot count the number of stories my mother and her family have shared with us. Even though, my mother grew up in Lower Town, everyone used to hang out in Eastview. I recognize many, many of the stores, restaurants, the movie theatre, and even taverns in your video on the Montréal Rd. strip. I loved the music you chose to accompany your mini film. Thank you again. I am sending this not only to my mother and her boyfriend, but also to an aunt or two, my sisters, a good friend of mine and everyone else I know who grew up near or around Vanier. My mother lives in Vanier now and has been there for too many years for me to remember how many. Vanier has certainly changed. Some good things, some not so good. My mother calls all the noise on Montréal Rd. the Vanier Symphony. This is referring, of course, to all the sirens, car chases, loud drunken idiots, etc. It is so unfortunate that the past charm of Vanier-- and of other modest, working class, family-oriented neighbourhoods could not be sheltered from the consequences of so-called "progress". I am, however, very grateful that my mother lives in a nice place and it is centrally located. I can't wait to hear my mother's reaction to your video.

[@belter019999]

+Gail Logan Merci beaucoup Gail for sharing your story.

[@stretchedbag1963]

Thanks for posting, it was very enjoyable to see Montréal Rd. as it was back in the 50’s and 60’s. I lived on Rainsford Ave during the 1960’s and recall vividly the small town atmosphere of Eastview as I walked or took the local OTC bus for 10 cents fare. Merci!

[@eyesco3681]

C'est impressionnant de voir les enseignes de l'époque en anglais à Montréal.

[@yvetteduquette3072]

Qu'elle beau souvenir je suis de Eastview mes parents avait le restaurent Régal en face de l'hôtel Eastview barbier Houle et Grocerie Durocher nous étions dans le même Block de 1937 à 1945 merci très apprécié

[@belter019999]

+Yvette Duquette Tu es bienvenue Yvette. Je suis bien heureux de remémorer de bons souvenirs pour toi.

[@guytremblay1647]

i was born at the hospital Monfort in 1960

[@trainrover]

Ontarian authorities letting big biz morph 'their' jurisdiction into vanilla Corporateria :pfft:

[@denisrozon8588]

hey Jean , my sisters worked for Beamish and i was a packboy at Steinbergs

[@janejames9173]

I love this channel.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏👏👏

[@roncyr2913]

Tellement de souvenirs!! Mon pere a travailler 45 ans a faire et installer des monuments au cimetiere Notre Dame, mois 9 ans, j'ai travailler 5 ans chez Steinbergs , WOW!!

[@lmarchand8526]

Eille! Steinberg's !! Ça nous rajeunit pas LOL

[@francisj.barrett7859]

Enjoyed looking back to the old days

[@belter019999]

+Francis J. “Frank” Barrett I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@michaelb6584]

Hi Mr. Ouellette. Can you tell me anything about the photo of the police officer standing in front of the Lafontaine Hotel?

[@belter019999]

+Michael B No, but I'll ask around to find out if someone does.

[@michaelb6584]

+Jean Ouellette Please do. It looks like it might have been my dad! Merci bien, M. Ouellette.

[@tower7]

Brings back so many memories of spending time on Montreal Road. Thank you so much for this and all you do in helping to bring back the good old days of Eastview. :)

[@belter019999]

+Paul Latour You're quite welcome Paul.

[@krbourne]

Hi Jean. Are these your pictures? I'm thinking about doing a video project about Vanier and I'm looking for some old pictures.

[@daveyboy_]

What fuckin city is this

[@jimlelacott6259]

OTTAWA..East End