Rewind: Meadowvale West, 1988

Recently, the Region of Peel Archives added a small collection of slides, photographed around the Meadowvale West neighbourhood of Mississauga. These are the highlights of the collection.
Music: "Beth", by Vyen. Available for free download through KZbin Audio Library. / @peelartgallerymuseuma...

[@dannythedon82]

Meadowvale was where my Best Friend Dave Redditt lived from time he was born in 1985. This reminds me of him and makes me smile at all the times we had. He passed away from Colon Cancer last year in 2020 and I miss him so much. I know he would like this video. This is for you Dave❤🙏

[@8randomprettysecret8]

Meadowvale town centre was bigger back in the day and it used to have a Walmart. Thank you for sharing your experiences with Mississauga. Those were the days

[@purselady2]

WOOLWORTHS

[@pete25901]

It was called Woolco

[@8randomprettysecret8]

@@pete25901 yes! Those were the days

[@purselady2]

@@pete25901 RIGHT I FORGOT LOL

[@CPT_ERBZ420]

PETE!!! Long live Pete's Place and Fires in a pita with gravy

[@MWL4466]

Hell yea !!! Awesome giro's !!

[@purselady2]

YES I REM

[@Hollywoodzz646]

Pete’s place was the best. He was so nice. This just brought me back to being a kid going to the arcade at the mall and getting poutine at his restaurant. Good old days

[@bilalahmed2123]

Wish I had visited there

[@wendypeacock-frail]

Wow, this drug up a bit of nostalgia. Thanks

[@JP-ob2tp]

I wish that I could go back during this time and just walk the streets of Meadowvale. Thank you so much for this video, I love it!

[@sean367]

A once lovely little community

[@davidc7278]

at 0:06 I'm greeted by the sight of my childhood street and park only 2 years after I was born! very cool pictures to see🙂🙂

[@AChapstickOrange]

1:32 Hey, I know that guy, that's Keith, working at Sam the Record Man in the Town Centre. I used to hang around there after class in university. Still see Keith for a beer from time to time. :)

[@stevemino142]

The residential building boom in the mid to late 80s was a quite a time...most of these subdivisions in this video were new builds looks still new today great video love the rewind

[@brettwilson9626]

good old Pete's Place. He was always kind to the lunch kids.. great guy

[@dannythedon82]

Love this music it gives me goosebumps while it's showing the area back in the day all these years later. It's all so fitting.

[@dannythedon82]

Is there a name for the music?

[@PeelArtGalleryMuseumArchives]

Sorry for the delay, I missed the notification for this comment. It's "Beth", by Vyen, one of the artists commissioned by Google to create original, free-licensed music for KZbin Audio Library. It can be downloaded for free here: kzbin.info (I think the link should work, hopefully?) I believe this is the same Vyen: kzbin.infovideos

[@dannythedon82]

@@PeelArtGalleryMuseumArchives Thank You Very Much I Really Appreciate That. Keep up the Great content. I Love seeing and revisiting Mississauga back in the day.

[@1adawe]

These are slides that I took for an art project back in my last year of high school.

[@01dukester]

Thanks man . They wrecked our mall though !!! bastard's

[@PeelArtGalleryMuseumArchives]

Wow, fantastic! The slides were uncredited when we acquired them, and we would love to add your name to our files. Would you mind sending an email to [e-mail] ?

[@anotherhumanbeingblyat8935]

@@01dukester I think they turned a part of it into a Goodlife Fitness

[@paragoon1230]

Was so happy to grow up here but I have a feeling it will become the next jane and finch

[@debbislaven9654]

Wow I live near the Trelawny neighbourhood and my son's GF lives in Trelawny..noticing how non-existant the trees are compared to 2020, it's a forest around each home now.

[@01dukester]

Awesome Meadowvale Wrecking crew Forever!!

[@mrmikeio8821]

Home!

[@CMFKILFEATHER]

Awesome!

[@BCxFOREVER]

when me and my fam moved here in 2011 from streetsville i was nervous it was known as ghettovale in my highschool -___- it took me less than a week to realize they were all just talking smack because meadowvale is super safe and peaceful. it's home!

[@r.r.5611]

It's still known as Ghettovale there today. Guess it hasn't changed since then

[@jasongoodman8158]

@@r.r.5611 don't be so bitter ghetto warrior 🤣🤣

[@freakyflow]

Meadowvale in the early 80's was a incredible place to live for a kid They had the LAFF festival a huge 2 story mall with an arcade a food court to hang out till the ex cop come along and told you to go for a walk Even Lake Aquitaine had hundreds of bushes and flowers all around the lake On one end Wedding pictures were always taken..Apple blossom fake cherry blossoms that smelled awesome You had Teen dances A hut that rented paddle boats and ice creams And a band stand that is now a water spash thing ....And hrs of BMX riding trails ..Use to ride to Streetsville plaza Remy's BMX for cool parts ...Late night pool hopping out of 5 pools in the complexes Playing in the tunnels under lake aquitaine where that cage is ...Even use to swim in the lake ..When i left a Kid was murdered at a hotel party from one guy And the others helped him throw the body in the bushes outside...Super safe my ass I picked corn from the field and threw it on Winston Chruchill to hear cars run over it ...Farm land ! There was no real 10th line ..it was a dead end ...Thats how new lol

[@keithdawe5512]

Who is that goof making that silly face? Wait, that's me!! :P

[@hankscorpio7767]

The old town centre was so much better than the abomination thats there now. They really should've just left it alone.

[@purselady2]

WONDER WHERE PETE IS NOW

[@johnnyphesto1247]

The playground at the beginning, that’s right around miller’s grove, right?

[@PeelArtGalleryMuseumArchives]

Maybe? Unfortunately, the slides were not labelled by the creator.

[@davidhufnagel3363]

I am 99% sure it's the park just north of Miller's Grove, between Cantelon and Patrick Crescents

[@johnnyphesto1247]

@@davidhufnagel3363 YES! That’s the one I was thinking. Basically lived at that park as a kid.

[@hankscorpio7767]

I believe so, I'm pretty sure that the street your looking at is Cantelon Cres.

[@SoberCatMan]

Pete's Place had amazing poutine's.

[@purselady2]

IM WONDERING WHY THE PARKING IS FULL AT 930 AM NOT MUCH THERE) IM THINKING VISITORS APTS NEAR) ( 2024)

[@Anthro777]

What about GINO'S PIZZA?! lol Best gigantic slice of pizza ever

[@PeelArtGalleryMuseumArchives]

If you ever hear of anyone with pictures or a flyer, we'd love to see them! There's very little that survives of the original mall, unfortunately.

[@PeelArtGalleryMuseumArchives]

​@@ALuimes That's correct, Meadowvale West. There was originally supposed to be two mixed use subdivisions, Meadowvale North and Meadowvale West, but North ended up becoming an industrial area. We've uploaded the original plan document: archive.org/details/meadowvale-a-new-urban-lifestyle/page/n15/mode/2up As things started opening without "West" in their name (Meadowvale Theatre, Meadowvale Town Centre), the renaming of the village was likely a defensive mechanism by residents. It also helps underline the fact that they're the first Heritage Conservation District in Ontario, an underline to the intentional separation of the community by rerouting arterial roads past them.

[@theslaykng]

Looks the same as it does now

[@mofo13]

Holed up eh i...🙋...update....nnnn🧦🇨🇦na pokeame