A Nostalgia Tour of Pointe Claire

[@Kingskidrlg]

You are so right! I grew up there 60's-70's too. It is still a wonderful place to live and raise a family. Thanks for the tour. It so nice to visit all the memories that these landmarks remind me of. Thanks for the memories.

[@deborahlinton9635]

The Pitts is where I fell off my boyfriend’s motorcycle when it lost power and I broke my arm. I also used to meet him in Terra Cotta (I lived by Stewart Hall and he lived by Lindsay Place) and we’d go to the Topaz! Memories...🥰

[@keithrysnik8476]

Pointe Claire will always be in my heart born and raised

[@dbraun7]

Fantastic! Grew up near the Mapes and at the rate things are going I will expire near the Mapes.... Loved seeing the sights!!!

[@ThatDarnRobbo1]

Glad you enjoyed the video Duke. Cheers.

[@vince5348]

Thanks, it's great to see all my old haunts in Pointe-Claire! You showed most of the places I enjoyed growing up. A special time and place.

[@whaler3232]

Used to go to the Valois bowling lanes, growing up there in the early 90's amazing that its still there. Used to go that barber shop that you say is closed down. The owner was a pretty old guy back then. Great video, really loved the tour.

[@AllysonJaneThomas]

To my friends from Pointe Claire, you will love this

[@technicaltrack5061]

Well done, I now live in Calgary now but I lived in the West Island from birth to 26yrs. I worked at the Edgewater(Transit) when I was 17 as a waiter, yes I was underage, I BS’ed about my age. The one thing (growing up in the West Island) I still can’t believe, I NEVER made it to The Mapes, not once, at least that I can remember, crazy shit but true. When I went out I spent my time downtown Montreal. I have been back to Montreal many times over the years but my last time (10yrs ago) I realized Montreal is no longer the safe, fun city of my youth. PLENTY O good times & memories….In my 26yrs there, I lived in Pte Claire, Kirkland & Beaconsfield…..70s & 80s were a great time for music too…Thank you for the trip down memory lane….ps use a camera gimbal….lol

[@ThatDarnRobbo1]

Low-tech point-and-shoot cannon was all that I had...

[@roballison0]

Great job ! so cool to see the ole stomping grounds as it is now. brought back so many memories of wandering around on hot ,humid, Montreal nights. Thanks for doing this.

[@garymcgregor5370]

grew up there and loved it, you hit almost all my old haunts except you went to Northview And I went to Lakeside heights, we grew up not far from each other, I lived on Dieppe thanks for the memories

[@ThatDarnRobbo1]

I went to Northview 'til grade 5, when they changed the line, then Lakeside Heights for 6 & 7. Cheers! thanks for watching.

[@internationalblues8379]

Enjoyed this very much

[@mrzed2349]

Fantastic family place to live. Raised my family here and still live here

[@filmic1]

Thanks! this is the second or third time I've watched it. Great stuff.

[@michaelleblanc7283]

'Spirit In The Sky' absolutely echoed through the Mapes during the winter-Spring of '69 . . . almost their theme song that season. Happy memories and lots of happy old ghosts.

[@rainere.plinge2520]

Here is Rainer E. Plinge. It is amazing to see what happened to my place. We gave it a last boost. When Arthur Dalfen and I left Karsten Stahmer obviously couldn´t handle it any more. Management wasn´t his cup of tea. Athur went to New York and I returned to Germany a couple of years later. I heard about the fire in the 90ies when a friend of mine came to see me in Paris. Stahmer must have been familiar with this type of accident burning down buildings. He had a similar incidence before when he lived in Halifax. He saw the end comming and moved to Philadelphia.

[@ThatDarnRobbo1]

Thanks for your input Rainer, there are so many details/stories about The Mapes. It truly is a legendary place. Prost!

[@Wingwang442]

Thanks for that trip down memory lane. Think I'll return there to retire.

[@VEGTheAgingHippie]

Wow! Today must be a day for nostalgia for me. Terra Cotta Park was an old brickyard and as kids in the 60's we called it the pits and invented mountain biking lol. I grew up in Valois. Bought 20 cent drafts at the Mayfair. So sad about Marilyn's,The Edgewater and especially the Mapes. Great psychedelic summer nights dancing and listening to bands. Haven't been home in years. Thanks for making this.

[@ThatDarnRobbo1]

***** Ahhh... the 20 cent draughts... try and tell that to the kids today and they won't believe you....

[@VEGTheAgingHippie]

Not to mention "nickle bags". or 5 cent Export Aquafuge rolling papers! Kids today.

[@laurawallace8153]

Was a teen there in the 70's! Loved it!

[@VEGTheAgingHippie]

@@laurawallace8153 Me too. I don't feel 63, but man those years go by fast. Good memories mostly : )

[@laurawallace8153]

@@VEGTheAgingHippie Hey! I'm 63 too! Did you go to St. Thomas? I lived on Vincennes, the short part.

[@JohnCornellier]

Pointe-Claire is still a great place to grow up!

[@catherinecole3978]

Thanks for this very enjoyable trip down 'Memory Lane'. I grew up in Pte. Claire in the Fifties. Left in the late Sixties, returned briefly in the early Seventies. And then left Quebec permanently after Bill 101!! Having no friends/family left there, I no longer have anyone to reminisce with about the good old days! Pte. Claire was a great place to grow up but somewhat boring for teens!

[@ThatDarnRobbo1]

By the time I was a teen (1969), we had a blast growing up there. It's still a beautiful town, but totally developed....

[@billshaver1767]

used to bycycle frome sainte rose around west isle of laval, croos cn rail bridge to montreal isle... then, western end of montreal isle... lakeshore rd... st anne, bai durfe, beaupaire, beaconsfield, pte claire... cross to t can, ride service rd to parkway garage and take bois franc/ h bourassa to rt 13, jog over to gouin , to laurentian, lachapelle bridge to laval, labelle blvd home...

[@vectorboy7]

The Dairy Queen on the north side of the 2-20 beside the Place for Steak? My friend and I would drive our bikes across the highway to the DQ for a Blizzard.

[@BluntTrauma621]

I was just reminiscing about "The Mapes.' Thanks for the video. When I drank there I could always remember the locals being up in arms about the loud cars, music and people. If memory serves, it was a suspicious fire, n'est ce pas? Didn't do much at the Pioneer.

[@ThatDarnRobbo1]

The Mapes video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZimiph_n5Jgnac

[@vectorboy7]

I remember being in the Maples one night, Downchild Blues Band was performing and the place was raided by the cops. Good times. Anyone remember Ted's Record and Hobbies? Hadley's Gift store? The Black Cat in the Village?

[@trevorgwelch7412]

vectorboy7 I met Don Walsh many times

[@58bobby]

Black Cat? Where you could get penny string licorice? Sure do! :-)

[@ThatDarnRobbo1]

I went to Ted's just the other day. There actually is a video about Ted's.: m.facebook.com/endangeredstories/videos/teds-records-hobbies/479071587143903/

[@paulmontpetit4370]

Thank s it was fun to watch

[@MikeyTero]

I really love these video's My dad has told me countless times about The Maple Inn and we had a drawing of it hanging in our entrance when I as growing up as it is where my parents met. I grew up in the 90's in Tudor Court (Should technically be Dorval and not Valois but oh well) and after leaving for a year in 2011 came back and still live here to this day. Even if one day I leave again this city will always be a part of me. Funny enough judging by previous comments you and my Dad would probably be about the same age. haha. He grew up in Valois. Thanks again for the videos. :D

[@alainmeunier5008]

I still remember the awesome burgers on toast, not buns, from Marilyn's Lounge, one of those beasts would fill you up good.

[@soulhealer20]

I love the musical soundtrack. My dad and step-mom live in PC now though I don't know it well.

[@keithrysnik8476]

the first few minutes show the neighborhood where i grew up!!

[@scotthelesic9855]

I went to John Rennie 1976-1978. We would buy beer and a big, fat sandwich at the Deli in PC Shops and drink/eat in the Pits. Used to see cops eating lunch and drinking quarts of Molsons in the Pits as well. Campfires in the woods near Cedar Park`s bleachers. Concerts at the Forum. Pink Floyd at le stade Olympic. Buy a dime of hash at the PC Hotel or the Mapes. Thanks for the memories.

[@laurawallace8153]

I lived in Valois and went to St. Thomas. Good times!~

[@bentdrum]

The Valois bowling lanes! I went there for b'day parties as a kid.

[@maryrosed8475]

Spent the summer of 1974 in Pointe Claire. Went a lot to the Maples and the Edgewater. Happy Days.

[@berniemorris2523]

Although in Dorval but just on the border was a Tabacco store on the lakeshore. It was attached to a home and had glass atrium. A large cigerette sign stood outside with the brand beginning with a C... Constellation , Contessa Contiental? Do you recall this store name?

[@ThatDarnRobbo1]

I don't remember that place (too far east for my little bicycle......), but I remember The Black Cat Store in Pointe Claire Village where you could buy firecrackers.....

[@robl1616]

worked at the edgewater downstairs at the marina, the new marina at the old shawns pub, the pioneer and annies

[@technicaltrack5061]

I worked at Le Transit upstairs 77-78 but I had “a few” beer downstairs….lol

[@robl1616]

@@technicaltrack5061 me i starting there in 85 i think

[@trevorgwelch7412]

How's Fairview Shopping Centre ?

[@seven7849]

2:28 Live on that street :) 2:39 LIVE ON THAT STREET 5:20 GO TO THAT SCHOOL 5:36 me and my friends go on top of the roof there 5:55 me and my friends get something at the dep there 7:00 me and my friends play manhunt there 10:42 me and my dad go there all the time

[@kevinjredmond1129]

Maples Inn, ah Oui

[@JohnDoe-ze8wy]

I was Northview 1974 and LPHS 74 - 76

[@witchersinc1953]

Anyone remember The Rope in the terracotta quarry, the police would cut it down, but we would put it back, till they cut down the tree, great memories.

[@ThatDarnRobbo1]

I have a couple of pictures of "The Rope". A classic!

[@witchersinc1953]

@@ThatDarnRobbo1 Nice tour of the area, you hit every watering hole, which i have been to at one tine or another, spent 3 and half years bartending at the Marina (edgewater hotel), god all the memories of thursday night dollar nights. Caught Brian greenway playing at Smoke Meat Pete's a few years back. John Rennie had Aprilwine at are winter festival, damn that was magical. Have a great day!

[@chukcanuk]

nicely done.

[@Dorvaldude415]

Hi, your tour of Pointe-Claire has given me an idea (I live in Dorval). Can you tell me how you animated the map with that circle that moved through Pointe-Claire?

[@e228204]

Thanks!!!

[@ThatDarnRobbo1]

Glad you liked it....

[@michaelleblanc7283]

Two very dodgy characters were frequent patrons of the Maples in '69-'71 era. 'Mousey K. Mousey' was tall thin early 20s guy who and always wore a cheap dress suit, unlike the rest of his Mapes hippie associates who had shuned the Lounge Lizard look of our older brothers. HIs permanent side-kick was a fellow called 'Eye-Balls' for reasons needless to go into, suffice to say you noticed them. One night while out in the parking with some friends, the Mapes was suddenly raided and 'entry/exits' controled. In the middle of the farcas, 'Mousey K. Mousey' showed up and asked what was happened. Finding out, he headed directly to the door, flashed his wallet and went in without a pause. The fellow must have had nerves of steel & was certainly full of initiative. Can't imagine was a cop. Pretty sure he was con-artist . . . but don't know what became of him. Anyone else recall those interesting characters ?

[@ThatDarnRobbo1]

HaHa! The Mouse. Barry . I'm not at liberty to divulge any more info than that. A friend's older brother knew Eyeball, if I recall you wanted him on YOUR side......

[@furryface1057]

like Pierrefonds comprhensive high school looks like a Penitentiary , no windows , a concrete Eye Sore , French

[@jonathandean1048]

I went to Northview Elementary from 75 to 84.

[@billshaver1767]

knew a smith family lived on empress ave... off hymus..

[@francispichette]

Watched the live coverage of OJ police chase at the hymus after a company softball game it was our company go to on fridays for beer.

[@pasturielle]

What streets surrounded the Pit?

[@ThatDarnRobbo1]

St. Louis to the north, Coolbreeze east, Donegani south, and Maywood west. In the 50's and 60's, this area was known as "The Coolbreeze Woods". The Terra Cotta Brick factory was located here, with a railroad spur crossing Donegani.

[@pasturielle]

Thank you. Friends referred to it as "The Woods." We used to go and smoke in there once in awhile. 1964/1965

[@justinebecker5402]

Pity you didn't get The Green Hornet Tavern in there!! :(

[@justinebecker5402]

But you were right there!! Just a block away. No matter..i'm sure it hasn't changed..i even bet that Huntley is still there and still pleasant as ever. lol

[@ThatDarnRobbo1]

Justine Becker You're right, I should have detoured east a bit. Maybe "the Bug" will be included in a future video; I want to do one tentatively titled "Watering Holes of the Past on the West Island". It's hard to find pictures from back in the day.....

[@plasteredandcastered6820]

Its a huge condo building now. All those homes have been torn down. The one across from Milroy is going up now also. All the Milroy homes have been sold and razed. The third tower is going to be on the other side of where the Bug was, towards Valois Bay Ave, allegedly. Pity.

[@plasteredandcastered6820]

Anyone remember the cinema 365 in Valois?

[@ThatDarnRobbo1]

I wonder how many people here know who The Plaster Casters were? lol

[@plasteredandcastered6820]

@@ThatDarnRobbo1 Not too many, only gen x'ers and baby boom gen I guess. Your comment on that is the first one too! Cheers

[@rhyland885]

You missed the Cartier Lounge with the topless waitresses...

[@Mftw767]

Pitiful it was torched.but the people who torched it have houses too.and houses burn