Toronto 1981 Live Free! Be Free ! When Canada Was Canada

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Mike Martins

Күн бұрын

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@Themheals 3 ай бұрын

Terry Fox is not a hero. Justin Trudeau is Canada's official hero.

@BradArmstrong-f1v 3 ай бұрын

Sarcasm right?

@Themheals 3 ай бұрын

@@BradArmstrong-f1v Fox didnt even finish his Marathon of hope. Loser. Justine Trudeau is saving the world from global warming. Winner.

@jamesverday7880 3 ай бұрын

They both did a lot of running. One ran across the country, the other ran the country into the ground.

@batphink2655 2 ай бұрын

Your sarcasm is not very respectful Terry Fox was a HUGE hero God Rest his kind soul!

@batphink2655 2 ай бұрын

@@BradArmstrong-f1v I hope so or we have one totally woke fool right here!

@nickt8637 5 ай бұрын

18 years old in 1981,I remember those days it was fantastic,know Canada is going down fast,can it be saved I hope 🤞 so,thanks for the video Mike.

@matthewellul1259 5 ай бұрын

not one tent on the sidewalk.. or rubbish blowing around. respect for community

@neyopa 5 ай бұрын

When Toronto wore the label 'Toronto the Good'. Thanks for the post. Love it.♥

@Redhackle 5 ай бұрын

It was a safe and great city back then. Good people.

@kingofthedots3835 5 ай бұрын

The good old days ......yes they were 😮

@dekelanson5280 2 ай бұрын

Boy do I miss the 80's.I was 15 in 81. What a simpler time. No smart phones, social media, tik-tok, Apps. Today the price of everything is through the roof, racial and political divisions are at an all time high. I never could have known how good things were.

@realmikemartins 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@kevinpatrick8788 4 ай бұрын

I was 16 in 1981 and was lucky to have seen Ozzy at Maple Leaf Gardens on the Blizzard of Oz tour . My brother and i lined up for hours outside Sam the Record Man to meet Ozzy and get his autograph . i still have my concert ticket that he signed . Great memories . i grew up in Mississauga and we hopped on the bus to Islington station and then hopped on the subway to Yonge st and then would walk along Yonge checking out all the cool head shops and the arcades . it was so much fun .

@realmikemartins 4 ай бұрын

wow !! thanks for sharing !

@atdotcom64 13 күн бұрын

Scarbot here. Tuned 17 in 81. Ozzy was great in 81 and 82. As kids we would go downtown by ourselves in the late 70s. Although we are pretty wary after the freaks killed the shoe shine boy Emmanuel Jacques on Yonge Street in 75 and City ended up shutting down all the sex shops …

@joannethomas6996 2 ай бұрын

I want my country back.

@platinumfactory 4 күн бұрын

The future is brown

@rexferalman4543 21 сағат бұрын

And those cars back

@Dan-nt2yb 10 сағат бұрын

No kidding.

@pugetsound1272 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Mike! This touches my heart so much. I turned 18 years old that year. Wonderful memories.

@Ellie.12866 5 ай бұрын

so many great memories.... TO in the 80s was the Best!

@wesshepherd 3 ай бұрын

I kept looking for myself in all those familiar street scenes. Aspiring to be "world class" has not made us a better city.

@lv2keepfit493 5 ай бұрын

Never to return... those days are gone forever.

@pantsumonster 4 ай бұрын

If you think things can’t be fixed fast you haven’t read history.

@marleyorange 27 күн бұрын

thanks justin

@TimHetherman 2 ай бұрын

Well done. Toronto the good. What happened? Was a clean, safe place. Almost no gun violence. Failed leadership all around. Thanks for the memories.

@JP-ud7xq 2 ай бұрын

What happened? It's called far left nut job liberals who line Socialism and Communism.😊

@tertur2957 2 ай бұрын

In 1981 Pierre Trudeau was PM, interest rates were 22% making homes unaffordable. Now 43 years later……. Somethings never change.

@marks6663 14 күн бұрын

for a couple years the interest rates peaked, but the prices were rock bottom. Today . . .

@kazumakiryu7851 5 ай бұрын

Wonderful Time !❤😢

@billywayne902 5 ай бұрын

Today is just a horror movie !

@richardjaatinen4423 5 ай бұрын

Good job Mike. That video was a trip

@realmikemartins 5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@brentpickering1917 26 күн бұрын

Thanks for posting the photos of the Toronto I remember as a kid.

@realmikemartins 26 күн бұрын

No worries 👍

@johnpatterson4272 4 ай бұрын

I remember the fantastic record and clothing stores along Yonge St. in '81. With affordable prices and stuff you couldn't find elsewhere in Ontario. The SUN, STAR and Globe and Mail newspaper boxes, and City-TV in its fledgling years was pro-Canada with great movies and shows. Whatever happened to the CNE 'roll-out' concert stage?

@realmikemartins 4 ай бұрын

As do I remember them good times ;0) thanks for sharing

@Dan-nt2yb 10 сағат бұрын

I’m 62 now and lived in Brampton up until 1990. I remember how great it was to head downtown with my pals and see $10 concerts and sit in the outfield at Blue Jay games with $2 tickets purchased at Loblaws. I’ve since moved away to Vancouver Island because it certainly ain’t the same. Thanks for the memories tho.👍🏾

@paulalan7300 5 ай бұрын

Turned 19 that year, in Windsor Ont. Nice to see you still around..

@montbob100 5 ай бұрын

love the music

@montbob100 4 ай бұрын

mike do u know who the artist is?

@oiygfdxssfgg 3 ай бұрын

The worlds biggest book store brings back memory. I love Toronto and remember it back in the 80's.

@parkerbohnn 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for including the pinball machines in the video. I was playing pinball 12 hours a day everyday in the 1980's.

@joebender3662 5 ай бұрын

Why dont you show a canadian tire store where you could freely buy a rifle like a hockey stick before they let the terrorists in.

@bobsmithers 5 ай бұрын

They bring their own now.

@Freeontheland2030 4 ай бұрын

Army surplus 3.03 British Enfield's all in a barrel $25 bucks each and ammo unlocked on the shelf beside it , never a friggin issue like you said, I remember it too.

@BradArmstrong-f1v 3 ай бұрын

And gun violence was very rare

@1decee 2 ай бұрын

I bought my first rifle at Simpson's on Queen St. They actually had a hunting and fishing department

@emw747 2 ай бұрын

Awesome video Mike, thank you so much. I was 18, just out of school, and ready to conquer the world. RUSH, BLACK SABBETH, IRON MAIDEN, OZZY, MOTORHEAD, VAN HALEN, ALICE COOPER, AC/DC, TRIUMPH, ANVIL and some more that I cant remember. Man, what I would give to go back.

@realmikemartins 2 ай бұрын

Check out my toronto 1978 video. Great memories

@Rob-oy2hr 5 ай бұрын

I miss those times, when life was fun everyday.

@chrisr7597 5 ай бұрын

When Vancouver was Vancouver too. Man i miss the 80's

@donmorfeo8901 5 ай бұрын

Awesome photos. Perhaps expand to 1982 for more as the city went nuts that year when Italy won the World Cup. Love to see those pics again.

@dougiep2769 5 ай бұрын

I remember taking the train there to go to motorcycles shows in the late 70's. My god I wouldn't even go now let alone send a kid on a train with a couple buddies

@wethepeople7629 5 ай бұрын

I was 5 in 1981. Great ole’ times!

@parkerbohnn 5 ай бұрын

Turned 43 that year.

@wethepeople7629 5 ай бұрын

@@parkerbohnn Amazing! Are you from Canada? If so how were things back then compared to now?

@parkerbohnn 5 ай бұрын

@@wethepeople7629 Back then people had nothing but free time on their hands. You could get a good paying job the same day you applied. Women didn't work until the mid 1970's women didn't drive cars until the mid 1970's. Companies and workers worked together to reach a common goal unlike today where workers are exploited. Many companies had profit sharing. There were very few rich people but no poor people. People were much more competitive back then as working harder usually landed you a better job or a big pay raise. People were much more friendly back then in the major cities in Canada. Yes I'm from Canada and was born in Canada as was my parents and grand parents.

@hittingstacks-orientalpers7239 5 ай бұрын

Please bring back Mike in the Night.

@canadagirl1973 4 ай бұрын

Lotsa handsome Canadian guys back then!

@dixonpinfold2582 2 ай бұрын

And women. Good looks have collapsed.

@redsed1565 5 ай бұрын

Glad ur back bradda ❤

@brianclement9240 3 ай бұрын

Thanks..for bringing back memories. Great times..

@realmikemartins 3 ай бұрын

You bet

@Trompunitalphapropan 3 ай бұрын

Interest rates on a mortgage was 18%. And gasoline had doubled from 1978 to 1981.

@waynemclaughlin96 18 күн бұрын

If you have any old pictures of Regent Park, I would greatly appreciate them ? I lived in Regent Park from 1968 - 1978. Thank you ! 😊

@SandiKlein 5 ай бұрын

Love that! Thanks Mike❤

@briancee4603 5 ай бұрын

Would have been a great place to visit. Now Snake Plisken wont go there.

@marcosreal11 5 ай бұрын

This is brilliant! We need to remember how things used to be.

@davidwright9166 4 ай бұрын

Honeymooned there in February of 76 (I know😊). Stayed at the Westbury hotel next to Maple leaf gardens. Hate myself for not going to a game. Very nice city then. Returned in 2000 to see Phantom of the opera at Pantages theater and visit hockey hall of fame. Now it would be to disturbing to go back and see the changes.

@realmikemartins 4 ай бұрын

thanks for sharing David !

@richystar2001 Ай бұрын

Toronto was White and English speaking. You could walk most places in total safety. Today Toronto is what Singapore is today. Unrecognizable as Canadian.

@abbush2921 3 ай бұрын

Now its full of people we didn't want or need .

@realmikemartins 3 ай бұрын

European expansion built it all . But then we're shown the door

@leoventresca7867 3 ай бұрын

Times change but unfortunately for Toronto, not for the better!

@realmikemartins 3 ай бұрын

so sad , but so true

@Chadministrator93 3 ай бұрын

Demographics= destiny

@caroldenino9092 Ай бұрын

A Remember When! Best times!

@et9625 17 сағат бұрын

Brutal seeing the comparison 😢

@lilia9228 8 күн бұрын

That's the Toronto I became a teenager. Hated it then, hate it even more today.

@johnziegelbauer4999 2 ай бұрын

I went to that Kraftwerk concert , awesome...

@fra365 Ай бұрын

I was 14, and wish I could go back. The Toronto I knew and grew up in is gone forever. Now it's just one big mess.

@realmikemartins Ай бұрын

I miss young st.

@cassiebennet4262 4 ай бұрын

Oh you're from Canada. That explains so much.

@ugoturco8423 3 ай бұрын

Was 20, a clean city, could pop in and out quick, a lot of healthy good looking people. There was room to grow and explore.

@realmikemartins 3 ай бұрын

Yea that was the golden years .

@NEMISES1701 3 ай бұрын

Ahh. No bike lanes. 😊

@jamesqualls8125 3 ай бұрын

How can you forget The McKenzie Brothers as well as various music acts from 80 and 81? The movie based on Terrry Fox who passed away years later from cancer became a successful hit.

@realmikemartins 2 ай бұрын

Licensing issues on images

@paulblack934 3 ай бұрын

You got the Maple Leafs and the Blue Jays but you didn't get the Argos

@realmikemartins 3 ай бұрын

o man im so sorry . john Candy was a part owner

@rushdiehard8784 5 ай бұрын

when Canada was Canada is right.......now Canada is India part 2

@platec4798 Ай бұрын

I don't see tent cities, protestors with foreign flags, robberies, gangs shooting in public, stolen cars... what went wrong? I saw an old lady at a bus stop the other day holding a sign saying "I miss my old Canada!" Something to think about when you vote in the next election.

@realmikemartins Ай бұрын

I used to live on Duffrin and St Clair

@johnh23z 5 ай бұрын

Born there in 55 .. Left for BC in 81

@ivobiancucci4528 3 ай бұрын

No cell phones or homeless people and best of all no immigrants ❤️❤️❤️

@Ontariosound 4 ай бұрын

Toronto Mayors Rowlands then Hall began the political downfall of our once fair city…

@redsed1565 5 ай бұрын

Randy Rhoads What a Legend!

@elterrifico9522 5 ай бұрын

Canada was the greatest country on earth. Until Trudeau ruined it

@trip2thetop814 5 ай бұрын

Gotta give credit to the conservatives they helped. All sell out politicians really. All the politicians in these countries like Canada, NZ, AUS, USA, UK are all just a bunch of ...say what you want but NWO GLOBALIST WEF puppets. whats the point of making life horrible for the average person? I really dont get the motive of these "bankers" or whoever they are...

@marcosreal11 5 ай бұрын

It was already headed in that direction.

@BradArmstrong-f1v 3 ай бұрын

@@marcosreal11 How so, please elaborate

@marcosreal11 3 ай бұрын

@@BradArmstrong-f1v Too much debt, high prices especially in housing, elitism, etc.

@deangreen9827 3 ай бұрын

Profound description Marco, from a current resident of "the Big Smoke"

@jbninjah1776 3 ай бұрын

CFNY baby!

@shmujew4791 3 ай бұрын

Thats the only toronto I knew ,,,,,we have been massively screwed by our so called "betters"

@AndreInThe416 3 ай бұрын

There was plenty of parking back then, very cheap $2-$3, even free in some spots.

@realmikemartins 3 ай бұрын

O yes the silver years

@marks6663 14 күн бұрын

CFNY 102.1 the Spirit of Radio

@realmikemartins 14 күн бұрын

O wow that brings back memories

@keithm7087 3 ай бұрын

Go downtown TO now and you think you're in a different country.

@batphink2655 2 ай бұрын

I came over from Liverpool in /78 and liked it here for 10 years except working with many trash people. The country itself was spotless, open, inviting and I had lots of acquaintances. I'm still here and have NO friends left at all. And now it does suck let's be honest! No offence but that is some serious dissonance going on there and sounds a bit like 2 songs playing at once, Sincerely an ex pro player and current producer.

@BradArmstrong-f1v 3 ай бұрын

Oh.... The good old days before sparkly socks

@trip2thetop814 5 ай бұрын

I love Toronto but my friend Bruce (rip) said it was kinda boring in the 80s. When you couldn't stand up and walk around inside bars etc. Not much happening north of Bloor, east of Yonge, or west of Ronce. I didnt get there until the mid 2000's but DAMN that was a really good era for me. You could still get a veggie dog for 50 cents? or $1? Unreal to think about now. Anyway, whatever. Cheers boyz.