Remembering the Merchants of Main Street, Windsor Remembering the Merchants and Memories of Main Street, Windsor Heritage NL
The Maple Leaf Café, like the Red Rose Café and the Globe Café (late the Globe Restaurant), was a small Chinese café which served meals, beer, and other […]
The King Edward Theatre was the first movie theatre in Windsor. It was built in the 1930s but destroyed in the fire of November 1944. This theatre was […]
Recorded audio interview with Corey Sharpe completed by Terra Barrett with the Heritage NL. Corey Sharpe: I used to go see George from time to time and he’d […]
Recorded audio interview with Mary Kelly completed by Terra Barrett with the Heritage NL. You went in the front door and the offices were upstairs and when you […]
Recorded audio interview with Yvonne Courtney completed by Terra Barrett with the Heritage NL. When I walked in, it was the most amazing place I had seen as […]
Recorded audio interview with Roy Oldford completed by Terra Barrett with the Heritage NL. Main Street was a centre for both towns because of the train. The railway […]
As many Windsor residents remember, toys were not easily accessed year round in the 1940s through 1960s. Instead stores would add toy departments or “toylands” to their shops […]
As Elizabeth Münch Power remembers all the little shops would have Christmas decorations displayed in their windows similar to those seen at Riff’s and P.F. Kearney’s.
The smell of the chip vans stands out in the memory of Yvonne Courtney, who can remember the scent wafting down Main Street. Corey Sharpe noted that his […]
This version of Stewart’s was built in the 1950s and was torn down in 2010 following the death of George Stewart in 2008.
Stewart’s grocery store was well known for their low prices. George Stewart worked on low margins and high volume and would frequently have boxcars of freight sitting on […]
As Roy Oldford recalls, “In the early ‘50s I remember as a young kid growing up not only did you go to buy your groceries there but you […]
