Laura Secord use to be on the south east corner of King & Simcoe St. too. I spent my dimes there. Love this! I remember so much of old Oshawa. Morgans Self Book Exchange was my favourite haunt in the early 70’s. Simcoe South Comic Books galore!!😂
The Wool and Mill office building still exists. It's actually very beautiful, and has a lot of old charm. And the post office had a fire, I believe, in 1955, or 1956. That's why it was torn down, or never rebuilt. I love history! This was awesome! :)
This is so fascinating. I recently moved to downtown Oshawa and it's great to learn about the area. I also work in McLaughlin Hall :) It's not the entrance to the hospital - it's still free standing. The road that went through to Alma doesn't exist but there is a walking path that goes straight through.
One thing that is fascinating, but not talked about, are the many small stores and restaurants that surrounded GM. For example, there was a small grocery store, with a walk-in butcher/cold storage in the back,that occupied the NW corner of Adelaide and Division. Across from that was a small restaurant, as there were on many corners. Please look into these early entrepreneurs.
Laura Secord use to be on the south east corner of King & Simcoe St. too.
I spent my dimes there.
Love this!
I remember so much of old Oshawa. Morgans Self Book Exchange was my favourite haunt in the early 70’s.
Simcoe South
Comic Books galore!!😂
OMG I live in what used to be the North Oshawa GM Plant!
The Wool and Mill office building still exists. It's actually very beautiful, and has a lot of old charm. And the post office had a fire, I believe, in 1955, or 1956. That's why it was torn down, or never rebuilt.
I love history! This was awesome! :)
This is so fascinating. I recently moved to downtown Oshawa and it's great to learn about the area. I also work in McLaughlin Hall :) It's not the entrance to the hospital - it's still free standing. The road that went through to Alma doesn't exist but there is a walking path that goes straight through.
One thing that is fascinating, but not talked about, are the many small stores and restaurants that surrounded GM. For example, there was a small grocery store, with a walk-in butcher/cold storage in the back,that occupied the NW corner of Adelaide and Division. Across from that was a small restaurant, as there were on many corners. Please look into these early entrepreneurs.
We love this idea and will work on presenting more of these stories
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The most Influential builder in Oshawa was Sam Jackson.
1970s architecture was NOT good to the Oshawa downtown. Then again, the following 50 years hasn't been great either.