Love the flood pic. My great grandfather was the fire chief of Wpg at the time and we have film of the flood. I also enjoyed the roller rink pic--many good memories as a 13 year old, including the "snowball."
Great video! The picture at 9:18, though-that's not City Hall, but in fact the view up King Street looking west with its Notre Dame intersection in the photo centre. That's a church where there is now a paking lot, and has been for many decades. I think there's only a single building in this photo still standing today-the location is recognizable mainly by the layout of the streets! I believe you can see the church on Graham Avenue kitty-corner from CityPlace at the top left.
4:48 mark says it's 1958 ....but there's a 67 camero parked on the left side of the sreet. That truck looks like a Bekin's Moving & storage truck that has a new owner.
My Grandfather got off the train in Winnipeg in 1912 (?) and a fellow passenger advised him to go across the street from the station and buy a revolver at the pawn shop. Yes Winnipeg had a 'rep' back then (not unduly deserved). Great look back at the old hometown.
yes Winnipeg has always had a violent past and made another video about the Winnipeg Police and the influx of immigrants in 1905 was sort of chaotic in the city until 1913
Very nice. Too bad Winnipeg has been ruined where it concerns the demolitian of may nice buildings and replacing them by new and modern (and also with no fantasy) buildings. I lived (as a Dutchman in Winnipeg for almost 4 years ('60-'64) and miss the old Winnipeg. Love the city! Thanks for the video.
Great video, and as a man who's lived in Winnipeg for 70 years, I'd say things have gotten a lot worse over the last 15 years. There's a lot more homeless people, and beggars hanging around. You never real saw this in the 1960's thru to the 1990's. There's also a ton more drug addicts hanging around, and moral standards have gone way down. I hope things get better, but with a lot of immigrants coming into Canada, that will stretch out welfare budgets, I think things will get worse before they get better. Just about "everytime" I go grocery shopping, someone is always hitting me up for money. Didn't use to be that way. It's very unsettling when approaching a store, and seeing people sitting around outside, and you know you have to pass them by, and you know what's coming.
@@grantp4022 Then maybe instead of blaming immigrants and how uncomfortable it is going to the store, you could work to resolve social ills that have afflicted Manitoba's indigenous population since day 1. Better to actually solve it than complain about how bad things have gotten.
My Grandfather rescued a Toastmaster 1B14 2 slice toaster from the 1950 flood and it still works today. My toast this morning came from that very appliance. Best. Toaster. Ever.
Not Rothesay st 1959 because i can see a Chevy Camaro which did not come out until 1968 or 1969 lol but good job on everything else. You probably meant 1969.
actually and October 1929 millions of people were homeless. Due to the stock market crash the Great Depression started. Leaving over two million people in North America homeless. And over 90 million people around the world without a job. Places like Germany actually had children starving. And there were many homeless around the world even in Canada. Places like Toronto Winnipeg and Vancouver. All had homeless people at the time living in tents. Even in Winnipeg's first immigration influx in 1900 from 1905 over a thousand people lived in Portage Avenue in tents.. Due to there was no housing built or established in Winnipeg. 6th of December 1917 Halifax Nova Scotia Canada. One of the biggest explosions. Due to an accident happening in the port. two vessels collided together one of the vessels started on fire. Killing over 1700 people. And injuring another 9,000 people. Most of those people were injured and homeless. Some have to live in tents for 3 to 4 years. ...... but today we have a problem with homelessness. Throughout Canada. The reason why people live in tents. That there is no proper housing affordable for those individuals. Most of the homes and apartments have been bought up by the communist Chinese party. That raises prices a thousand percent. This happens in Toronto and in Edmonton and Vancouver and Calgary. Where an average home used to cost $300,000 in these places now it's over 1.3 million. Are the wages have not increased. And certain individuals do not have the skills to work. most people are homeless. And try to fight to stay alive. The government has cancelled all drug rehab programs. Throughout Canada where individuals can get clean and get a job and go back to work and live in an apartment. There's a problem there is no Apartments affordable for these people. The liberal government has cancelled over 29 million dollars in Canada alone. Over two hundred million dollars is needed for a proper rehab program throughout Canada.
@@bearlamb5026 I just love that you took the time to give me a good reply...I am as rogue writer...always filibustering people. I screen shotted your reply & kept in my photos...so I can read it again now and then
@@bearlamb5026 Plus brining in millions of immigrants is not helping we should stop all immigration to Canada and deport millions back to their homeland so they can make their own countries better and it will help repair the damage done by huge populations in Canada cities. This is the problem it tracks perfectly with the data yet no one speaks up about it why? Political correctness is destroying Canada as a kid in the 70s it was so much better but once the Trudeaus got power it has been going down hill ever since the only people gaining from mass immigration are the rich and powerful that is why it will continue until Canada will look like the countries most of these people came from . I predicted this 30 years ago and have been proven correct.
Thoroughly enjoyed watching. Wish we still had the old Woolco. That was my favorite store when I was a teenager (Kmart too).
Where would someone gather sooo many great photos 🎁💕💕💕
most come from online
Check out the Peel collection at the University of Alberta website
Thanks for the memories. Went a bit fast for me but I enjoyed.
Love the flood pic. My great grandfather was the fire chief of Wpg at the time and we have film of the flood. I also enjoyed the roller rink pic--many good memories as a 13 year old, including the "snowball."
Wish i could go back in time.
Were you even alive?
Me too to 1940's Winny
You just have, look at what's on the streets now :)
Great video! The picture at 9:18, though-that's not City Hall, but in fact the view up King Street looking west with its Notre Dame intersection in the photo centre. That's a church where there is now a paking lot, and has been for many decades. I think there's only a single building in this photo still standing today-the location is recognizable mainly by the layout of the streets! I believe you can see the church on Graham Avenue kitty-corner from CityPlace at the top left.
Nice pictures wasn't born yet
would love to see Winnipeg of the 1950's and 1960's
I have several videos on my channel that you can take a look at there are several pictures from 1950s and 1960s even going into the 1970s and '80s
Very Good Job
Really enjoyed it - thanks!
4:48 mark says it's 1958 ....but there's a 67 camero parked on the left side of the sreet. That truck looks like a Bekin's Moving & storage truck that has a new owner.
you're probably right some of the dates on the photos I received were wrong and some of them were posted online with the wrong date on them
Nice work
I like the old ads. Father's Love and Blessings Brother!
My Grandfather got off the train in Winnipeg in 1912 (?) and a fellow passenger advised him to go across the street from the station and buy a revolver at the pawn shop. Yes Winnipeg had a 'rep' back then (not unduly deserved). Great look back at the old hometown.
yes Winnipeg has always had a violent past and made another video about the Winnipeg Police and the influx of immigrants in 1905 was sort of chaotic in the city until 1913
Great video! Thanks.
Hahaha. I see the same potholes in the before and after!
Thanks !
what change lives we all had
Good olde Winter peg!
Thank you.
Very nice. Too bad Winnipeg has been ruined where it concerns the demolitian of may nice buildings and replacing them by new and modern (and also with no fantasy) buildings. I lived (as a Dutchman in Winnipeg for almost 4 years ('60-'64) and miss the old Winnipeg. Love the city!
Thanks for the video.
The Hudson Bay building was completed on Nov 18th 1926 so your picture of it dated 1921 is inaccurate
Great video, and as a man who's lived in Winnipeg for 70 years, I'd say things
have gotten a lot worse over the last 15 years. There's a lot more homeless
people, and beggars hanging around. You never real saw this in the 1960's
thru to the 1990's. There's also a ton more drug addicts hanging around, and
moral standards have gone way down. I hope things get better, but with a lot
of immigrants coming into Canada, that will stretch out welfare budgets, I think
things will get worse before they get better. Just about "everytime" I go grocery
shopping, someone is always hitting me up for money. Didn't use to be that way.
It's very unsettling when approaching a store, and seeing people sitting around
outside, and you know you have to pass them by, and you know what's coming.
@@grantp4022 Then maybe instead of blaming immigrants and how uncomfortable it is going to the store, you could work to resolve social ills that have afflicted Manitoba's indigenous population since day 1. Better to actually solve it than complain about how bad things have gotten.
"Harold can you get the phone" He's on his phone in the Canoe in the living room.
My Grandfather rescued a Toastmaster 1B14 2 slice toaster from the 1950 flood and it still works today. My toast this morning came from that very appliance. Best. Toaster. Ever.
Not Rothesay st 1959 because i can see a Chevy Camaro which did not come out until 1968 or 1969 lol but good job on everything else. You probably meant 1969.
67 was first year, now I'm going back to look!
Good eye, thats a time-travelling 67 Camaro.
@@johnnystafford1826 Yah 67 i forgot getting old lol.
are you from winnipeg?
yes I am from Winnipeg
@@bearlamb5026 yes, me too; however, i haven't lived there for many years now. i really enjoyed the video.
Which is after?
Should have Winnipeg before after the immigrants. Now that I would watch, oh wait a minute iam watching it and it’s a. Horror story.
You don't see homeless tents up at that time
actually and October 1929 millions of people were homeless. Due to the stock market crash the Great Depression started. Leaving over two million people in North America homeless. And over 90 million people around the world without a job. Places like Germany actually had children starving. And there were many homeless around the world even in Canada. Places like Toronto Winnipeg and Vancouver. All had homeless people at the time living in tents. Even in Winnipeg's first immigration influx in 1900 from 1905 over a thousand people lived in Portage Avenue in tents.. Due to there was no housing built or established in Winnipeg. 6th of December 1917 Halifax Nova Scotia Canada. One of the biggest explosions. Due to an accident happening in the port. two vessels collided together one of the vessels started on fire. Killing over 1700 people. And injuring another 9,000 people. Most of those people were injured and homeless. Some have to live in tents for 3 to 4 years. ...... but today we have a problem with homelessness. Throughout Canada. The reason why people live in tents. That there is no proper housing affordable for those individuals. Most of the homes and apartments have been bought up by the communist Chinese party. That raises prices a thousand percent. This happens in Toronto and in Edmonton and Vancouver and Calgary. Where an average home used to cost $300,000 in these places now it's over 1.3 million. Are the wages have not increased. And certain individuals do not have the skills to work. most people are homeless. And try to fight to stay alive. The government has cancelled all drug rehab programs. Throughout Canada where individuals can get clean and get a job and go back to work and live in an apartment. There's a problem there is no Apartments affordable for these people. The liberal government has cancelled over 29 million dollars in Canada alone. Over two hundred million dollars is needed for a proper rehab program throughout Canada.
Omgoodness THANK YOU SO THE REPLY AND INFO :)
...thanks SO MUCH...LOL I TYPOED
@@bearlamb5026 I just love that you took the time to give me a good reply...I am as rogue writer...always filibustering people.
I screen shotted your reply & kept in my photos...so I can read it again now and then
@@bearlamb5026 Plus brining in millions of immigrants is not helping we should stop all immigration to Canada and deport millions back to their homeland so they can make their own countries better and it will help repair the damage done by huge populations in Canada cities. This is the problem it tracks perfectly with the data yet no one speaks up about it why? Political correctness is destroying Canada as a kid in the 70s it was so much better but once the Trudeaus got power it has been going down hill ever since the only people gaining from mass immigration are the rich and powerful that is why it will continue until Canada will look like the countries most of these people came from . I predicted this 30 years ago and have been proven correct.