Thanks for the memories!! I remember Polo Park with the fountain where people would throw pennies and make a wish! Also, the Ice Capades!! Wonderful memories of growing up in Winnipeg in the 1960s!
If one didn't know where this was filmed you probably would have guessed it occurred in the Northeastern United States. Dad and the kids shoveling snow, Mom goes to the mall in her '61 T-Bird and shops at S.S. Kresge's (the Detroit-founded parent firm of K-Mart). Just goes to show you than Canadians are just like us.
I live in Winnipeg, and one thing I will never understand. In the 'suburbs' an the 50's and 60's, they built a million 3 bedroom bungalows, all on 100 foot deep lots, and put the garages at the VERY back of the lot. In other words...you had to shovel 80 feet of driveway just to reach your garage. They don't build that stupidly these days, but there is a whole legacy of these homes today. At least people can buy snowblowers or hire snow service, but my god, what a waste of space and effort.
So nice to see these images, it reminds me of a simpler time. I was 8-10 years old about the time that this 35 mm film was taken. High tech in the day. LOL
I grew up in Winnipeg in the sixties left in 1973 when I was 23 it holds a lot of my fondest memories thanks ,remember polo park and the wishing well :)
While this rocks, and kudos to you for giving us the wholesome 8mm projector sound, you should look into transferring it to digital. I know that wasn't a smooth transition for the longest time - but these days (so it seems) Costco among others will do it and actually *scan* the film... anyway, this is archiveable all right
Hi there! I am making a film and this footage is perfect for it! I see your license says reuse allowed but I wanted to let you know that I would like to use some of this in my film.
From 1955-61 they had the Winnipeg Warriors of the Western Pro Hockey League, a Toronto Maple Leafs farm club. The '55-'56 Warriors won the WPHL championship. Fourteen members of this team would go on to play for the Leafs' top affiliate, the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League. I saw many of them play with the Amerks. Great hockey!
Before end times and European population replacement. Winnipeg has been turned into a shithole now and hell for people who were alive then as cucked Canadians and traitor politicians wipe out our culture .It is now a overpopulated third world infested dump.
That's the very best you're going to go with ? Why don't you just say you're a racist ya big fawking chicken ? Half of Winnipeg is Why here's some fact 1941 the Charles Street Store located on Charles Street and Selkirk Flew the Nazi Flag in there front window How's that not racist oh yes this is Winnipeg the most racist city in all of Canada ? I forgot yet some more fact I'll throw at you my grandfather was a young man whom helped put up the Golden Boy on the Ledge. My Uncle a member of the Order of Canada 🇨🇦 When I was five years old I fell in love with Winnipeg and yes I am indigenous , my grandfather was Metis.
Thanks for the memories!! I remember Polo Park with the fountain where people would throw pennies and make a wish! Also, the Ice Capades!! Wonderful memories of growing up in Winnipeg in the 1960s!
Wow that was a trip seeing Polo Park from the past and the old Winnipeg Arena hosting the Ice Capades. Thanks for sharing.
Amazing! It's so awesome to be able to see what the mall used to look like!
My dad look care of ALL the plants, flowers and trees in polo park mall. He was also the first business owner to open up shop.
Cool, what store did he open?
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If one didn't know where this was filmed you probably would have guessed it occurred in the Northeastern United States. Dad and the kids shoveling snow, Mom goes to the mall in her '61 T-Bird and shops at S.S. Kresge's (the Detroit-founded parent firm of K-Mart). Just goes to show you than Canadians are just like us.
winnipeg is one big rez
the fountains that you threw your pennys intoto make wishes
I love that they used to have such beautiful flowers inside the mall and everything looked so good :)
I live in Winnipeg, and one thing I will never understand. In the 'suburbs' an the 50's and 60's, they built a million 3 bedroom bungalows, all on 100 foot deep lots, and put the garages at the VERY back of the lot. In other words...you had to shovel 80 feet of driveway just to reach your garage. They don't build that stupidly these days, but there is a whole legacy of these homes today. At least people can buy snowblowers or hire snow service, but my god, what a waste of space and effort.
I remember the 1966 blizzard....Spring to me had the smell of wet burlap from sandbags
Even in the 1960s they locked there car doors
thank you for the memories awesome
quite the luxury owning an 8 mm camera back then
WOW!!!
So nice to see these images, it reminds me of a simpler time. I was 8-10 years old about the time that this 35 mm film was taken. High tech in the day. LOL
Love it
Winnipeg has not changed.
When I was there in the mid 60's, I often found the Summers to be a little too much, but I hear that they've warmed up a lot since then,
I grew up in Winnipeg in the sixties left in 1973 when I was 23 it holds a lot of my fondest memories thanks ,remember polo park and the wishing well :)
omg i was born in 72, im still in winnipeg, so u must be 68 yrs old, where do u live now
I was hoping to see some Ukrainian ladies with babushkas leaving Kresges at Polo Park LOL !
That would be my Granny... leaving EATONS! or K-MART.
ah yes back when kids actually had chores and a earned allowance
Great Footage!! Guessing this was before the "Osborne Village Owl" moved into town....
0:35 - Dad didn't lock the garage door...no way that's Winnipeg. Oh right....the 60s.
thanks for posting!
winnipeg = one big rez now
What kind of Hockey did ya'll have before the WHA and NHL?
The whl Winnipeg Warriors
my era...yeah!
before the WHA Jets it was the Junior Jets...played in the old WCHL - Western Canada Hockey League.
This is also Transcona in 2019! Good times.
While this rocks, and kudos to you for giving us the wholesome 8mm projector sound, you should look into transferring it to digital. I know that wasn't a smooth transition for the longest time - but these days (so it seems) Costco among others will do it and actually *scan* the film... anyway, this is archiveable all right
Hi there! I am making a film and this footage is perfect for it! I see your license says reuse allowed but I wanted to let you know that I would like to use some of this in my film.
Should have filmed yourself doing pranks like the bushman ones.
From 1955-61 they had the Winnipeg Warriors of the Western Pro Hockey League, a Toronto Maple Leafs farm club. The '55-'56 Warriors won the WPHL championship. Fourteen members of this team would go on to play for the Leafs' top affiliate, the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League. I saw many of them play with the Amerks. Great hockey!
Before end times and European population replacement. Winnipeg has been turned into a shithole now and hell for people who were alive then as cucked Canadians and traitor politicians wipe out our culture .It is now a overpopulated third world infested dump.
The suburbs, now the dive. To bad the fountains are all replaced by cell phone and junk kiosks. Fountains don't pay rent i guess.
When the city wasn’t a shit hole
There is nothing wrong with Winnipeg at all maybe it's you.
Damn fool
That's the very best you're going to go with ? Why don't you just say you're a racist ya big fawking chicken ? Half of Winnipeg is
Why here's some fact
1941 the Charles Street Store located on Charles Street and Selkirk
Flew the Nazi Flag in there front window
How's that not racist oh yes this is Winnipeg the most racist city in all of Canada ?
I forgot yet some more fact I'll throw at you my grandfather was a young man whom helped put up the Golden Boy on the Ledge.
My Uncle a member of the Order of Canada 🇨🇦
When I was five years old I fell in love with Winnipeg and yes I am indigenous , my grandfather was Metis.
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NEVER!
one big rez
I remember the 1966 blizzard....Spring to me had the smell of wet burlap from sandbags