0:00 Papa Gino’s Restaurant
- Oh Papa Gino’s, Halifax has come so far though I do miss the building where the Mariott Residence Inn is today.
0:32 High Liner
- Not the finest of High Liner commercials, “Ever been to see Billy?” but High Liner still hawking their frozen fish today.
1:02 Pizza Delight
- “Nobody Loves You Better” wow that commercial is 80’s overload, and Pizza delight was still unappetizing.
1:33 Crown Real Estate Ltd. (First Lake Estates Sackville)
- 30 years later only going for ~$160,000 today.
1:58 Bud McDonald Pontiac Buick GMC
- I’d buy a new Firefly for $7700, all 3 cylinders of it’s greatness, Bud McDonald has since made way for Wheatons and the MetroLink station in Sackville.
2:29 Chebucto Ford
- still hanging on but soon to move to Portland Street and become MacPhee Ford, will they still be CRUSHING the competition?
2:59 Miss Murphy’s Business College
- Wow, just wow!
3:30 Super Loto
- Suuuuuuper Loto , Corvette Convertible. (the emphasis is all wrong on that)
4:02 Gordon Shaw Concrete
- Still in biz with the flashier name of GS Concrete, and no longer making precast stairs.
4:33 Nova Scotia Tourism
- sad thing is except for the adding Theodore in i suspect they would make the same AD today
5:03 Casino Taxi
- best jingle ever, I remember trying to dial 429-6666 late one night of drinking when I was in Ontario!
5:32 Ben’s Bakery
- Whoa, if I change the U in Buns to and E it spells Bens, Mind Blown!
5:49 Cindy’s Restaurant
- tapping in on the perceived fame of Pap Ginos Cindy we get Cindy’s cajun “What dat’s not my bill”.
6:18 TK’s Carpet
- This to me is the embodiment of 80’s Halifax and TK’s is till going.
6:49 Yellow Pages
- Ha, a lot has changed in the last 30 years.
7:20 Scotia Square
- still open but more of a convenience for the towers above than a shopping destination, though they do have an awesome food court.
7:51 Mad Man McKay’s
- Crazy Special effects.
8:23 Reliable TV
- yikes that Stereo was $1000 before the interest.
8:53 Creighton’s Food Brokers
- these ads used to always make me sleepy that were just so boring, or the exciting one about Austral canned peaches. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
9:24 MacPhee Pontiac
- now MacPhee Chev after the changes at GM but still a huge dealer, used to always bug me as a kid why Mike McPhee would have a dealership and call it MACPhee.
Miss Murphy’s Business College … wow.
It was one of the best things in my life. I was challenged to be the best I could be. They accepted nothing less. My training there prepared me for a successful career. Mrs. Ayotte was an inspiration to us all. The Taylor Career Course was ‘The Nancy Taylor Finishing Course’ in my day. I still have scarves in my wardrobe, and I see that DuBarry products for your facial regime are now available again, but only in the USA. It was so sad to see MMBC close. They had a high standard and prepared us well for the business world.
Where’d the egg pond go to?
Where’d Toy Joy in Scotia Square go to?
Poor Zellers on Barrington..used to have the Fantasy Land animated characters at Christmas. So much joy.
And what about the old 19th century, Willie Wonka style red brick Moirs chocolate factory in the downtown…ohh…I remember this well because prior to Christmas or Easter or Valentines, they’d have the Oompa Loompas going full tilt and the scent of that beautiful roasting chocolate aroma would flood my nostrils with its deliciously fragrant sweetness.