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1. A Lovell’s 1914-15 Montreal directory lists F.W. Woolworth Co Ltd stores on St Catherines St. and identifies Woolworth as a 5, 10 and 15 cent store. 395 St Catherine West, 489 St Catherine East, also 358 St Lawrence Blvd. (Hope I read these #s correctly!)

   http://bibnum2.bnquebec.ca/bna/lovell/index.html

   Comment by M. Diane Rogers | February 19, 2009 | Reply

2. I was shocked when I saw a Woolworth’s in Germany! It brought me nack to my childhood when I walked in! Hooray for nothing under 15 cents! Happy Postcard Friendship Friday!

   Comment by Marie Isabelle | February 19, 2009 | Reply

3. Diane, I am familiar with Lovell’s but thanks for looking up the store for me and for sharing the url – every little bit helps!

   Marie Isabelle – I realized that there were Woolworths in the U.K. but I didn’t realize that they existed in Germany. Very interesting.

   I have my own memories of Woolworths in Verdun (Montreal) in the 1950s which I’ll be sharing at another time – and I’ll also be posting a few Woolworths postcards from New Brunswick.

   Thanks for the comments.

   Comment by evelynyvonnetheriault | February 19, 2009 | Reply

4. I just wonder how the modern St.Montreal look like.

   Comment by Lay Hoon | February 21, 2009 | Reply

5. Greetings Lay Hoon in Malaysia,
   Modern-day St.Catherine Street in Montreal looks similar to other Main Streets in big North American cities. When you walk along and look at eye-level you see a lot of chain stores, but if you stop, take a step back and look up you can still see the lines of the original buildings.
   My next postcards – which I’ll be posting weekly – will be slightly more modern.
   Thanks for your interest!
   Note: for those of you who are interested in modern-day postcards you can see a lot at Lay Hoon’s site:
   http://travelpostcard.blogspot.com/

   Comment by evelynyvonnetheriault | February 21, 2009 | Reply

6. I think this postcard is very nice and original.It shows me a small portion of what old Montreal looked like.This is actually one of the most interesting and nice postcard I’ve ever seen.

   Comment by El Willy | April 9, 2009 | Reply

   • I agree with El Willy it is one of the most interesting and nicest postcards that I’ve ever seen as well and old Montreal is really cool so I really like this postcard.

     Comment by Kayla | July 26, 2009 | Reply

7. It’s interesting seeing this because now St-Catherina street is more modern so we get to see what it used to look like.

   Comment by Kayla | August 20, 2009 | Reply

8. It looks a lot like Marshall’s on Wellington street and Church avenue

   Comment by stephenfredmond3 | August 7, 2011 | Reply

   • That would make perfect sense! I couldn’t remember the name Marshalls (senior moments!) so thanks for leaving the comment.
     Evelyn

     Comment by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault | August 7, 2011 | Reply

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