Another local landmark going....
 

The place opened a couple months before I was born...that means it's 60
years old as we speak.
It was a regular lunch hour spot for countless employees of the 'Mother
Corpse' from the time I started working in December of '71 until I retired
December '03...and beyond that.
Actually a cameraman and producer took me down there for a goodbye lunch and
the owners son presented me with a Midtown Tavern long sleeve nylon top.
I'll have to get down with my Canon G10 and get a few snapshots real soon.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1128510.html

Another local landmark going....
 

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:17:45 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

The place opened a couple months before I was born...that means it's 60
years old as we speak.
It was a regular lunch hour spot for countless employees of the 'Mother
Corpse' from the time I started working in December of '71 until I retired
December '03...and beyond that.
Actually a cameraman and producer took me down there for a goodbye lunch and
the owners son presented me with a Midtown Tavern long sleeve nylon top.
I'll have to get down with my Canon G10 and get a few snapshots real soon.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1128510.html

I've seen a lot of even older places close down. Sad to see.
This surprised me:
"When liquor regulations allowed women into taverns in the early 70s,
Grant only grudgingly built a ladies washroom. To this day, women have
to walk through the kitchen, up a flight of stairs and past a walk-in
freezer to get to the bathroom."

Was Canada Islamic? Glad to see you deposed the mullahs.

--Vic

Another local landmark going....
 

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:30:05 -0500, Vic Smith wrote:


I've seen a lot of even older places close down. Sad to see. This
surprised me:
"When liquor regulations allowed women into taverns in the early 70s,
Grant only grudgingly built a ladies washroom. To this day, women have
to walk through the kitchen, up a flight of stairs and past a walk-in
freezer to get to the bathroom."

Was Canada Islamic? Glad to see you deposed the mullahs.

It wasn't only Canada. McSorley's, reputed to be the oldest Tavern in
NYC, was male only until 1970. I don't know if it's still the case, but
they didn't add a ladies washroom.

http://www.mcsorleysnewyork.com/

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"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:17:45 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

The place opened a couple months before I was born...that means it's 60
years old as we speak.
It was a regular lunch hour spot for countless employees of the 'Mother
Corpse' from the time I started working in December of '71 until I retired
December '03...and beyond that.
Actually a cameraman and producer took me down there for a goodbye lunch
and
the owners son presented me with a Midtown Tavern long sleeve nylon top.
I'll have to get down with my Canon G10 and get a few snapshots real soon.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1128510.html

I've seen a lot of even older places close down. Sad to see.
This surprised me:
"When liquor regulations allowed women into taverns in the early 70s,
Grant only grudgingly built a ladies washroom. To this day, women have
to walk through the kitchen, up a flight of stairs and past a walk-in
freezer to get to the bathroom."

Was Canada Islamic? Glad to see you deposed the mullahs.

--Vic


Naw....just a bit of a hard case military/shipping port town.
Taverns were no place for decent women.
Just noticed...in the 3rd picture down were a couple of former
co-employees.. MacNeil & Martin.

Another local landmark going....
 

"Don White" wrote in message
...
The place opened a couple months before I was born...that means it's 60
years old as we speak.
It was a regular lunch hour spot for countless employees of the 'Mother
Corpse' from the time I started working in December of '71 until I retired
December '03...and beyond that.
Actually a cameraman and producer took me down there for a goodbye lunch
and the owners son presented me with a Midtown Tavern long sleeve nylon
top.
I'll have to get down with my Canon G10 and get a few snapshots real soon.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1128510.html

Did you mean "Mother Corps"? The other way sounds like a bad horror flick.

Another local landmark going....
 

"mmc" wrote in message
g.com...

"Don White" wrote in message
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"mmc" wrote in message
g.com...

"Don White" wrote in message
...
The place opened a couple months before I was born...that means it's 60
years old as we speak.
It was a regular lunch hour spot for countless employees of the 'Mother
Corpse' from the time I started working in December of '71 until I
retired December '03...and beyond that.
Actually a cameraman and producer took me down there for a goodbye
lunch and the owners son presented me with a Midtown Tavern long sleeve
nylon top.
I'll have to get down with my Canon G10 and get a few snapshots real
soon.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1128510.html

Did you mean "Mother Corps"? The other way sounds like a bad horror
flick.


No, Mother Corpse seems to be more accurate.
Since the '80s there has been constant downsizing, layoffs etc......
some due to technology change from film to videotape.. but always
handwringing and crying from Sr Management that the billion dollars they
get from the taxpayer plus advertising revenues are never enough.
Why can't anyone live within their means these days?

Gotta be able to afford multi million dollar bonuses for the execs, don't
you know?


They would get their bonuses...but only a fraction of what the private
companies hand out.

Another local landmark going....
 

Don White wrote:
"mmc" wrote in message
g.com...
"Don White" wrote in message
...
"mmc" wrote in message
g.com...
"Don White" wrote in message
...
The place opened a couple months before I was born...that means it's 60
years old as we speak.
It was a regular lunch hour spot for countless employees of the 'Mother
Corpse' from the time I started working in December of '71 until I
retired December '03...and beyond that.
Actually a cameraman and producer took me down there for a goodbye
lunch and the owners son presented me with a Midtown Tavern long sleeve
nylon top.
I'll have to get down with my Canon G10 and get a few snapshots real
soon.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1128510.html

Did you mean "Mother Corps"? The other way sounds like a bad horror
flick.

No, Mother Corpse seems to be more accurate.
Since the '80s there has been constant downsizing, layoffs etc......
some due to technology change from film to videotape.. but always
handwringing and crying from Sr Management that the billion dollars they
get from the taxpayer plus advertising revenues are never enough.
Why can't anyone live within their means these days?

Gotta be able to afford multi million dollar bonuses for the execs, don't
you know?


They would get their bonuses...but only a fraction of what the private
companies hand out.



That might explain why they had poor executives and employees who spent
all of their time whining about how bad the company is.

--
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq.

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