History: women, hockey and fish
Some history bits from different sources: Kristian has some photos of the old Waldman’s fish emporium on Roy, plus (inevitably) a lurid story connected with someone who worked there; for Women’s Day, Radio-Canada looked back at earlier reports about non-traditional occupations for women; I’ve mostly ignored a series in the Gazette called History through our eyes in which the paper pulls up images from its photo bank with some background giving context – currently, a 1940 photo of women playing hockey.
And then there’s the weekend Centre d’histoire piece, which looks at the corner of Beaubien and St-Vallier near the metro station and the changes it has undergone since 1961.
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