A photo of Classic Books
A couple of weeks ago a few of us were discussing Classic Books and I maintained the store was not called Classic’s.
I spotted this 1979 photo by Lida Moser that someone posted to Facebook. It shows the pickets outside the store during the labour difficulties there then – and shows the name as “Classic’s” on a small sign along the Crescent Street side.
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carswell 20:57 on 2024-01-30 Permalink
Thanks, Kate. Good to know I wasn’t imagining things.
CE 00:04 on 2024-02-01 Permalink
It looks like whether you remember it being Classic or Classic’s depends on which corner you looked at more often.
MarcG 08:13 on 2024-02-01 Permalink
Why are apostrophes are so difficult for humans?
Mozai 03:03 on 2024-02-04 Permalink
Was this a chain of bookshops? I remember multiple “Classic’s Bookshop” stores in Ontario a long time ago. I still have bookmarks.
carswell 09:56 on 2024-02-04 Permalink
Definitely a chain, Mozai.
Surprised it doesn’t have a Wikipedia entry but I did find this blog post from 14 years ago that includes a backstory and pics of a couple of those bookmarks.
https://chumleyandpepys.blogspot.com/2010/01/montreal-bookshops-no-1-classic-book.html