tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715183923584830024.post8435303627241019468..comments2024-03-28T10:49:03.601-04:00Comments on lost toronto: Yonge and Dundas/The Brown DerbyGBChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14776498578069382503noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715183923584830024.post-52521267691629274482022-02-10T18:05:51.616-05:002022-02-10T18:05:51.616-05:00Took nice girl out 1971 Father Joe King with his b...Took nice girl out 1971 Father Joe King with his brother the show at the Derby the Zaniacs all seemed very cool with all the rounders etc David Parenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15130052171943824837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715183923584830024.post-35457193430463460592019-11-26T20:41:43.882-05:002019-11-26T20:41:43.882-05:00yesyesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715183923584830024.post-35878167294311897612019-09-24T11:02:30.794-04:002019-09-24T11:02:30.794-04:00The Toronto Mafia hung out there and set up illega...The Toronto Mafia hung out there and set up illegal gambling in the back rooms. My father was working for the mob used to set up those card games. Unfortunately he met hid demise at the hands of the Montreal mob in the fall of 1960.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10174635239480673930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715183923584830024.post-71737498527585656262018-02-02T21:22:20.015-05:002018-02-02T21:22:20.015-05:00Mylo353@hotmail.comMylo353@hotmail.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14941339391723047345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715183923584830024.post-58623031563846980752018-02-02T21:20:49.997-05:002018-02-02T21:20:49.997-05:00Its mylesIts mylesAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14941339391723047345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715183923584830024.post-26234776289977098242018-02-02T21:20:02.002-05:002018-02-02T21:20:02.002-05:00Dad is that youDad is that youAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14941339391723047345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715183923584830024.post-14220982123412224392016-12-04T11:01:21.873-05:002016-12-04T11:01:21.873-05:00December 4th 2016
ya I used to hang at bar stool a...December 4th 2016<br />ya I used to hang at bar stool along side dundas street when age 20 to 21 at derby to have a curbside beer and listen ti the thtwo brothers play guitars and the melquainia guitar dual.<br />I was an insurance clerk then for royal insurance. evenings were spent at the Le Coqdor watching Ronnie Hawkins brag about his kiddy and drover her far Cadilac he boufgt from Addison on Bay St. Other evenings were spent at the Saphire Tavern where Jackie Shane would pulse out my favourite song of his "I would,nt have it any other way". Then at that time there was little gun play 1963-1967 in Toronto. although there was gunfire at the Town Tavern about that time no injuries. Was Donald Trump involved " I often wonder as he was in town.<br />Big money lawyers and stock brokers drank at the more sophisticated Saverin on Bay St. North of Adelaide eand believe me this was the most productive lounge semi nightclub to meet and date .<br />One favourite entertainer to see here regularly was a guy with a kane wo previously had polio Ray somebody<br />I,'' get back to you later .. <br /><br />David Earl Henderson Toronto ontarioAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12840575001650774694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715183923584830024.post-52739252001224696152016-06-22T08:25:25.656-04:002016-06-22T08:25:25.656-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17142304746377539943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715183923584830024.post-7564561426074452016-06-22T08:13:54.719-04:002016-06-22T08:13:54.719-04:00I remember the bar with the very long rows of hang...I remember the bar with the very long rows of hanging glasses. Enjoyed a few nights there in 1970.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17142304746377539943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715183923584830024.post-88944520594270561172014-10-24T15:55:10.512-04:002014-10-24T15:55:10.512-04:00When I was a teenager traveling from Ville ...When I was a teenager traveling from Ville de Lery Que near Bauharnois Que to Hamilton Ontario, some very superfine times were spent at the Brown Derby absorbing fine R&B with GREAT jazz organ, guitar and skilled drummer percussion guys. TG<br />TonyGuitarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02776707579617985174noreply@blogger.com