1973 QEW Oakville to Clarkson Mississauga Heritage | Ford Plant

1973 QEW Oakville to Clarkson Mississauga Heritage | Ford Plant | Sheridan Mall |

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Family home movie footage from the summer of 1973, here in Southern Ontario, Canada. My late big brothers and me travel from the town of my birth, Oakville, to Clarkson in the Town of Mississauga, formerly of Toronto Township.

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@OakvilleLad Ай бұрын

WHERE ARE ALL THE PORSCHES? That's what I'd be asking because, well you see, I was almost born in a Porsche Carrera Speedster that my father wrench turned on in Oakville for race driver, Klaus Bartels. It may have been one of the first Porsches in Canada actually. But during the sixties as a big fan of the marque, I often wondered why I rarely saw a Porsche on the roads around the GTA. Today they seem to be EVERYWHERE! 911s, 718s, Panameras, Taycans, Cayennes, Macans... and no, I do not own a single one but it's so cool to see so many around! P.S. I may soon have a new YouYube channel dedicated to my Porsche archive. Thanks for viewing!

@ClintScottFischer Ай бұрын

I was born in Dec '73. This is cool to watch! 😊

@Andrew-he7xm Жыл бұрын

I wish I could jump in to the screen this is magic.

@footsnail6880 Ай бұрын

150000 people in the town of mississauga. Woah

@dthedudek Жыл бұрын

Awesome vid, thanks for posting :) I love seeing and hearing people's experiences of Mississauga from different decades.

@mraso30 Ай бұрын

Had no idea that those big apartment buildings near Trafalgar and QEW in Oakville were there way back in 1973! They must have been basically brand-new back around then.

@OakvilleLad Ай бұрын

Remember knowing somebody in one of them around 1970, so I'd guess that they were fairly new as you say.

@CNotez-uo8kp 2 ай бұрын

Oh man, this was before I was even born... what I wouldn't give to just go back and live there

@LimitlessThinker Ай бұрын

I used to drive that way often. I livedin Oakville in the early 70's. Thank you so much for posting this!

@OakvilleLad Ай бұрын

Thanks! Hope to have a few more clips from that summer uploaded soon.

@BrimHawk 2 ай бұрын

I was 10 yrs old during this film. I would have been playing at the Arcade in the old Oak Queen mall, on the right, just before Trafalgar Rd. exit.

@OakvilleLad 2 ай бұрын

Great memories! I remember the Queen Elizabeth Motel back in the sixties was near there.

@KJB484 7 ай бұрын

Wow so cool!! Thanks for uploading this!!

@freakyflow 11 ай бұрын

I was 2 years old ..did not move to Meadowvale till 82' And on my own in Clarkson till 93' Meadowvale - 82 to 87 was some really good fun for kids then ..so many things to do And clean trouble (pool hopping at 1am) (BMX riding in underground parking)

@OakvilleLad 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment. This morning I was speaking with my MPP who grew up in P.C. and we talked about Mississauga in the 1970s.

@Peppi94 Жыл бұрын

I still live here!

@GordRobinson-ep7vu Жыл бұрын

Great video! So many fond memories of old Clarkson/Oakville. The car appears to be 67-68 Cougar (I think).

@OakvilleLad Жыл бұрын

We were cruising in a 1965 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport.

@GordRobinson-ep7vu Жыл бұрын

Right decade wrong car I stand corrected. It was the hood scoop. That kind of threw me a bit! I remember cruising this area in my 1964 Thunderbird. By 1973 I was living in Peterborough although I did return to the area in 1977 great memories thanks for the ride.

@OakvilleLad Жыл бұрын

Glad that you enjoyed the trip down memory lane!

@Seventh-nk5oq 10 ай бұрын

@@GordRobinson-ep7vu"thanks for the ride" 😊 l love that!

@Dan-nt2yb Жыл бұрын

Ahhhhh the good old days before this pretty landscape was ruined by the hideous over-development of ghastly subdivisions and monstrous warehouses.👏🏼😃

@sm3675 Жыл бұрын

90% of Canada is still empty

@Deira854 Жыл бұрын

I was a kid living in Dubai in 1973.

@s.elizabeths Жыл бұрын

Year I was born!! Is that Sheridan Mall where the dominion signs are? That Apt building is still there.

@Seventh-nk5oq 10 ай бұрын

@@sm3675clearly he was referring to this particular area, not the country as a whole.

@tdunph4250 5 ай бұрын

It's sad that you actually had to explain it.

@toddstevens13 Ай бұрын

Ahhh the Quick and Easy Way, when it was...

@cdnpont 2 ай бұрын

A 65 Impala with a hood scoop! Some of the stretches haven't really changed much, others you can't recognize.

@OakvilleLad 2 ай бұрын

It also air shocks in the rear!

@thevultrantransituniverse1487 7 ай бұрын

HOLY F**K AMAZING FOOTAGE!!!!

@OakvilleLad 7 ай бұрын

I'm in 100 percent agreement with your comment. Capturing motion pictures was expensive 50 years ago!

@alanaugustine8565 Жыл бұрын

Drive around there frequently.

@chrispomaylivewithcdpsport5517 9 ай бұрын

There were barns off of the QEW before Royal Windsor Drive

@Canadasvt 2 ай бұрын

The Hall farm

@chrispomaylivewithcdpsport5517 2 ай бұрын

@@Canadasvt ok

@sheismymom Жыл бұрын

this is wild

@Johnnywhamo 3 ай бұрын

Look how empty those service road areas are. Man all that land!

@OakvilleLad 3 ай бұрын

Lots of room for storage facilities, lol. Sheridan Park back then was awesome.

@Johnnywhamo 3 ай бұрын

@@OakvilleLad ....ya I was only 9 in 73 but I grew up on the border of Milton and Oakville. I grew up on a farm on 4th line.

@OakvilleLad 3 ай бұрын

I grew up watching Hopedale Plaza turn into a mall and my dad ran his shop next to the Supertest near 3rd and Speers.

@Johnnywhamo 3 ай бұрын

@@OakvilleLad ....right on, that's about 10 min from me. As well, I went to St. Dominic's when I was just a little snapper head :)

@OakvilleLad 3 ай бұрын

Very cool! I might still have a relic or two from the Rebecca Street church, lol. My first school was St. Joe's on Warminster Drive... gone now.

@LeRoi715 2 ай бұрын

My question is : what are the big building at Clarkson/Oakville at the mouth or rather the entrance from Avonhead? It bothers me as I recently discovered this area ? the complex is dusty looking sometimes the smoke from the chimney...Asked many people and could not get the answer. I live in Toronto ,Sir. RSVP. Thanks for you archival material!

@OakvilleLad 2 ай бұрын

When I was a kid that was St. Lawrence Cement, near the Petro Canada refinery. Heavy industry for that part of 'Toronto Township' in the early days which continues today, albeit under different names. Where Lakeside Park sits today was once a pipe factory and the broken terracotta remnants remain along the shoreline. Thanks for your comment, hope that helps answer your query.

@LeRoi715 2 ай бұрын

@@OakvilleLad Oh, yes! Thank you Sir. I enjoy discovering Oakville as an oasis and love the short trips there by the Transit. One more question : between Burlington and Hamilton remember seeing in 1981 the beautiful iron gates and the gardens ...what is the name so I would research it? Thank you for enlightening information. Now I know. The cement factory looks so dystopian and I love it. Cheers from High Park!

@OakvilleLad 2 ай бұрын

I can think of Royal Botanical Gardens which was a great place to visit and take photographs.

@LeRoi715 2 ай бұрын

@@OakvilleLad Oh , thank you , Sir again.