I lived in Calgary during these years - I moved there during Stampede Week! I never saw any events but partied a bunch! Definitely learned to drink in Calgary! I worked downtown at the Royal Bank and traipsed around all over so I remember going to a lot of these locations! Some folks I met became lifetime friends, have some great memories! Footage like this is a treasure! And I love the song! 🤩👏💯

God I feel old. I was in high school in the mid-to-late 70s. I still remember all those buildings downtown, and there were still houses in Victoria Park.

This was wayyy before my time. It's such a trip to see how different things were before I even existed. I love this this city. I'm originally from Regina, but Calgary will always be home to me.

Saw my parents in one of the scenes (they were married in 1976), saw my mom’s parents in another scene (I never knew my grandma abs grandpa McKinlay). This was so cool.

Wow! This video is a true gem. Calgary has certainly grown-up in the past thirty years. You only get a full appreciation as to how much things have changed when you see stuff like this. Brings back many fond memories. I was a young kid in those days and we had just moved here from Vancouver. Surreal.

I arrived in Calgary in ‘82. Amazing how much it has changed.

wow. i was born and raised there. What memories this brings back. The old Saan store was one of my first jobs. I kind of wish for the old days.

What a trip down memory lane! I was in high school in the late 70s. Don't remember much of the downtown from back then. It's still great to see what it looked like then versus now when all you really see are all the really tall office buildings. Btw, today June 30th was the 50th anniversary of the Calgary Tower. Or for us oldtimers who still remember it as the Husky Tower.

Ahhh, fond memories, The Queens Hotel were a friend and I had our first Beers at the ripe old age of 13.

just LOOK AT ALL THESE VINTAGE CARS WHERE DID THEY ALL GO

Grew up in Calgaty from 1968 to 1978. Wow. Beautiful city. Thanks for the video.

I was here in 1981, so I'm part of this Movie. Excellent tune, really nice flowing video well done. Calgary has the most sunny days in the Country along with the heavenly Chinooks,has the highest wages (Except Toronto Corporate Lawyers, etc) byy far, has the lowest income taxes, no pst and is less than an hour away from the mountains with a nice big airport to fly away when you need some traval.

I went to Calgary from England in 79,,A great holiday,went in the Calgary Tower,,Heritage park,,,,,A holiday of a lifetime for a school kid,,great vid,Thanx,

This Video shows the Downtown at 1st Street and 7 Ave SW prior to development and the Regis Hotel which today is one of the Historical buildings remaining. Cafe of those days was still in business until 2013 . Storefronts could be restored to depict Historiy SAAN store not there now however The Bay is!

I was living in Calgary for two years !! Beautiful city!!

Beautiful Vintage, i Love This.!!!

I see the Calgarian Hotel in a couple of shots from 7th ave. SE Some friends and I went here for the free live bands and cheap beer when we were young and broke. The band played behind some metal fencing...like chicken wire....hard rock...cold beer...no cover charge.

if i had to back in time i want to visit Calgary & Edmonton around the 1960 to 1980 just to see what it like then

So cool it seem more bustling than for some reason

Man, it's weird to see cars driving up and down 7th Ave in this. Much has changed and much has stayed the same.

This is the Calgary I grew up in and miss.

I am born and raised and still live here in calgary...i remember almost all the sites except the queens tavern...I am so happy you found and edited all these locations.... The good days of cow Town...when 15$ gets you 2-3 grams of hash at the old center street LRT station..thankx for stimulating all my grade 6-10 school memories

Amazing. Such a nice little trip back in time. I have lived in Calgary all my life (save being born in Manitoba), and seeing everything as it was in them old days sure unleashes the memories... I was but a wee tyke in the early 70s, so most memories are hazy and fragmented at best. 1981 marks the year of my 10th birthday, so, yeah - wow... what a great flashback. Thanks for sharing this! I would love to see more...

Wow! I was born in 1981 in Calgary. This is the world I was born into!

I saw the Gulf refinery where my dad worked during the time this was filmed. I remember mum taking us to meet dad there after work a few times, vaguely remember the neighbourhood! Nice memories...

I never understood what is so great about multiculturalism. When I came to Canada I wanted to be a Canadian. Not what I was I came from. If want to be what I came from why should I come here to be a Canadian at the first place? Anyway, I loved everything what I sew and experienced when I came to Canada 1981. I love that simple straight forward approach to life and its problems. I love kindness of Calgarians who gave you a helping hand when needed or they let you be when you want to be by yourself. Nobody meddled in others people business. That's what I am missing now.

Ahhhhh i came to calgary in 1997 and was already different.if u see calgary now u wont recognize.in downtown most old building are demolished and replaced..some places i recognized in the video ;) good old days

Thanks Michael Betzler

Pretty cool seeing 7th ave with no C-train line. I was born here in 87, all I’ve known was the train line down 7th.

Born in this magnificent city in 73!

Cool video, thanks for sharing! It's interesting to see what has changed in Calgary over the years. I live near the clip that shows the big Gulf oil containers (9th ave and 22nd street SE), which are no longer there and is just an empty field now. I knew that something used to be in the field and that it was once an industrial site, but I didn't know what it actually was or looked like. Now it's just a large field adjacent to the bird sanctuary, homes, a school, and also a rail yard.

You can still see some of the classic blue transit buses around town. And the sun still got to downtown.... Memories!

Great video .... brought back a lot of memories. Just wish it was longer!

Calgary was a very Country music, Rodeo, and farmer oriented. Being called Cowtown more than once and sporting safe boardwalks to clean feet on. Remembering is oldtimers favorite as was the Cafe and its breakfasts and Burgers. They were delicious and cheap.

When times were simpler and care free!!

What a great video! Brings back lots of memories.

Memories become vivid, seeing this video! Like others, at night on the weekend, I'd cruise around downtown & the 'Hot-Lot.' Either w/friends or solo, I'd drive my dad's gold `66 Le mans [rare car there]-albeit a couple years earlier, in `73 - `75. .. . .. Where's that car today?

Thanks for this Awesome video

So much has changed.. in such a short amount of time... downtown core looks similar but so many many changes... 7th ave with cars and busses not just c-train and busses..it looked so much cleaner

Remember the cars with those vinyl seats and cracked plastic dashboards,no seat belts and huge engines?

Love this song good video had too add my playlist Calgary totally different now

VERY COOL VIDEO!!! Thanks for sharing

Wow that is old. Great video

My city of Calgary!👌

wow that's an adventure back to my teenage years lol .. thanks!

Born n raised and still in Calgary,meet my wife here also born n raised in Calgary not to many of us originals around.

I love Calgary

That was just delightful to watch!

Calgary when life was better and simpler and less crowded...

WOW! What a neat video. was way before me, But looks neat. I like that song playing with video. Sounds like a Busker. Love the guitar.

Man I wish I was living Calgary at this time.

Wow, I sure remember these places - what a great city Calgary was in those years! Love the song too....thanks for posting this!!

great footage!

Damn this was calgary years ago it look so cool and i recognize some of the places

1 year before my mom was born, brought me there as a baby about 24 years later!! so cool

love how that old corner store in inglewood is the exact same.

I recognized so many of our old buildings! Whatever happened to our great city??

Haha, when McNight blvd was consider really far out of town when you never got lost because you could always see the Calgary tower from any point in the city and people were nice!

Did residency from 1980-1983 at Foothills Hospital….really miss Calgary.

Ah I remember it well. I grew up in Calgary, 76-81 was in my teenage years. I left in 81, haven't been back since, but I often think about those good ol' days.

Terrific video

I too lived in Calgary (Hillhurst & Parkdale) from`72-`80 and also attended 'Queen-E,' SAIT and worked at Brentwood CO-OP, etcetera. Though originally from England, I grew-up on a coastal town in southern California. Yet, despite the 'change' from sand to snow and southern Cal's year- 'round warmth, to that of 'winter's wonderland,' my memories of Calgary are warm and regardless of the weather, they'll always provide lasting comfort.

1:21 apparently was during one of the beer strikes and a shipment arrived.

Awesome stuff.

The city was good and small back then!

So many Jimmy buses. 7th Avenue with traffic and no C-Train tracks. Cop cars that are a quick touch-up job away from a Dukes of Hazzard episode. Even a little snippet of the back end of a very old CCF-Brill bus, which was probably only a few years away from the scrap heap This video is something special

Hey Dennis Wilson the hotel was the Stampeder and I remember Slam Dancing with the Natives to the Ramones, the days of Punk.

I moved here in early 1978. There were classic street people. Does anyone remember the the guy who walked the streets yahooing? Or the old lady with an orange jumpsuit held together with duct tape?

Child hood remembered, thanks

It was all so analogue. Not a single cellphone. Miss it.

amazing! Would have been great if you had a 2nd half showing the great calgary today!

I was with the British Army at BATUS (CFB Suffield) for winter of 80-81, worst part of the tour was that the brewers were on strike. CFB Suffield was serving Miller’s and Olympia from the states. Wasn’t Canadian brewers finest hour lol. Moved to Alberta the fall of 1982 lived in Calgary off and on between 1982-1997. I moved to Medicine Hat after getting posted to CFB Suffield in 1997-2009 (retired).

0:30 - 0:37 appears to be the corner of 22 St & 9 Av SE. The camera points west along 9th, then pans south to the refinery. This refinery was adjacent to the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, and is now a park (Inglewood Wildlands).

I would go back if i was born back thern lol.... such a cute version od Calgs lol

at 3.01 - on 1st Avenue NE and 7A Street NE (Bridgeland). You can see the General Hospital in the background.

calgary has come a long way since then.

I recall those busses, that style was incredible

These were good days....not like now.

Weird to see my hometown like this I wasnt around them and calgary has always been a big city to me

Great Memories.. I can Remember the , "Queens" Both my MA & PA worked there. We used to go there for the Stampede Parade & Unfortunately, as a kid, Play with the Expensive Balloons 🎈 in the Men's bathroom. (Lol.)

Lol The line ups at the ALCB before a strike,or the long weekend.

I just realised this post was put up in 2012 and even now 10 years later the skyline is still radically changing with every year that goes by.

... so there was two little old houses 40 years ago on the south east corner of the central street bridge... interesting. I believe the Petro Canada building was just on the drawing board at that time. When it was being built in 78 or so, my friend and I would go down on the bus get into the building construction area. There was no security at all. There is no real threat from people and no need for high-security back in those days.

If only we knew how much the rent would eventually be.... (o.0)

My Mom was a waitress at the Modern Cafe when I was a young girl. I have very fond memories of meeting her there after school and the owner, Hendry would always give me a plate of french fries or a bowl of stewed figs and a fresh donut with a pat of butter. Mom was a waitress there for several years .

OMG I just realized the doorway where the old man was sitting was my favorite seat on the strip LOL

Very cool, Nice to see people driving on 7th. I would hate to see how many times i cruzed 6th and 7th. The place to be in 76 and 77.

I swear the city still used those old buses back in 2013 for my highschool

wicked cool!!

Old is gold.

I went for Calgary for winter break, and I live in Texas. No amount of 14 degree winters could prepare me for negative temperatures

Graduated from Crescent Heights HS in 1979. This was cool.

Very interesting. Would love to see video of the stampede grounds and the zoo. The Alberta Brewers Agents building at 1:33 was on the corner of 30th street NE and Centre Ave East. The shot is facing North then pans west to Centre Ave. The building is still there I think.

You forgot the Cecil in your shots of seedy, depressing dumps!

3.15 old General Hospital

I would be interested in seeing this with optional captions pointing out the different landmarks etc. Kind of like pop-up video.

ahhh yes, back when the Calgary Tower still lorded over us unchallenged XD

2019?

Great video! It's really not that long ago, but things are so different. I have this strong memory of Blackfoot Trail having an orange billboar with a giant black foot and a wagging toe in the 19702: I've never seen a picture or video of this sign so I'm starting to wondering if it's just a crazy childhood memory that's skewed. Anyone remember this or have a pic?