Shopped at the farmers market with my mom and dad it was awesome.

@@adawhyte4162 If only I was born 60 years earlier :(

A little before my time. But not by much. I remember the old city hall and market street, but on fortunately the memories are starting to fade away. I love these old films they sure bring every thing back. Thank you!

Hamilton's decline is the same story as Detroit, Gary, Pittsburgh, and Baltimore. But Hamilton didn't fall through the floor like those cities did (Pittsburgh is still pretty good though).

Hamilton was the manufacturing mecca/epicenter of Canada....Hamilton in the 30s 40s 50s 60s and 70s was what Toronto is today.....in fact, Hamilton was the pollution Capital of Canada, now it's Toronto.....so many industries have left. Such a shame.

@@Etaoinshrdlu69 it hasn't fallen through the floor YET.

​@@Etaoinshrdlu69Hamilton is a shit stain on Ontario. I'll leave one way or another.

Fuck that. The buildings along gore park are all infested with cockroaches because theyre 100 years old and rotting behind the walls (i know this because i work around there). I wish they would tear all that shit down. The problem is modern architectural design looks like dogshit so itd probably be replaced with generic glass/concrete building

I totally agree! It's a tragedy, forsure!

So sad to see what our downtown has become😦😢 today

@@adawhyte4162 I know. Having witnessed it's demise l finally moved away this summer. It's so sad what Hamilton has become. It really was one of the best places in the world to be a few decades ago. At one point there were 80 factories doing a booming business! Everyone who wanted a job had one, the streets were safe. Post WW2 it was a wonderful place to buy a home, start a family, save money and live well. The decline really hit around 2008 when the steel industry collapsed. I hung on as long as I could until I realized the whole 'revitalization of Hamilton' was a lie - it just meant massive rent and housing price hikes, tent encampments, fewer job opportunities, people using the street as a toilet, higher crime, then the 'sanctuary city' laws came in, then this so called Pandemic...l couldn't take it anymore.

And white

Decline started in the early 90s with the end of the Cold War.

@@John-sk8cm Hamilton is past its low point. Hamilton has a future as a suburb of Toronto.

Hamilton became a welfare state

Free Trade. Once the big factories could move down to the southern US and Mexico and pay their labor force less there was no need to stay in Hamilton.

Mechanization. Hamilton still produces lots of steel but now with less people. Also the car. People had the opportunity to move to the suburbs (which are very nice).

Good question and thanks for watching! We'll do some digging and see what options we've got. - Team HPL

It would be really nice with sound, but there isn't any on the original recording.

@@Hamilton-Public-Library Wouldn't there have been a voice over track on tape, probably transferred to 33 rpm record. Is this the final product? A fascinating piece of history! Love it!

It was Brian Mulroney's Conservative Government that introduced Free Trade Agreement with the US in 1988, which in turn allowed a large number of factories to relocate south of the border killing the big industry, well remunerated jobs in Hamilton. Ensuring that people aren't destitute is hardly the cause of Hamilton's economic demise.