tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722003948136596061.post1942516510662285085..comments2024-03-17T06:13:35.059-04:00Comments on DC in the 80s: A history of Zellers and BatmanDC in the 80shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09007375553276439273noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722003948136596061.post-67150696231824040552022-09-13T07:37:12.778-04:002022-09-13T07:37:12.778-04:00Yeah, I think Aylmer really suffered for the lack ...Yeah, I think Aylmer really suffered for the lack of Zellers since nothing really filled that gap. The good news is the Hudson's Bay Company recently announced that Zellers will be making a comeback. ;)DC in the 80shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09007375553276439273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722003948136596061.post-41542884849387257402022-09-04T15:36:57.054-04:002022-09-04T15:36:57.054-04:00I grew up in Aylmer Quebec too. We moved there aro...I grew up in Aylmer Quebec too. We moved there around December 1990 when i was 2 years old, and lived there until 2008 when I was 19. For me Zellers was almost everything with my childhood memories. The Zellers restaurant and the friendly waitresses. I still remember their strawberry milkshake, I still remember how good it was. I also remember the Hot Wheels toy cars I got from my parents. A red LASZLO PALKONYAYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722003948136596061.post-53185762718225886212021-06-03T10:43:12.378-04:002021-06-03T10:43:12.378-04:00Same here on everything you wrote! Love this arti...Same here on everything you wrote! Love this article!Four-Color Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11804953054545248969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722003948136596061.post-37322930446091941102020-01-30T18:00:49.393-05:002020-01-30T18:00:49.393-05:00Great article. Really enjoyable read. A google sea...Great article. Really enjoyable read. A google search for ‘Batman Zellers Comic’ brought me here. Glad it did. I could relate to 90% of your memories... except the knock off Atari games (probably since I lived in Ontario). I remember buying a high tip foam baseball cap with a Firebird emblazoned on it. Coolest kid on the block. <br />Thanks for sharing!Fran Tignanellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05255420270289435516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722003948136596061.post-34712450616881400452019-06-15T05:13:57.589-04:002019-06-15T05:13:57.589-04:00I lived in Aylmer all my life, and reading this ar...I lived in Aylmer all my life, and reading this article gave me nostalgic vibes, especially about the Galleries D'Aylmer and the St. Paul church. Thank you for being descriptive~Lexyvilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13045526186477023537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722003948136596061.post-62170575917789692632017-01-30T21:14:36.311-05:002017-01-30T21:14:36.311-05:00Thanks for the article! I live about 30 miles sout...Thanks for the article! I live about 30 miles south of the Canadian border in New York State and a trip to Zellers when visiting Kingston Ontario was always a huge treat. I really miss seeing that big red sign.Regalfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15966534888124688136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722003948136596061.post-28873810371189771982016-10-09T21:13:00.035-04:002016-10-09T21:13:00.035-04:00I live in the Detroit area, so I've watched my...I live in the Detroit area, so I've watched my fair share of CBC, and I recall Zellers being advertised as a jewelry store (or perhaps those are the only commercials I can remember). If I'd caught that Batman commercial in '89, I think my jaw would've hit the floor!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16329075978281664252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722003948136596061.post-89417663442666484702016-09-30T18:03:05.570-04:002016-09-30T18:03:05.570-04:00The Zellers mall was built in the 1970s. You are p...The Zellers mall was built in the 1970s. You are probably referring to Plaza Glenwood, which is the oldest mall in Aylmer (leaving aside the fire that burned part of it down in 2005) ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722003948136596061.post-6844190952038382142016-09-30T18:02:40.537-04:002016-09-30T18:02:40.537-04:00I too grew up in Aylmer for a bit and lived there ... I too grew up in Aylmer for a bit and lived there 1959 to 1966. I went to that big stone school which was an English Protestant school at the time called Symmes Elementary. I'm thinking the mall your speaking of was between the housing development at that time called Glenwood and the school. Past the school you went into old Aylmer on the highway. In that mall at the time was an IGA, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722003948136596061.post-49285215371563028902016-09-30T17:59:12.532-04:002016-09-30T17:59:12.532-04:00Thanks for this! The grocery store in the Zellers ...Thanks for this! The grocery store in the Zellers mall was actually an Extra, an A&P and a Steinberg before it became a Super C as we know it today, in the early or mid-90s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com