Comments from William Mewes

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William Mewes commented about Cineplex Cinemas Yonge-Dundas on Mar 9, 2013 at 9:37 pm

I like to run up the stairs at Scotia Bank just to prove I still can.

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William Mewes commented about Oakville Mews Cinemas on Nov 1, 2012 at 10:04 pm

I actualy blame myself …

I bought one of them new fangled VCR player things and a whole bunch of cinemas went out of business.

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William Mewes commented about Oakville Mews Cinemas on Nov 1, 2012 at 7:38 pm

Located at 171 Speers Road in Oakville Ontario Canada.

Opened in 1987 as the “Oakville Ciniplex Odeon” Oakville’s first multi screen cinema it replaced a smaller single screen Odeon located at 131 Speers Road.

Closed in 1999 it’s short existence being at least in part due to the fact that a “Famous Players” multi screen cinema opened in 1989 less than a 10 minute drive away.

This building then became a church “The Meeting House”

Reborn in 2007 as an “Encore Cinema” a small Canadian chain based in Burlington Ontario.

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William Mewes commented about Bay Theatre on Jul 3, 2012 at 11:51 pm

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William Mewes commented about Robins Cinema on Mar 11, 2012 at 1:26 pm

Here is a Post Card from 1909 with a view of The North Road. You can see the tower of the Miners Hall.

1909 Post Card

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William Mewes commented about Century Theatre on Mar 5, 2012 at 2:32 am

Thank You for responding!

I am heading down to the basement to look through my copies of the Beaver and the Record Journal…

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William Mewes commented about Gregory Theatre on Mar 1, 2012 at 2:42 pm

Here is a picture I took in August 2011 of the “TD-Canada Trust” that now stands on the site where “The Gregory Theatre” was previously located.

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William Mewes commented about Gregory Theatre on Mar 1, 2012 at 2:36 pm

Although the Gregory Family Home survived until the 1990s it spent it’s last 15 years not as a home but as a “Canada Trust Real Estate Office”

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William Mewes commented about Century Theatre on Feb 27, 2012 at 9:44 pm

Cool pamphlet. Was that a hand out you actualy got at the cinema?

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William Mewes commented about Rio Cinema on Feb 9, 2012 at 6:40 pm

This is a screen capture from Series 3 Episode 2 of “Whitchapel”

Link

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William Mewes commented about Ed Mirvish Theatre on Feb 8, 2012 at 8:51 am

Another name change …

Ed Mirvish Theatre

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William Mewes commented about Century Theatre on Jan 17, 2012 at 12:33 am

For a while in the 1980s and 1990s a lot of movies were filmed in Oakville but I think it got over exposed.

I had never heard of “Alex: The Life of a Child” I will have to see if I can find a copy.

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William Mewes commented about Century Theatre on Sep 10, 2011 at 8:47 am

Thank You for posting. I don’t remember the balcony I guess I just never looked up.

I do remember a place called the “Candy Cupboard” located where “Corks” is now.

They did a roaring trade on Friday and Saturday nights with everyone waiting to enter the cinema.

Walking along Lakeshore Road on a Friday or Saturday night always gave me a small town feeling.

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William Mewes commented about Bellevue Theatre on Aug 2, 2011 at 10:42 pm

Here is a photo from the 1960s

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William Mewes commented about Kingsway Theatre on Jul 28, 2011 at 9:05 pm

Here it is in August 2010

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William Mewes commented about Avenue Theatre on Jul 28, 2011 at 5:22 pm

Here is a photo from 1939

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William Mewes commented about Victory Theatre on Jul 27, 2011 at 7:00 pm

A recent photo can be found here.

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William Mewes commented about Victory Theatre on Jul 27, 2011 at 6:58 pm

A better picture than the one I uploaded can be found on this page here.

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William Mewes commented about Bellevue Theatre on Jul 27, 2011 at 6:22 pm

Here is a picture taken on July 27th 2011 of the building that presently stands at 360 College Street.

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William Mewes commented about Beach Theatre on Jul 27, 2011 at 10:00 am

Another recent photo can be found here.

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William Mewes commented about Palladium Cinema on Jul 25, 2011 at 10:32 am

Some recent interior photos can be found here on another forum.

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William Mewes commented about Cineplex Cinemas Beaches on Jul 23, 2011 at 11:48 pm

Previously the “Stands and Administration Building” for the “Greenwood Race Track” were on this piece of land.

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William Mewes commented about 400 Drive-In on Jul 23, 2011 at 9:37 pm

Correct Map Location

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William Mewes commented about Oakville Town Centre Cinemas on Jul 23, 2011 at 9:31 pm

Thank You for posting the link! I have figured it out now.

1989 Photo

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William Mewes commented about Oakville Town Centre Cinemas on Jul 22, 2011 at 9:05 am

A picture from 1989 can be found here.

http://silenttoronto.com/?p=387

For some reason my URLs no longer create links but you can copy and paste the URL into your browser.