Growing up on the Border

You know you have lived in Windsor a long time when . . . .

• you remember when the age of majority dropped to 18 in Ontario and all of a sudden Detroit students thought Windsor was cool.
• your first concert was at Olympia Stadium or Ford Auditorium (Cobo Hall) or Pine Knob
• you remember hockey at Olympia Stadium
• your grade school field trips included the DIA and the Detroit Zoo
• BOBLO was heaven

• the Freedom Festival had activities on both waterfronts
• Belle Isle is a beautiful place in your memory
• you had to wait until 9pm for the CBC to broadcast the Maple Leafs game if the Red Winds were playing in town
• the Big 8 ruled music on both sides of the border
• you attended Windsor night (usually Monday's) at Tiger Stadium
• the Elmwood Casino & Night Club was advertised as being in Detroit

• your grade 8 prom dress came from either Woolco in Windsor or Kresge's in Detroit
• you remember stubby beer bottles in Windsor and 32oz. pours in Detroit
• Better Made potatoe chips and Stroh's ice cream were sold in Windsor
• you remember that Channel 9 was the only Canadian station and 'Bill Kennedy at the Movies' was the only thing on during the day if you were at home sick.

• Oakland Mall was better than Devonshire Mall
• you knew who Rita Bell, Bozo the Clown and Sonny Elliot were
• Lafayette Coney Islands - need I say more!
• everyone had American currency at home (for that quick trip across the border)
• the BOBLO Boat (actually two of them) docked in Windsor and Detroit
• the Detroit News and Detroit Free Press were delivered on Sunday's
• when the 'Top Of The Flame' building changed it's lights to correspond to the season or holiday.
• the Red Wings played an exhibition game every year at Windsor Arena
• walking down Woodward Avenue at Christmas was a truly special event and a wonderful sight to behold