Now 50 years later we all wish M.R.A.'s was still around, they were better than most of the malls.
@cali-tm1ec
Ай бұрын
such a simpler time back in the 70 and 80's. what a time to be alive in saint john! im 58 in a few days and i sure miss those times❤ the k8fs now wouldnt know what "loyalist days" were all about, sad
@christieosborne1661
Ай бұрын
Absolute waste. Failed urban experiments
@jesseventura8984
Ай бұрын
Peak Saint John
@Jan-fx2ny
2 ай бұрын
Good ol day all one and happy
@Cthains1
2 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing
@jpb1atlantic
2 ай бұрын
You are most welcome.
@ericamorrison7042
2 ай бұрын
When would the MRA building have been built?.
@terryquinn2119
2 ай бұрын
WAS IN ROYAL HOTEL 1974/75 WHEN WORKING ON IRVING OIL REFINERY
@Potato_Blood
3 ай бұрын
2024 Brunswick Square is now a dead mall
@ShakespeareCafe
4 ай бұрын
Would be an interesting epidemiological study to see how many spectators and workers came down with asbestos, lead paint, and other lung diseases while watching the demo
@jpb1atlantic
4 ай бұрын
Fortunately, I suffered no ill effects from having been there. It is striking, though, just how close onlookers could get to working machinery in those days!
@mikenb3461
4 ай бұрын
Great video. Thanks for sharing it and thanks for all your work in putting this together. Admittedly, I was only seven when this happened, but I have no recollection of that parking garage on Germain Street. I remember MRA, but that parking garage isn't stored in my brain anywhere.
@DarthTigger
4 ай бұрын
Sad to see it go. My Mother worked there, but the area was a wreck
@kaitar0
5 ай бұрын
My mom used to talk about MRAs all the time. I hadn't realized it was leveled I had (for some reason) thought it was carved up in smaller storefronts and had been further up the street.
@JeffRoach
6 ай бұрын
Brilliant, Bruce! Thanks for sharing!
@ellisandrews440
9 ай бұрын
When I was a kid in the early 50’s I used to go to MRA’s to the toy department. I remember a big rocking horse they in the store. It was big to me as I was only 6 . I moved aware from Saint John when I was 9. Now it is 70 years later GEE !
@JayElem
11 ай бұрын
Really great stuff -thanks for sharing. Any chance of an upload with only the original audio?
@margiefortune8705
Жыл бұрын
Thus we were foisted into mall shopping blah !! Go to malls now and there are few people (even before Christmas) . The fun to shopping uptown was you were bound to find someone you knew and then join them in a cup of THE best coffee from the Robbins Store.
@MrTroySinister
Жыл бұрын
I was 8 when this happened, worked at Brunswick Square as a teenager.
@cleo1618
Жыл бұрын
This is Awesome Bruce!! Thank you for posting this.
@jpb1atlantic
Жыл бұрын
You are welcome. Thanks for liking my video. More to come. Keep checking back!
@matt0395
Жыл бұрын
Ny home town
@matt0395
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful I was born in 1978 so just b4 my time
@TechDude1950
Жыл бұрын
Hi, Do you know where I can book a helicopter tour here in Saint John?
@jpb1atlantic
Жыл бұрын
I actually don’t, sorry. The helicopters in the film from 1977 were from the Fredericton Flying Club. They had come down during summer festivities in Saint John to offer the flights for a modest fee. I would assume a helicopter could be chartered at the airport…but at what cost?
@frankdenardo8684
Жыл бұрын
Early 1970's version of Gentrification.
@MrCgford1
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video
@Memphis423
2 жыл бұрын
Great footage, Would like to see more thank you
@DoctorNambu
2 жыл бұрын
There's a high chance my grandfather was in that mill at 1:55 when they flew over, pretty cool to see.
@robmorrisish
2 жыл бұрын
Very cool. I'll be 58 in August. I recall MRA for sure. Not so much, the Royal.
@motleyhoople3657
2 жыл бұрын
MRA's was a great store. A throwback to the days when department stores had elevators with an operator who would announce each floor as the doors opened. I have a lot of good memories of MRA's, buying toys there as a child and later buying records when I got a bit older. On the day they tore MRA's down my buddy Lewis and I were running around inside the empty building literally while they were tearing it down. We saw a few other people in there as well, looking for anything of value that might be overlooked. It sounds crazy and dangerous and it probably was, but we were just kids in our teens and there was a much more lax attitude towards safety in those days. It would never happen in this day and age, but hey... It was the 1970's.
@motleyhoople3657
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting video, thanks for digitizing and sharing. I was a teenager in the 1970's and I remember Loyalist Days well. It was a lot of fun for the first few years, though it started to get rather watered down in later years. Most interesting thing in this video for me is the shot towards the end at the 2:35 mark looking up the hill. There is nothing on the left side of the road... The building that now houses the CBC hadn't been built yet, and neither had Keddy's Hotel. Hard to remember a time now when they weren't there.
@daviddelcloo2928
2 жыл бұрын
I worked as a bellhop at the Royal in the late 50's
@MichaelPartridge58
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this Bruce, it gives a great perspective of Saint John most folks never see.
@jpb1atlantic
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Michael!
@rps1689
2 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised not many have visited this thread; the footage is very cool to see.
@mtraveler5
2 жыл бұрын
And now it’s Brunswick Square
@WW-sj7zk
2 жыл бұрын
Born in the General Hospital in 1978. Came to watch it blow up again! Instead I got a super cool glimpse of what it was like there the year before I was born! Thks for posting… Love Saint John
@KatIstEmo
3 жыл бұрын
Do you happen to know where the old Good Shepherd Reformatory was?
@madnozz
3 жыл бұрын
Chopper exterior design never change, but cars has big changes.
@mercman7336
3 жыл бұрын
Wow that was great. Keep uploading
@rps1689
3 жыл бұрын
It is so great that you did this back then. Much appreciated. How time flies.
@mcleanmicro2328
3 жыл бұрын
Fun blast from the past! Thanks!
@jpb1atlantic
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@rps1689
3 жыл бұрын
They were the last years of Saint John's heyday. I loved that department store. So glad you documented this even though it's sad watching the demolition. I hate malls. I remember those buses and they had ashtrays in them. How times have changed.
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