my grandfather ( E. John Sparks, deceased now of oshome) use to take to his
store on Aveune Road when large scale remote control planes hung from the
ceiling. Then later on when his store moved to Wilson Ave, we would go there.
My first turntable came from that store Atlas model. I still have, last gift my
grandfather gave for my layout.
I remember meeting Jim Sr snd Jim Jr
stuart warren
renfrew ontario
--- On Wed, 2/18/09, Mike McGrattan <samuelridge@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Mike McGrattan <samuelridge@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: [cpsig] Re: Who is Jim Parker?
To: cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Received: Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 9:50 PM
Isn't it interesting that you ask a question about a gentleman who's
photographs you enjoy and the answers bring back such a vivid
memory....?
Living in Northern Etobicoke in the late 60's and early 70's as a young
railway modeler; we would avail ourselves of the TTC and later our
bikes to visit North York Hobbies; I can remember numerous trips there
and parting with paper route money to buy a Tyco car; later moving up
to better cars and finally my first steam enegine (during my HO teen
days)
Knowing that that was Mr. Parker's shop and that 30 plus years later I
am still a railway modeler and enjoying the fruits of his labours
brings a cycle of railfanning and modeling full circle.....
I am grateful for the information.
