Classic Toronto TV Commercials

Jerrold: Awesome! The TTC sure marketed itself better back in '84!

That is Mark Daly on the Bowlarama and African Lion Safari commercials.

There was a roller skating arena on Mutual St. between Shuter and Dundas on the west side. The land is now used as a playground and condominiums and housing co-ops.

The first Mutual Street Arena was the home of hockey before Maple Leaf Gardens. The United Church of Canada was formed there.

The first building was replaced in the late '60s(?) and was a curling and roller skating venue. The second building was simply called the Terrace (on Mutual). The first building was known as the Mutual Street Arena.

I think the city required that the function of the Mutual St area be replaced by a rink under the coops between Jarvis, Dundas and George but the new rink never opened. I think it is still there today hidden in those buildings.

The clip of the roller rink is too blurry and short to tell if it's the Terrace or not, it probably is but in those days there actually were a few roller rinks in Metro, there was one near Finch and Warden somewhere.

Yes the city did require to builders of the coop to provide for a new roller rink, it added substantial cost and delay to the project that provided much needed accessible affordable housing. Mrs. Pape used to work in the building across the street and for years there was plywood hoarding proclaiming "home of the new roller rink". It was never completed and nobody cared about that style of roller skating by the time the building was opened. Now there is talk of using the space for some sort of local arts focused community center. The whole roller rink think was Jack Layton's first cause celebre, I recall him dragging his sullen teenage kids out and making them roller skate as a publicity stunt, memories of that whole thing is why this lefty still hates Jack Layton, given the choice between housing for poor disabled people and pushing a ridiculous issue to get himself in the papers he chose the latter.

I am looking for the song that is in this lotto 649 news cast. Any suggestions? Thank you

It was the Mutual Street Arena where they had roller skating, Ice Skating and Curling on Street Level. The news reel was in it's better days.

It was called the Scarborough roller Rink and it had a smooth Cement floor which was coated with talc. We had to change our wheels whenever we went there or slide around like babies. LOL.

Anyone remember the Mimicombo? Small place on the second floor of a plaza!

It was called the Scarborough Roller Palace and it had a cement floor with baby powder (Talc) all over it. You had to have special wheels to skate there properly. I went many times and had to change my wheels whenever I went there.

Wow: you were actually a cruiser there. I was very young at the time. Still live very close to there.