The Bay in Thompson
The Hudson Bay Company
I was thinking about the Bay. I know we talked about the Plaza…but this time lets focus on the Bay. It was started in 1961, (I think). My mom used to work at the food counter in the Bay. She met my dad at an apartment party and they dated. He would go to the counter and she would give him extra large portions. How romantic! I used to go to the glassware section and buy nice glasses, like wine glasses for my parents’ birthdays etc. I enjoyed the furniture dioramas in the basement letting my imagination run free as I looked at each one of them. I enjoyed looking at the toy section. As I got older there was the record section I spent time in. I also trapped in the Junior trapline. There was all kinds of trapping supplies I spent a fortune on. (and so it seemed). One year I caught a lynx. I brought the fur the the basement of the Bay with my father and they gave me $300 cash. I couldn’t believe it! They actually bought furs in the basement of the Bay around 1978. These pictures are from the 1960s to the 1970’s. It is 60 years since the Bay first opened up.
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