Tuesday, 7 May 2013

Toronto times

Some more photos from Claude, scanning back to four captured moments in time:

The view from Front Street in Spring 1997


The lady herself, in flowery 1996


A Tall Ship in the harbour in 1994


And time for a bite to eat in 1993


At each moment it was everything
and now it is gone
We should remember this as we remember
and as we live on

(Photos copyright of Claude Prévost, doggerel copyright of 'The Don')

 For Claude's earlier photo post see here, and for a view of her habitat see the Toronto Trap here

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23 comments:

  1. CalumCarr7 May 2013 at 19:43

    Thanks Don but especially thanks, Claude for these photos of the life and times of a Canadian madame.

    I do hope I haven't described you as being a Canadian brothel-keeper. :)

    Blessings , Claude.

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  2. Craig7 May 2013 at 20:56

    How very retro and trendy. The CN tower looks positively regal!

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  3. Andrew MacLaren-Scott7 May 2013 at 21:52

    Claude spent a lot of time nursing with Inuit people (if I remember correctly) in the Arctic, and I am hoping she will go further back into her time machine to send us some pics from those days.

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  4. Claude7 May 2013 at 23:35

    Thank you for a great presentation, dear Don.

    And thank you to all who will spend a moment looking at my past still very vivid in my heart.

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  5. CherryPie7 May 2013 at 23:53

    Thank you Claude for sharing moments from your past :-)

    And thanks DQ for hosting those past memories :-)

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  6. Elephant's Child8 May 2013 at 06:21

    Thank you both so much, for a window into another(s) world.

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  7. Claude8 May 2013 at 19:40

    I shared this on my Facebook page. And the first thing people read is Calum's comment calling me a Canadian Madame. Great reputation I will have on FB. My phone will start ringing any minute now! :-)

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  8. Andrew MacLaren-Scott8 May 2013 at 19:45

    Ha ha. You may need to get out to the street and recruit some employees pretty damn quick Madame.

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  9. Knatolee8 May 2013 at 19:48

    Ah, the city where I was born, and spent my wasted youth. I wonder what day that 1993 photo was taken? I was getting married in Toronto on this day in that year!

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  10. Andrew MacLaren-Scott8 May 2013 at 20:00

    .. and through Don QuiScottie's silly blog the two Toronto ladies (or to follow Calum... Madames) remember a year... Interesting

    Mesdames?

    I keep thinking of enticing book titles, without having to bother writing the books, so now I must add "Les Mesdames du Toronto" to my library. Maybe I'll have to write that one... Old(ish) Claude and young(ish) :) Knatolee plying the (claimed) oldest trade in the world on the (claimed) longest street in the world... Ah... the creative juices are rising...

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  11. Claude8 May 2013 at 20:07

    Keep writing, Don QuickScottie. Knat and I can take it....If not, we know a very good lawyer to defend us. If you go and look at Knatolee last post, you'll see he even wear a skirt, when needed!

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  12. Claude8 May 2013 at 20:21

    I was at The Coffee Mill (Bloor St. and Avenue Road) every week for Hungarian Goulash in 1993. Also, often, at the Royal Conservatory of Music for concerts with my students. Wish we had crossed paths, Knatolee!

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  13. Andrew MacLaren-Scott8 May 2013 at 20:50

    Madame Knatolee in a skirt? Good God! I have waited years for this. I am heading over to her place right now!

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  14. Andrew MacLaren-Scott8 May 2013 at 20:54

    Ach Claude... That is no skirt. Beautiful though Knatolee is, Gordon is the one wearing the skirt in these photos. Nice legs Gordon, but...

    Happy Anniversary Knatolee & Gordon.

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  15. Claude8 May 2013 at 21:56

    Scottish men are strange!

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  16. Andrew MacLaren-Scott8 May 2013 at 22:17

    The most valid four words you may ever assemble

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  17. Andrew MacLaren-Scott8 May 2013 at 22:21

    And actually I misread your comment... "he even wear a skirt..." or rather assumed it was a typo and you meant she was wearing a skirt. when it was a dress. So yes... to clear up all that confusion... Gordon was wearing a skirt, Knatolee a dress, but who "wears the trousers" in that duo eh? (Assuming the term "wears the trousers" is international and not just another Scottish quirk)

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  18. Andrew MacLaren-Scott8 May 2013 at 22:23

    And I repeat, I, the Don of QuiScottie have never worn a kilt, but I have worn a skirt, and a dress... Sadly no photographs available.

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  19. Priyank9 May 2013 at 02:33

    Aha all we now need is an interview with Lady Claude sharing her wonderful stories so she can rightly be the celebrity she deserves to be.

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  20. Priyank9 May 2013 at 02:39

    Pardon me! How careless and inappropriate of me, Madame Claude, to refer you by a dishonouring bourgeois title like that! However you could always be a ladylike madame. :)

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  21. Andrew MacLaren-Scott9 May 2013 at 02:52

    Hello Priyank. Claude's tales would be welcome guests here.

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  22. Andrew MacLaren-Scott9 May 2013 at 02:54

    ... although we should be understanding if La Madame is too busy running her business...

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  23. Claude9 May 2013 at 03:25

    Now Don Andrew, you can't invent any story about me now because friend Priyank knows me well. He is from Toronto, and I had the pleasure of welcoming him in my home last year.

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