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Originally Posted by Saul Goode
Undoubtedly you remember its twin, Don & Ev's Irving on Thistle, at the top of Maple, across from the foundry. If I remember correctly (which, lamentably, seems to happen less frequently these days), they eventually operated both stations for a short time. Neighborhood landmarks for sure.
Agreed, Dartmouth was a terrific place to be a kid in those days (not that it isn't now).
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Yes, I remember it, and all of the other 7 service stations that were in the neighbourhood in the 1970s, that eventually went as time passed, except for one.
There was:
1) The station that still exists on the corner of PA Road and Ocht.
2) The 2 that we are discussing.
3) 2 on Ocht, between Pine and Victoria.
4) A Texaco at the bottom of Pine, across from Greenvale School.
5) The one located on the lot where the Edward St project is happening.
Times change, fuel economy improved, the local service bays fell to the muffler chain shops and proprietary dealer service information. Now HRM won’t even let anyone open a new service station (errr… gas bar and convenience store), and eventually they will be replaced by charging stations.
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