Simpsons Sears News Today

Jack Wilson, owner of Wilson’s Watch, Clock & Jewelery Repair & Coins in the City Square Mall’s lower level, began his career in 1965 at 25 years old. He is closing his doors on Friday, Dec. 29.

I’m staying out of the malls, shopping centres and big box stores and ordering as much as I can online. (I’m a little ashamed to admit that I ordered a Jumbo box of cereal on Amazon last week.) Shopping was never a favourite thing for me, but I got thinking of stores from years gone by.. and most of them show my age… but here were my favourites – Simpsons Sears and Eatons when I was a kid, Zellers for the diner, Kmart and Woolco for the caramel corn popcorn at the entrances. When I was ...