Between Lynbrook Drive and Elmhurst Road are two auto repair stores. On the south side is the large George Rempel Auto Centre and almost directly opposite is smaller Dale and Ron's Roblin Auto Service. At one time, both stations may have had gas pumps but no longer.
Both businesses are quite busy with cars from George Rempel sometimes stretching down Lynbrook Drive.
At one time, Papas Restaurant had the fine dining niche to themselves on Roblin but they now have competition from Asahi down the street. Papas is located right up Elmhurst with parking in a fair sized lot behind it.
In between George Rempel and Papas is a series of home decorating shops. Vi's Interiors is one of the businesses. Braun Carpet is the other.
Whereas, the south side of Roblin is bounded by Lynbrook and Elmhurst, the north side is bounded by Royalgate Road and Hendon Avenue. The Charleswood Technical Centre is the on the western corner at Royalgate Road.
Dale and Ron Auto Service follows as you move west. A strip mall or sort start after the service station. After renovations in 2008, Charleswood Rental was replaced by a pet food company called Paws and Go. Immediately beside it is Globosapiens Bookstore Cafe which was Books and Crannies until 2009.
Alongside the bookstore is FJO, a supplier of autoparts.
Continuing west and you find Ceramic Plus Dental Lab.
Palmer and Badger Accountants occupy the space next door.
West of the accountant's office is Robert Lee Martial Arts school is located. One of the pictures above is from their website.
The last place on the block before Hendon is the Charleswood Eye Center. It is both a retailer of glasses and an optician shop. I must say though that my wife went to get her eyes tested there and when she didn't get her glasses there because her health plan only covered glasses from Sears, the optician got a little huffy.
The businesses along this section of street are part of the old Charleswood with each offering unique services.
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You're correct that both auto service centres used to have gas pumps. George Rempel's was an Esso station, which included a car wash, and before that it was a Texaco. Dale and Ron's was a Pioneer station.
ReplyDeleteYou may not know the Pappas restaurant building was previously a Bank of Montreal, before the branch moved to Charleswood Centre (whether it was called that or Forest Park Mall at the time I don't recall).
Thanks for the information. I had thought Pappas was a bank at one time. It still has bank deposit slots on one of its walls.
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