Turansky Grocery Store

What a surprise to find this photo online. It is nice to come across unexpected memories like this. My grandmother was a determined, strong woman at a time when it was not at all fashionable for women to be that way. She lived to be almost one hundred years old and continued working a couple of hours a day in her store until she was over 90.

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Many fond memories of the store before the arrival of Mac's and Beckers in Whitby. Penny candy, licorice cigars, 3 for a penny black balls! That was the bonus for walking to the store for a loaf of bread or a quart of milk. Before A+P and Beckers opened nearby in mid 1960's, the next nearest grocery stores were Wilsons on Brock, near 4 corners, and Steinbergs 2 blocks east of that (I grew up near Cochrane and Walnut).

Also my grandmother. I often spent summers with my grandparents. A considerable amount of the produce was from my grandfathers orchards or his vegetable gardens out behind the house. Grandpa seldom made an appearance in the store, just not his thing, but lots of fresh from the garden products certainly was. Something he certainly passed on to me. Thanks for posting this trip down memory lane.

I used to go to Taranskys pretty much every day, Bernie and his wife were great people.