There were two bars on the Circus, The Criterion and McCanns. Mc Canns had another bar in the wee street off Denmark Street that led to Carlisle Street and Eglington Street, if memory serves me right. Another bar further up the Crumlin Road was the Cherrymount(I think)
Hi, St A, your right about the Cherrymount, it had a more modern exterior than most bars at that time, next to it going down the Crum was a second hand shop, "I think it was owned by Jimmy Millar? and going on down @ the corner of Fleetwood St was a shop on the ground floor of a big house, the Criterion I believe was the bar owned by the Lynch,s, at the opposite side of the circus just above Denmark St was a row of big houses of which the bottom of one was a fruit machine repair place just before Eglington St,the flats were there. Most of my family were born in St johns on the Crum between the 50,s to the 70,s and my own kids as well from 79 to 85 @ the corner of Florence St & Crumlin Rd just before the courthouse.
Slan for now, Apalachie.