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Happy Friday! This week's Flashback Friday post looks at this vintage postcard of the midway rides at the Canadian National Exhibition from the late 1960s!
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Happy Friday! This week's Flashback Friday post looks at this souvenir 100th anniversary Canadian National Exhibition pin from 1979!
The Canadian National Exhibition is set to run from August 21st to September 7th, 2026!
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Crowds pass the Fresh-Cut Fries and the Corn Dogs stands as the teacup and saucer ferris wheel spins in the night.
The rainbow colours of the Euroslide saturate the night with blurs of riders sliding down.
The large ferris wheel and The Hurricane rides are blurred in the nighttime long exposure.
The vintage swing ride lights up as it spins.
The final stroll through the midway on my way back to the streetcar.
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A young man in a white, sleeveless shirt sits, hunched over in concentration at a shooting game, on a vintage chrome and red naugahyde stool. An earlier trophy sits on his lap.
A large pink stuffy dominates the frame as it hangs from the ceiling of a game stall. We cannot see the game but, amid the blur of people on the move, a young child stands still and transfixed by it.
A couple stand considering the possibilities of a game entitled “Shoot Out”.
A nighttime of neon, fluorescent games at the CNE, bustle and roar.
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Gambling in the dark: the Ontario Lottery and Gambling paddock looks retro and futuristic simultaneously in the night.
A chaotic whirl of motion around a game stall that features rubber mallets and small catapults on an astroturf ledge.
Texaco Gasoline & Motor Oil proclaims a neon sign next to a racetrack game.
Out into the night, electric light and games at the CNE.
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Trays of small polished stones, sold by the bag, surrounded by Buddha figures.
Ferns surround churning mist rising from pools, above which hover giant sunfish constructed of bright multicoloured flowers.
I didn’t spend much time inside at the Ex but long enough to find the polished stones that fascinated me as a kid and a surreal flower installation.
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Toss a ring on a bottle a win one of the colourful stuffies hanging all around the game booth.
I think you’re supposed to throw a ring on a rubber duck.
A veritable gang of colourful monster stuffies crowded into the end of the Bottle Up game stand look intent on defending their turf.
A giant inflatable yellow rubber duck wearing a black mask fills the left side of the frame a ninja turtles hang from the awning of a game involving floating rubber ducks.
“Prize Guaranteed!” The second, unstated, guaranteed: you will be separated from your money. All fun at that games!
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The view from the side, looking up, of The Euroslide, a rainbow of slide courses.
The view from the bottom of The Euroslide as groups are starting, in the middle of, and finishing their slides.
A woman looks up a photographs her friend as he ascends the yellow and orange tower of The Mega Drop.
A spinning ride becomes an abstraction of lights and forms.
Slide, drop, and spin.
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A loop ride and a spinning swing type ride compete for attention of the crowds.
The Ring Of Fire takes its riders on a 360 loop against a clear blue sky.
Another ride rises up behind some tents towards a clear blue sky.
A chaotic view through The Hurricane in full spin and the pink and yellow tracks of the Crazy Mouse to the teacup and saucer ferris wheel.
Midway perspectives at The Ex.
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“Do not spit from ride. Remain seated.” warns a sign at one end of the SkyRide, an overhead chairlift that runs from one end of the main fairground to the other. People stroll around below with the midway in the distance.
Food stands from roasted corn to deep fried cheese curds. The main ferris wheel towers beyond.
“Chunks o Chicken” and “Curly’s Fries”, people silhouetted by the afternoon sun that flares the end of the frame, SkyRide overhead.
The old fashioned carnival swing and ferris wheel split the frame with an arc of swingers between.
Wandering towards the midway on a perfect afternoon at The Ex. Here’s a selection from my third roll of film on the day.
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A woman walks past a cluster of plastic ferns with the kids’ midway behind her.
A fountain in the sun with slow slow shutter speed motion blur in the cascades of water.
A quiet moment as a man walks pasts an old fashioned illuminated sign that spells “FLYER”, those of a certain age will recognize the sign from the somewhat infamous wooden roller coaster from The Ex of yore. A security guard sits in the shade nearby.
People gather and enter the Better Living Centre and banners advertise an exhibit entitled “The Farm”.
The Ex was a perfect end of summer fair this year. I carried one camera and lens and spent eight rolls of film. Here’s the second set.
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The garishly coloured Candy Time stand with pink, blue, and yellow flags waving against a blue sky. Popcorn, candy apples, sno kones!
Sun flares across the frame as folks walk along the north side of the soccer stadium.
People gather round a citrus shaped lemonade stand with the rides of the kids’ midway behind them.
There be pirates! A pirate ship themed slide, accessed by a plank bridge, in the kids’ midaway.
I went to The Ex for the first time in years and it was perfect - exactly the way the end of summer fair should be. I carried one camera and lens and spent eight rolls of film. Here’s the first set.
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A twisted pickle and deep fried cheese curds - my CNE junk food of choice. What's yours? #letsgototheex
#TorontoTalk #CNE #AirShow - Planes, jets dance at Canadian International Air Show.
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✨ Circa 1960/August 24, 2025 - Princess Margaret Fountain at Exhibition Place in #Toronto
👉 Princess Margaret Fountain history at www.torontojourney416.com/princess-mar...
Archive Photo Credit: Library and Archives Canada PA-060458
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GO Trains in and out of Canadian National Exhibition Place
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✨1931/August 24, 2025 – Princes' Gates, the entrance to the CNE and Exhibition Place in Toronto
👉 Princes' Gates history at www.torontojourney416.com/princes-gates/
Archive Photo Credit: Library and Archives Canada PA-052988
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✨1954/Aug 16, 2025 – Looking northeast at the Food Building located at Exhibition Place in #Toronto
👉Food Building history at www.torontojourney416.com/cne-food-bui...
Archive Photo Credit: CU110865472, University of Calgary
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✨1954/August 16, 2025 – Southwest entrance of the Food Building at Exhibition Place in #Toronto.
👉Food Building history at www.torontojourney416.com/cne-food-bui...
Archive Photo Credit: Canadian National Exhibition Association Archives
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We had a blast demoing Twins of Olus at the CNE Gaming Garage this past weekend.
Thanks to all who played our demo, gave us feedback and finding us random bugs. 👍
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✨Between 1954-60/August 16, 2025 – The Food Building at 10 Nova Scotia Ave at Exhibition Place in #Toronto.
👉Food Building history at www.torontojourney416.com/cne-food-bui...
Archive Photo Credit: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1257, Series 1057, Item 5679
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✨1961/August 16, 2025 – Shrine Peace Memorial is located in the Rose Garden at Exhibition Place.
👉 Shrine Peace Memorial history at www.torontojourney416.com/shrine-peace...
Archive Photo Credit: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 536, Item 748
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Going to CNE tomorrow
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August 20, 1986 (1/2) - 🚨 #LetsGoToTheEx! It's "Dave Stieb Day" today at the CNE! 🤣 WTF, you ask? Read on... 🧵 🚨
We will be at the CNE's Gaming Garage this upcoming August 23rd with the Twins of Olus demo. 🎡🎮
Come swing by if you are in the neighbourhood!
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