{"id":7959,"date":"2010-08-16T03:22:56","date_gmt":"2010-08-16T08:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=7959"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:32:12","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:32:12","slug":"photo-du-jour-riddells-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/08\/16\/photo-du-jour-riddells-door\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo du Jour : Riddell&#8217;s Door"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Riddell shop door by alanah.montreal, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/alanahmontreal\/4892801802\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4074\/4892801802_f4b90b43f6.jpg\" alt=\"Riddell shop door\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Given the kind of neighbourhood that Mile End has become, Riddell&#8217;s storefront can easily be mistaken for work of installation art rather than a bona fide fishing gear store. Sadly, the curious storefront may not be around for much longer as the shopkeeper, George Riddell, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montrealgazette.com\/life\/Montreal+community+says+goodbye+fisherman+friend\/3259571\/story.html\">passed away on June 30th<\/a> at the age of 82 after keeping shop on Bernard street for 50 years.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I ventured through this door only once and quickly retreated, feeling as though I had stumbled into someone&#8217;s private living room. I suppose I had &#8211; according to the Gazette article, Riddell lived in the shop. I was impressed by the posters tacked to the ceiling.<\/p>\n<p>This a short film by Tim Van Horn gives us a glimpse into the shop and shows off the custom fishing lures that Riddell created (although not the ceiling posters&#8230;did I imagine them?)<br \/>\n<object style=\"height: 344px; width: 425px;\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/H748UOtBpQM\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed style=\"height: 344px; width: 425px;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/H748UOtBpQM\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>A few more <a href=\"http:\/\/stillepost.ca\/boards\/index.php?topic=138856.0\">memories of  the old man <\/a>have been collected on Stillepost. 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