{"id":13653,"date":"2016-03-16T10:58:33","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T14:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=13653"},"modified":"2016-03-16T10:58:33","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T14:58:33","slug":"reader-has-close-connections-to-women-in-graystones-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/reader-has-close-connections-to-women-in-graystones-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"Reader has close connections to women in Graystones photo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Regarding the photo in your March 3, 2016 edition submitted by the Aurora Museum and Archives asking for the name and location of the restaurant in the photo, it is Graystones Restaurant at Yonge Street and Royal Road in Aurora.<br \/>\nI am surmising that the photo was most likely taken between 1952 and 1954.<br \/>\nMy father, Hugh McIntyre, owned the establishment during these years and probably a bit earlier as well. The lady on the left of the checkout counter is my mother, Helen McIntyre and, on the right, behind the counter, is a good friend of the family, Eleanor Lindsay.<br \/>\nHelen and Hugh [Mac] McIntyre lived on Cousins Drive in Aurora from 1948 to 1987.<br \/>\nHugh was a chef and offered lunches and dinners to patrons heading through Aurora on their way up north to cottages, lodges, etc.<br \/>\nHis Sunday afternoon brunches attracted people from Toronto and locally, as well as those returning from their northern weekend getaways.<br \/>\nThe resident jazz band drew people from Toronto and all places in between every Friday and Saturday night.<br \/>\nIt was a vibrant venue.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nJudy McIntyre-Smith<br \/>\nAurora<\/strong><\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F13653&#038;t=Reader%20has%20close%20connections%20to%20women%20in%20Graystones%20photo&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F13653&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Reader%20has%20close%20connections%20to%20women%20in%20Graystones%20photo\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F13653&#038;text=Like%3F\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Reader%20has%20close%20connections%20to%20women%20in%20Graystones%20photo&#038;body=Like%3F:%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F13653\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regarding the photo in your March 3, 2016 edition submitted by the Aurora Museum and Archives asking for the name and location of the restaurant in the photo, it is Graystones Restaurant at Yonge Street and Royal Road in Aurora. I am surmising that the photo was most likely taken between 1952 and 1954. 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