Brampton, Ontario, Canada

For Merike and Udo
From the series Sketches Of Our Town Produced by Conrad Beaubien
Canadian Cities History

[peterdistefano]

Born in 85 at the old olser hospital which was torn down. Brampton is an absolute cesspool now. The good old days are long gone. I got out but am looking to go further up north cuz the traffic in the GTA is hell on earth. 😭

[TheMarky]

Back when brampton was a good place to live..The place i grew up.I miss my old home and im sad about what its become.

[micht]

That beautiful Brampton is LONG GONE. Had a great time there in the 80s

[allthatjaz]

I'm going to cry. What happened to my beautiful flowertown?

[Dan-ntyb]

My family moved to Brampton in 1970 with a population of about 70, 000. All I have now are fond memories of that small-town feel. Now?….wouldn’t go near it for many many reasons.

[theflyingscotsman]

Growing up in Brampton from 1961 to 1989, I have lots of memories .
Even a century before my time there, it's seen huge changes but I'd have to say the 1960's to mid 1975 was the nicest time and a safe town to City to be in .

[GeoDelGonzo]

I always knew Brampton to be a city of concrete and cars, cars, cars.. Its nice to see what it once was. I want to brave the boundaries of highway and try to find what is left from the video.

I once came from a small countryside of Stoney Creek, till Hamilton started to pave over it with its tight subdivisions and tall homes. I've taken my family to a small town of Acton, but most likely a boom will come to that town too.

[dalisllama]

“Etobicoke Creek…” shows Norton Park (previously Chassel’s Pit…not connected to Etobicoke creek)

[dr.curious]

Flower town was once a nice place.. now it’s just traffic and crime. Can’t stop progress as they say, too bad tho.

[daveywavey]

Who the hell let what happened to Brampton actually happen? It's an absolute cesspool now!! And unfortunately yes, I still fucking live here.

[ethelbramston]

During the 1960's us young married folk from the GTA had hopes of buying a home and living our lives in Brampton. Today, wouldn't go near the

[denisgauthier]

I’m indeed proud of my city, my province, and my country

[simonesewitt]

It's something refreshing to see Brampton as the way it was before the hole South Asian Takeover.

[ANDREWPENTHAUS]

I wonder if the "Stonehouse" family is recognized in this doc, or if anyone knows of them?

[Bloodywasher]

Ahhhh Brampton or as we Canadians call it, Bramladesh.

[Jeff-fn-G]

What have we done to our country? 😢 it’s not Canadian anymore.

[dm]

This documentary was filmed back in 1993. A long long time ago, when Brampton was clean, safe & beautiful, long before the rats took over and destroyed it.

[safeysmith]

Brampton’s population is nearly 660, 000 now.

[georgeclarke]

1 million Indians in Brampton now and rising

[johnd]

Did he say Cosmopolitan city???? lol