Exactly 100 years ago today, Harry Scott and Charles Piper announced they were closing the store.
They'd been drafted and ordered to report June 30th for Vancouver Barracks.
As it happens, the Armistice was signed on November 11th, and Scott didn't stay in the Service for very long.
According to
a 1965 profile, he reopened the shop on February 11th. This time he was the sole proprietor, and Charles Piper went on to something else.
Significantly for us, the storefront on State Street by the alley was no longer available, and he reopened just around the corner in today's location (though not the same building) of
Scott's Cycle, at 147 Commercial St. SE.
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