Memory Lane Photo, Liverpool, Nova Scotia

Well known Liverpool photographer, Warren Wagner started Memory Lane in his house in the 1970s where he did portraits, passport photos and a little framing. It was just a sideline, a hobby that he loved. In 1986, he was interested in buying some new, expensive camera equipment so thought he'd open a little photography shop to earn some extra money to buy it. Little did he know it would be a 25 year venture. Along with his wife, Karen they opened the shop at 275 Main Street where the Moss Pot is presently located. The shop was small and had a few staff. As business increased, Memory Lane grew and eventually filled the entire building, even taking one room in the Advance building. In the later 1980s, Memory Lane was the first in the history of Liverpool to offer 1 hour film processing. I started working there in March 1990 and later that year in September, Warren opened a color darkroom, the only one of it's kind in NS except in Halifax. Computer sales and repair were added to the list of things you could get at Memory Lane. As talk of internet grew, once again Memory Lane was the first to ever bring the Internet to Queens County. It was dial up and it was slow but that's all that was available at that time. Memory Lane was becoming too large for the location on Main Street so it moved in December 2000 to the Waterfront Plaza. You could buy Bell Expressvu Satellite Systems, Electronics, Rogers Cell Phones, Custom Framing, Color and Black & White Photocopies and computer supplies all under one roof. The Ball & Skein was added in later years so you could even buy yarn there. The last staff members working there were owners Warren and Karen Wagner, myself, Sheri Roy, Mike Morton and Alex Rector-Wagner. Sadly, as the economy started to take its toll on businesses in Liverpool, Memory Lane became a victim of tough times and the end of March 2011 it closed after almost 25 years in downtown Liverpool.