Seamone's Bakery, Market Street, Liverpool, Nova Scotia

Those of us who are about 35 years of age and older could never forget the awesome smell coming from Seamone's Bakery on Market Street. The breads, rolls and biscuits, the pies, cakes and cookies were a true delight when walking on or near Market Street. The Bakery was located next to the Bank of Montreal and was demolished in 1983. Eventually the lot was used to build what was first the Save Easy grocery store. That new building is now the home of South Shore Opportunities,Henneberry's Barber Shop and more.
Inside the bakery things were a bit old and dated but the treats were the best. Janet Wroblewski worked there and would always give us kids a free gingerbread man cookies. The chocolate donuts were one of my favorites and after buying them and taking them in a paper bag, we'd get home only to find the donuts there but all the chocolate was attached to the bag,  we ate them anyway.

I contacted Marion Seamone who lived in Liverpool for many years to see what she knew about the bakery since her dad owned it. Marion told me the following -

....Dad opened the bakery in the fall of 1959 and the staff at that time was Mrs.Brown who lived on the corner of Main & Wolfe St.:Judy Westhaver who made the pies & Janet Wrobleski made the donuts etc;Earl Whynot helped Dad with the baking.....there were many other employees over the years .....Roxie Johnson;Bobby Hatt;Bryant Pushie to name a few.......I worked after school & on weekends in the front part which was the the store where the gingerbread men and the brown bread quickly became favorites as did the butterhorns.....other students who worked there were Nancy Jane Mott & Cheryl Snyder......the office off to the side eventually became a favorite stopping spot for many in the community especially those who worked the late night shifts. Dad was always there in the wee hours getting everything oven ready so product would be in the store early in the morning......the smell of baking would be difficult to resist for many working in the area .My brother Paul took over after Dad passed away in the early 70's...eventually the oven & bakery equipment was moved to the IGA store where Paul continued to bake the favorites......

I remember that it was a man who had a combined bake shop/bible store.....and am going to try and find out who it was.......a strange combination...apparently he sold donuts ,cookies, & Bibles.I have to look up some old references.....


......Doug Crouse was the man Dad bought the bakery from...........there was also a Doug Himmelman who worked at the bakery for a time...

Thanks to Marion for sharing her memories of the bakery. I know I'm one of many who will never forget that place!