Marguerite Klyne, marks 80th birthday at O’Connor Bowl last year
O’Connor Bowl at 1401 O’Connor Drive will close this week after some 64 years in business. The end has been haunting O’Connor Bowl since the death in 2010 of owner John Martin. Stafford Homes purchased the property in 2011 and a seven-storey mixed-use commercial and residential development was approved for the site at O’Connor Drive near Bermondsey Road in 2013. The bowing alley has been run on a year-to-year basis since the purchase. It is a life’s work ended for manager Mike Gorman, who has been at the alley for 27 years. He was told Monday that the last day would be Friday, June 5, 2015 The East York Mirror quotes Ward 31 Councillor Janet Davis as saying: “O’Connor Bowl served people of all ages across the province who came to bowl. It will be sadly missed,” Stafford Developments, a division of Goldman Group, applied for a rebuilding application to construct the mixed commercial and residential structure and were approved for a site plan. Councillor Davis told the Mirror that Stafford Developments has sold the property but company officials were unavailable to comment with regards to the new ownership of the property. Mirror story also records stories of elderly league members like Myrk Seyler, 90, head of the Tuesday Ladies League. East York Mirror
