One of downtown St. Catharines' oldest tenants celebrated a major milestone Friday morning.
CIBC held a reception and ceremony at its branch on the corner of King and Queen streets to commemorate 135 years of doing business in the downtown core. Guests were treated to refreshments and a cake created for the event as they perused a display of historic photos taken during the bank's various incarnations in downtown St. Catharines.
"They obviously had a different dress code back then," joked CIBC vice-president Stuart Thompson of a photo from the 1980s of several smiling branch employees decked out in cowboy hats.
As St. Catharines Mayor Brian McMullan and branch personnel looked on, Thompson thanked the city's residents for their patronage over the years.