Ladner’s new Dairy Queen had a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday morning with a little throwback twist.
Former DQ employees Carol Anne Russell and Norma Latimer were present for the event. They had worked at the old Dairy Queen which existed in the same location years ago.
Russell, still a Ladner resident, worked there from 1967 to 69 while attending high school.
“There wasn’t a lot of jobs in Ladner for high school kids. I felt myself to be very lucky that I had this job. Very fortunate,” she said.
Russell, 66, said it was fun working there and that the DQ was in the middle of what was happening, noting guys would gather at the shopping centre with their hot cars, do a circle route around Ladner and then come back.
Latimer, who was wearing her old name tag on Friday, said she worked at the Dairy Queen for 14 years beginning in the late ‘60s.
Latimer, who still lives in Ladner, recalled it being a good job.
The new Dairy Queen is in the former location of the abc Restaurant at the Ladner Centre mall.
