Everyone gets excited about the Tall Ships and the first was a buzz in the city. Here are some ads from June 1984, click to enlarge any of the pics.
Downtown Dartmouth Merchants were in on it:
Spring Garden Merchants were in as well:
Five Fisherman realized the synergy before synergy was a buzzword:
the Feds of course had to be rules-y:
…and of course Gentleman Jim Nunn and CBC were there for us like they always are:
Source: http://halifax.retales.ca/some-ads-from-tall-ships-84/