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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Bop ‘Til You Drop: BobLo Ballroom 1920s
The new music and dances were fast paced and energetic, like the optimistic 1920s themselves. They were an escape from the horror of war, and an opportunity to release pent up emotions created by the restricted lifestyles forced on the … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, People, The Straits, Windsor Now, Windsor Then
Tagged 5 cents, Albert Kahn, amusement, balcony, Boblo Island, Bois Blanc, bop, bopping, Charleston, close, craze, dance, Fox trot, hugging, Jazz, observers, pavilion, Ragtime, rides, Roaring Twenties, Rudolf Valentino, scandalize, Tango, The Blues, Victorian, Waltz
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Send in the Clowns. A Walkerville woman is waiting. c 1900
I am so glad I met Charlie Fox. His old house in Walkerville is a treasure trove of photos, antiques and other relics from the early years in the town that Hiram Walker built. About ten years ago we were … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, People, Walkerville, Windsor Now, Windsor Then
Tagged 1900, 60th, Chilver, clowns, Edward Walker, fashion, glass plates, Hiram Walker, ivy, Jubilee, Kodak, Mary Walker, monarch, monarchy, Petch's Drug Store, Queen Victoria, relic, royalty, Tecumseh, The Old Town Sweet Shop, treasures, waiting, Walker Road, Willis Walker, Willistead, Wyandotte
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Sisters in the Hood: Isabel & Vivian Clark – Walkerville, 1935
“… probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.” ~Margaret Mead One of the best things about publishing our community magazines, “The Walkerville Times” and “The Times Magazines” was … Continue reading
Posted in People, Walkerville, Windsor Now, Windsor Then
Tagged 1935, Art Gallery of Windsor, bottles, brewery, cottage, Depression, HIram Walker & Sons, labels, polio, Rondeau Park, Roy Clark, sand, sisters, Sumner Press, Walkerville Printing
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Come and give me a kiss, dearie.
A woman’s work is never done. Here’s an unidentified Walkerville matriarch doing some mending in the backyard of what looks like one of the row houses on Monmouth Road. These homes were rented out to the employees of Hiram Walker … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, People, Walkerville, Windsor Then
Tagged benevolent dictator, dearie, distillery, kiss, matriarch, mending, rose bush, roses, row house, whisky, women's work
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Walking barefoot, uphill, in a snowstorm.
What? Another freezing rain warning for Windsor and Essex County today? Oh joy! Oh rapture! Hey, It’s March 24… bring it on! Maybe because we’ve had such a miserably cold March, April will treat us a little better. Hmmm, maybe … Continue reading
Posted in People, The Straits, Walkerville, Windsor Now, Windsor Then
Tagged 1886, Albert Kahn, April, bizarre, blizzards, broken, Canada, Detroit, drifts, Foxley, freak, freakish, gardens, humidex, May, Ontario, snowstorm, spring, summer, Walkerville, weather, winds, Windsor
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The Woman Who Lived in the Little Stone House: Ontario at Kildare
You probably wondered who lived in that adorable stone house on the corner of Kildare and Ontario in Olde Walkerville. Chances are she took your parents’ or grandparents’ portrait and you didn’t even know it. She was Pat Sturn, a … Continue reading
Posted in People, Walkerville, Windsor Now, Windsor Then
Tagged 100 years old, bohemian, Canada Building, century, died, doll, grass, Greenwich Village, Ouellette Avenue, Pat Sturn, photographer, portrait, Romania, roof, spring, stone house, studio
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Take Me Out to The Ballgame: Ford City Team 1920s
I believe in the Rip Van Winkle theory: that a man from 1910 must be able to wake up after being asleep for seventy years, walk into a ballpark and understand baseball perfectly. ~ Bowie Kuhn, Commissioner of Major League Baseball … Continue reading
Posted in People, Windsor Now, Windsor Then
Tagged baseball, bats, batter, boys of summer, catchers, Ford City, major league, players, rite, ritual, sports, spring, Yogi Berra
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I Want to Be Loved by You. 1928
Browsing through my “old local photos” email folder, I found this gem sent to me in 2002 by Mike McGlaughlin. His mother Phyllis McGlaughlin (left) sits with her cousins Hazel (middle) and Edna Normandeau on the running board of a … Continue reading
Posted in Lost Buildings, People, The Straits, Windsor Now, Windsor Then
Tagged 1928, bobs, Detroit, grist mill, Helen Kane, Henry Ford Museum, I Want To Be Loved By You, jalopy, knee highs, knee socks, Loranger, McGlaughlin, Normandeau, Roaring Twenties, running board, song, top hit
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