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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Old is the New New: Our latest book “Windsor Then” is born.
I am very happy to announce the birth of Walkerville Publishing’s latest baby: “Windsor Then – A Pictorial Essay of Windsor Ontario’s Glorious Past.” 138 black and white photos chronicle Windsor’s progress from its days as a sleepy backwater in … Continue reading
Posted in Lost Buildings, People, The Straits, Windsor Now, Windsor Then
Tagged activity, architecture, boats, book, change, chronicle, deck, destruction, dock, downtown, ferry, found, ghosts, history, horses, lost, new, oblivion, old, Ontario, Ouellette Avenue, pedestrians, photos, rare, record, Riverside Drive, sad, Sandwich Street, trolleys, Windsor, Windsor then
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Horses of the River
Driving past a country fair near Niagara-on-the-Lake yesterday, I spotted a pony ride. Wow, did that take me back – and not just to my youth. It reminded of a illustration I had recently scrutinized while browsing through “Birth of a … Continue reading
Musings about trolleys, congregating and “progress”.
With current local chit chat about a city councillor’s suggestion to bring back street cars in Windsor, I pondered (once again) how different things (read better) would be here if our city fathers had just left well enough alone. Here … Continue reading
Posted in People, The Straits, Walkerville, Windsor Now, Windsor Then
Tagged 1886, All Nations Full Gospel Church, architects, building, Canada, Chalmers United Church, chat, chat, chit chat, congregation, electric street cars, first, Ford Motor Company Canada, hot springs, loss, lot, musings, Ontario, pastors, Presbyterian, progress, Sandwich Hot Springs, The Junction, tourist attraction, trolley cars, University Avenue, Walkerville, Windermere, Windsor
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Upper Canada, eh? Windsor in 1837.
Still enjoying the leftovers from your bbq celebrating 144 years of Confederation? Ah, yes. There’s nothing like cold chicken, ribs, potato salad and watermelon washed down by an icy Molson Canadian to help prolong that warm patriotic feeling. In addition … Continue reading
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Tagged 1837, 1854, 1867, Anna Bromwell Jameson, author, brig, British, Canada West, Canadian Pacific Railroad, Catholic, churches, CPR, Detroit, Detroit River, dugout canoe, explorer, history, industry, intrepid, Michigan, now, Ontario, rail, railroad, schooners, southern ontario, steeples, then, Upper Canada, Windsor, writer
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