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Tag Archives: 2011
Dream Cruising to Ford City
Windsor, Ontario is separated by Detroit, Michigan, The Motor City, by a one-mile river. At times, that river barely seems to exist as there are some events that serve to unite our two cities and countries. I have no idea … Continue reading
Posted in People, The Straits, Windsor Now, Windsor Then
Tagged 1954, 2011, annual, audience, autos, Big 3, Canada, cars, classics, Detroit, Dream Cruiser, dreaming, Drive Ins, Drouillard Road, Duggan's Irish Pub, engines, exhaust, Ford, Ford City, fun, love, Michigan, modern, Motor City, now, Ontario, OPEC, retro, then, tires, tourist, trucks, vintage, wheels, Windsor
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I Read You Loud and Clear Dad.
The phone calls came about twice a month, almost like clockwork. It would be Dad announcing he had a bag of magazines to bring over. A voracious reader he could plow through probably a good dozen of them a week, … Continue reading
Posted in People, Windsor Now, Windsor Then
Tagged 1937, 2011, Albert Howard Weeks, Bert Weeks, Bert Weeks Memorial Gardens, books, boss, call, City of Windsor, corruption, Detroit River, Father's Day, flat feet, garden, Great Depression, honor, love, magazines, mayor, memorial, Montreal, Ontario, phone, police, Quebec, reading, respect, scandal, shop, sin city, trade, watch maker, watch repair, water, Windsor, WWII
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Scene on the Streets: Windsor 2011
Posted in People, Walkerville, Windsor Now, Windsor Then
Tagged 2011, alley, back, built, construction, diagonal, disappear, education, elementary, equipment, erected, General Brock, graffiti, heritage, history, lot, Marlborogh Public School, Monmouth Road, Ontario, paint, Paul Martin Jr., Paul Martin Sr., rear, recent, Sandwich, scenes, sides, skunk, streets, Walker Road, War of 1812, west, Windsor, yellow
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