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Esto Perpetua: Walkerville C. I. Lives On
Does November 2nd, 1922 mean anything to you? Probably not unless you’re a Walkerville Collegiate alumnus. On that bright fall day celebrations were held to mark the school’s official opening. A luncheon, a dance, a swimming exhibition and a program … Continue reading
Posted in Walkerville, Windsor Now, Windsor Then
Tagged 1920s, architecture, Canada, company town, distiller, education, heritage, Hiram Walker, Ontario, Roaring Twenties, school, Walkerville, Windsor
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Way Back To School: School Days 1907
It’s the first day of school for tens of thousands of elementary and secondary students in Windsor and Essex County. No doubt many parents are breathing a collective sigh of relief that their little darlings are no longer moping … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, People, Walkerville, Windsor Now, Windsor Then
Tagged 1907, 1940s, classic, classroom, commericals, education, Exederin, flag, headache, honour, now, O Canada, one room schoolhouse, outhouse, salute, school, schoolroom, swim team, teachers, then, tv, Walkerville, WalkervilleCollegiate, Windsor
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School Rules: KIng Edward Opens 1906
First students at KIng Edward Public School In their best bib and tucker? Another of Charlie Fox’s mystery Walkerville photos. Since this looks like a class photo and that it’s from around 1905 from the look of the clothing, I originally … Continue reading
Posted in Lost Buildings, People, Walkerville, Windsor Then
Tagged bib, bib and tucker, children, doors, frame, King Edward, old, opens, rules, school, students, thrown, tucker
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Fall From Grace – A Hospital Then & Now
Perhaps it should now be known as “Dis-Grace” Hospital due to its dilapidated condition and the controversy surrounding a project that was initially regarded with so much enthusiasm. Closed and sold for $800,000 in 2004, the plan was to convert the site … Continue reading
Posted in Lost Buildings, Windsor Now, Windsor Then
Tagged Al Roach, Andrea Horvath, care, caring, community, cover up, debt, dollars, facility, fall, government, Grace, health, hospital, investigation, learning, long term, NDP, nurses, patients, ruin, Salvation Army, school, teacher, The Windsor Star, training
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Mary Ann Shadd Opened a School in Windsor for Black Refugees in 1850s
Mary Ann Shadd was born in 1823 to a family of free black abolitionists in the slave state of Delaware. She became a teacher at 16 and established or taught in schools for black children in several free and slave … Continue reading
Posted in Black History, People, Windsor Then
Tagged black history, Canada, education, escape, exodus, freedom, heroine, learning, Ontario, refugees, school, slavery, terminus, underground railroad, Windsor
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