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Tag Archives: 1886
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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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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