Flickr Photos
Categories
-
Recent Posts
- 2nd Edition of our Canadian Bestseller Now Available!
- Don’t Know Much About History?
- Snail Mail in Sandwich, Ontario
- A cool place named Oxley. Yeah, O-x-l-e-y.
- Summer in the City: Mid-20th Century
- Lost Children of Windsor
- The Canadian Club Girl: 1897
- Run Like a Girl
- Shovel It: Winter 1930s
- It’s the REAL McCoy!
Archives
auto heritage
Blogroll
border town
Meta
history
1900s 1920s 1930s 2011 Al Roach architecture black and white black history Canada Canadian Club cars children classic company town demolished destruction Detroit Detroit River Dirty Thirties distiller dollars downtown education entertainment fashion ferry fire flowers Ford City Great Depression heritage heroine Hiram Walker history History Babe hot hotel irony learning loss lost love Michigan mystery now old Ontario Ouellette Ouellette Avenue photo photography poor portrait Roaring Twenties Sandwich school slavery snow spring storefront streets style summer then Time urban vintage Walker Road Walkerville Walkerville Publishing whisky Windermere Windsor WWI WWIICategories
Tag Archives: celebration
When Windsor Got Its Wings
You may have read the fascinating account of a very rare ticket which was hidden in a Windsor home. Kevin Malott was renovating his basement last weekend when he discovered an 83-year-old admission ticket to the grand opening of Walker … Continue reading
Posted in Lost Buildings, People, Walkerville, Windsor Now, Windsor Then
Tagged celebration, discovered, flight, history, rare, renovation, ticket, Time, Walker Airport, Walkerville Publishing, Windsor Airport, Wright Brothers
Leave a comment
Victoria 101: Why We Have a Long Weekend in May
Why All The Fuss? I was curious. British history is given short shrift in our schools so I had to wonder why we celebrated Queen Victoria every May. Not that I’m complaining or anything but what on earth did she … Continue reading
Posted in Lost Buildings, People, Walkerville, Windsor Now, Windsor Then
Tagged birthday, British Empire, Canada, Canadian Club, celebration, Diamond Jubilee, distiller, Edward Walker, fireworks, Golden Jubilee, Hiram Walker, Mary Walker, Ontario, Queen Victoria, rain, reign, storm, thunder, Victoria Day, Victoria Fountain, Walkerville, whisky, Willistead Manor, Willistead Park, Windsor
Leave a comment
