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BULL THE BOOTLEGGER: Our Noisy 1920s Neighbour
Another great story from “Was I Ever Lucky”, a memoir I am editing for long-time Windsorite, Barbara Kersey (née MacDonald). When my father, mother, little brother and I first came to Windsor from Nova Scotia in the mid-1920s, we lived … Continue reading
Posted in People, The Straits, Walkerville, Windsor Now, Windsor Then
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