Great Sucess!
May 27, 2009
Nick, who helped organized last weekend’s empties donation for Leukemia, reports that over $2000.00 was raised at the Dougall Ave. Beer Store alone.
A big thank you goes out to everyone who dropped by and donated their empties to the cause, and a big thank you goes…
Guaranty Trust Building
May 26, 2009
At the corner of University & Victoria is this unassuming TD Bank branch with a lot of history.
Opened in June, 1948 as the new home of the Guaranty Trust of Canada. The building was designed by Toronto Architects Allward and Gouinlock. Hugh Allward, was the son of legendary Canadian sculptor Walter Allward, who is best known for the Canadian War Memorial at Vimy Ridge.
Around the back of…
Bottle Drive This Weekend
May 22, 2009
Don’t forget to bring your empties back for a good cause this weekend:
Returns for Leukemia Research is a fundraising initiative of The Beer Store and its employee union, UFCW Local 12R24, to raise funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada.
On the…
City Hall
May 22, 2009
Closing out the week, we might as well do another postcard…
Today is a card I have never seen before running across a copy on eBay recently.. It is a colour photo of the old City Hall. Although you can’t see it in the image above, the cars in the lot beside city hall look to be of the late 1940’s variety, so this shot is probably from the early years of the 1950’s. An…
The Hiram Walker Historical Museum
May 20, 2009
The Hiram Walker Historical Musuem
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Installed in the old Francois Baby House, the
earliest brick house in the Northwest, dating back
to 1811. The Baby House was restored by Hiram
Walker and Sons and depictis early life in the district
This postcard…