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A.S. Boyle Co. - Campbell & College

February 7, 2011
This past summer I spent some time at the Windsor Community Archives in the basement of the Windsor Public Library on Ouellette. There is a real treasure trove of local history down there. While there I was browsing through the J.C. Pennington collection, when I saw a listing for the A.S. Boyle Co. Not being familiar with this particular business, I made a request to see the blueprints. The site…
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100th Anniversary Cake

February 4, 2011
This one has a caption on the back “The Cake on Ouellette Avenue”, and bears the date June 5, 1954. Taken during the celebrations the first time Windsor celebrated a centennial in 1954. Once wasn’t enough, and they decided to do it again in 1992. The first…
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Riverside and Aylmer

February 2, 2011
I’m sure that many readers are familiar with the long vacant and derelict house at the s.w. corner of Riverside Drive East and Aylmer. View Larger Map As the years have gone on, the house has been getting worse and worse. We’ll low and behold I drove past it…