Windsor's First Greyhound Station
September 15, 2014
A view of the first Greyhound Station in Windsor, this one was on Ouellette Avenue at the corner of Park Street. The station was located in the Park Building, the space the station occupied is today home to the Downtown Canada Post outlet.The station moved from here to the…
Little Bavaria
August 11, 2014
Hope everyone had a good weekend! Here today we have an old advertisement for the Little Bavaria Tavern. Located beside Mario’s at 747 Ouellette Ave (in the building that was last known as Bentley’s)
You can see the Little Bavaria in this photo above, that first…
Peter's Bar-B-Q Inn - Kingsville - 1954
August 8, 2014
Here’s another old Essex County restaurant ad, this one from Kingsville this time, and from Peter’s Bar-B-Q Inn, which was proclaimed as “Kingsville’s Favourite Eating Place”.
The last post on Diana’s in Leamington brought out lots of…
Pare Electric Ltd - 912 Tecumseh Rd E - 1969
March 14, 2014
An old ad today for Pare Electric Limited at 912 Tecumseh just east of Parent, 912 Tecumseh Road East today is home to the Adriatic Bakery. In the pre-cable days I like the way that “All-Channel UHF” featuring channels 50 and 56 was a highlight of the bottom…
Amalgamation
February 12, 2014
The Town of Walkerville election notice in the December 6, 1934 issue of the Walkerville News.
The ballot included a vote on Amalgamation with the Border Communities, the Walkerville News was urging all eligible voters to turn out and to vote “NO” on…