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Frank W. Begley School

May 5, 2008
A quick break from the streetcar photos today… A recent postcard acquisition is this 1916 shot of Begley School. Built in 1913 as the Assumption Street School, the school stood watch over the neighbourhood until it was demolished in 2004. In 1924, the school was doubled in size and connected by a central tower. Both the original building and the expansion were designed by local architect…
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More Streetcars

April 30, 2008
More from Bernie’s treasure chest…. Car 212 on Chatham St., just west of Ouellette. c. 1938. A shot of car # 37 at the Car Barns on London St. (now Univeristy Ave.). Another shot of # 37 from the same set. Car # 44 at the Car Barns. Car # 45 – The Rail Grinding Car. Railfans? Please explaing the rail grinding car to me… Is this specific to streetcars or was is used on…
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Open House

April 28, 2008
On a beautiful Sunday afternoon, a large number of people turned out for a chance to tour the Low-Martin house at 2021 Ontario St. With the gracious offer posted here last week, as well putting out the offer to the surrounding neighbours, a good number of people turned out…
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Vintage Buses - III

April 25, 2008
Today is the last post in the painted buses series. Thanks again to John and Bernie. 🙂 I know some of you liked them, and others of you didn’t. I have however (in my opinion) saved the best for last. The coolest of all the hand painted buses was hands down the CBC bus. I remember seeing this thing all over town, and riding it a million times too… Who ever designed it was a genius.
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Vintage Buses - II

April 24, 2008
Another collection of photgraphs from Bernie’s collection, showing more of the old hand painted advertising on the Transit Windsor fleet. Photo &#169 Bernie Drouillard – All rights reserved Photo &#169 Bernie Drouillard – All rights reserved…
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Vintage Buses

April 23, 2008
Among the history captured by Bernie’s lens was his collection of hand painted buses, from the early 1990’s. I think I probably rode on all of them at one time or another during my High School days. Big thanks again today to John for scanning those slides and to…