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It Makes A Great Gift

November 22, 2013
Just a little more than a month to go until Christmas. The one gift that everyone needs? A calendar. The 2014 International Metropolis calendar makes a great gift, for you or someone else. They’re available now in the shop, and very soon they may be available in select retail outlets. This is a limited item this year, so purchase now to avoid disappointment. For those of you who…
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Dillon Hall - 1928

November 20, 2013
A neat old picture of the newly opened Assumption University Classroom building on Patricia Road in Sandwich. One of the new modern civic buildings featured in a promotional booklet of the day. I love the car and the little tiny trees… Don’t forget the calendar…
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Calendars for sale this Weekend

November 15, 2013
This Saturday only, from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm, copies of the IM 2014 calendar will be available at the Border City Knits booth at the Made in Windsor Show and Sale. The calendars will only be there on Saturday (tomorrow), not tonight. As always, they’re also available here directly from the IM.com Shop. Picture are below… Come on out, this show is a great chance for unique local…
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Walkerville General Hospital - 1928

November 13, 2013
A great old photograph of the Walkerville General Hospital shortly after opening. Better known as Metropolitan General Hospital, that building is still there hiding behind the many additions over the years. On a side note, you may experience some delay in comments being…
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11-11

November 11, 2013
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and…
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Proposed Hiram Walker Memorial - 1927

November 8, 2013
From the Border Cities Star – May 28, 1927: Walkerville ratepayers will vote Monday on a bylaw providing for the expenditure of $10,000 to construct the memorial shown in the sketch in honor of the late Hiram Walker, founder and benefactor of the municipality. The memorial, if approved, will be located at the north side of Willistead, the beautiful mansion erected by E. Chandler Walker, a…
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Assumption High School - c. 1965

November 4, 2013
An old postcard view of the new Assumption High School, as noted on the back of the card “directed by the BASILIAN FATHERS” My favourite part of the card is the fact that Huron Church road looks like a rinky dink little 4 lane roads with a grassy median in the…