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Book Launch Party - November 30

November 28, 2021
Just a final reminder that the book launch party is set for tomorrow night, November 30, 2021 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at Chapter Two Brewing Company – 2345 Edna Street (closest major intersection is Walker & Wyandotte). Hope to see you there, books will be available for purchase and signing. Tune in the CBC Radio’s the Afternoon Drive today about 5:10 to hear me talking about the…
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1280 Ouellette - 2001

November 22, 2021
Going through some older photos the other week and I came across this one from 2001. Taken 20 years ago it shows what was then last known as the Bavarian Inn at 1280 Ouellette. It was home to many low income residents in the early 1990s before the utilities were disconcerted…
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Book Release Party - November 30th

November 14, 2021
Hello readers! As you know, I have written a book and it’s out now. It makes a great Christmas gift too for the Windsor lover on your list… I’m pleased to share with you that there is going to be a book launch party on November 30th from 7:00 pm to 9:00…
Old Photographs

Windsor Waterfront - 2001

November 1, 2021
Was going through some older photographs this week, when I came across this one from August 2001. It shows a time when the waterfront pumping station was still in ruins and not attached to the shore. As you can see on the right side of the photo the path system was at this time, under construction to create what is there today. However, I remember back in my youth that the building was derelict…
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Westwood Hotel - 1941

October 25, 2021
A view of the Westwood Hotel from June, 1940. The Westwood was later known as Bronson’s and was demolished around 2001. The building was popular with workers from the nearby salt mines, and was a popular stop during the prohibition days. This ad from 1941 gave…
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Windsor: Then & Now

October 17, 2021
I am happy to announce the release of my new book Windsor: Then & Now. Local publisher Biblioasis approached me back in the winter of 2020 with the idea to work with them to prepare a new addition to their collection of local history books. We talked back and forth about…
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Edgewater Tavern - 1938

September 26, 2021
Situated on Riverside Drive, just east of the junction of Little River and beautiful Lake St. Clair, is Edgewater Thomas Inn, famous along the Border as a rendezvous for many a brilliant gathering.An extensive remodeling program, completed this year, has completely transformed this establishment. The elaborate exterior construction and landscaping work has created and absolutely new appearing…
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Fred Neal - 1855-1931

September 12, 2021
Fred Neal was a local historian, who’s early work “Township of Sandwich, Past & Present” left us an invaluable record of early days in Sandwich. If you don’t have a copy, or have never read it, a copy can be found here…
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Fast Automobile Ferry Service - 1928

August 29, 2021
A neat old ad from the Detroit and Windsor Ferry Company, touting that they had the “fastest ferry service in America”. By the time this ad was published in the 1928 Ontario Tourist Guidebook, the writing was already on the wall for the Ferry service. The next…