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Windsor Truck and Storage

April 28, 2009
A recent email from a reader was asking me about Windsor Truck & Storage. The drawing above is an architects rendering that appeared in the Border Cities Star, February 21, 1928. The building that we know today is actually two buildings. With the clock tower section having been added to the existing warehouse in 1928. Windsor Truck and Storage, was founded in the 1880’s is one of…
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Best New Show

April 27, 2009
Friday night CJAM held their annual Jammies award ceremony. As most readers know, I co-host Scaledown Radio along with Chris Holt from scaledown.ca, and Friday night Scaledown Radio was honored with an award for “Best New Show”. Don’t forget to tune in…
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Call For Volunteers

April 24, 2009
I received an email from a regular reader, who asked me to pass along this information on this worthwhile event: Returns for Leukemia Research is a fundraising initiative of The Beer Store and its employee union, UFCW Local 12R24, to raise funds for the Leukemia &#038…
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Canadian Bridge Company - Part 2

April 24, 2009
Thanks to Chris Edwards, who send along even more info about the CBC to share with everyone… All photos from a company promotional booklet from 1943. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From the Chris Edwards Collection A copy of the company logo. From the Chris Edwards Collection Inside the plant 2 assembly shop. From the Chris Edwards Collection Inside the plant 2…
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Canadian Bridge Company - Part 1

April 23, 2009
A while back I got an email from a reader who wanted to know a little something about the Canadian Bridge Company, another part of Windsor Industrial Heritage. From the collection of Chris Edwards The first batch of photos comes from the collection of Chris Edwards. Chris…
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Mount Francis

April 22, 2009
HAPPY EARTH DAY TO YOU… HAPPY EARTH DAY TO YOU… HAPPY EARTH DAY MOUNT FRANCIS… HAPPY EARTH DAY TO YOU! What a mess. There is no one involved in this strike who doesn’t reek of garbage. As someone who’s been out of work since the end of 2008…
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Mandarin Gardens

April 21, 2009
1928 newspaper ad for the Mandarin Gardens on Ouellette Ave. The Mandarin was located on Ouellette across the street from the Palace. Another view, this one from higher up, looking north on Ouellette, the top of the Mandarin Gardens sign is visible here. I have no listing for them in the 1923 directory, so it must have been later in the 1920’s when it came along. There is no listing in…
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More Ward Boundary

April 20, 2009
Seeing as I’m too lazy to type up my own post, I’ll just copy Chris’ post from Scaledown this morning, about today’s Scaledown Radio Show… Listen in at CJAM 91.5 FM from Noon to 1:00 or if you’re outside of the listening area, listen to…
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759 Mill Street

April 17, 2009
So I took a drive through the Indian Road ghetto the other day. What a mess the city has created over there… But that’s another set of posts…. Indian Road is now almost all boarded up along the east side of the road, from University to Mill…. When I…