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Wellington Tavern

December 5, 2011
Above is an ad from December 1964, that ran in the Windsor Star, featuring the new Wellington Tavern at Wellington & Elliott. Here’s the building today via Google Streetview. Lots of nice 1960’s details survived in the brick work as well as the front entrance. Over the years from memory this place was known variously as Tune Up’s, The Zoo, The Wellington, Rise&#8230…
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James S. Cooper

December 2, 2011
In October, 2010 we took a look at Cooper Court, one of the grand old Walkerville Mansions. Happy Friday once again, today we take a look at the man behind Cooper Court, James S. Cooper. Today’s photo is dated March 26, 1929 the caption on the back reads as…
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Ghost Signs - A. Ross Plumbing

November 28, 2011
I always like finding old painted signs for long gone businesses. This one is in the alley in the Lincoln & Tecumseh Road area. The plumbing place is long gone, but the sign remains. The sign says “Since 1923” and the phone number listed is a 254- exchange, so the business must have survived beyond the letter exchange days… Here’s his obituary from the Windsor Star…
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Downtown Windsor - c. 1925

November 25, 2011
A neat old picture. A stamp on the back reads “Please credit this photo Canadian Pacific Railway” No other information. The photo can be no younger than 1920 as the Imperial Bank is the corner of University & Ouellette. It can be no older than 1930, as…
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Dougall Avenue Subway - 1930

November 23, 2011
From the Border Cities Star – May 6, 1930: This sketch shows the manner in which the Dougall Avenue subway under the M.C.R. will be widened in accordance with an order of the Board of Railway Commissioners. The section on the left is the present subway. The present…
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Hotel Dieu Convent / Nurses Residence

November 21, 2011
From the Windsor Star – March 12, 1965: FINAL STEP – This convent-nurses’ residence is the last building to be erected in an intensive five-year building program by the Sisters of the Hospitallers of St. Joseph at Hotel Dieu. The new residence will stand on the site of the original 126-bed hospital that was opened 75 years ago. The building on Erie just east of Ouellette is…
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General Byng School

November 18, 2011
Happy Friday once again! Another week in the book. Today’s photo is dated May 24, 1927. The caption on the back reads: Gen. Byng Continuation School, Sandwich A nice view of what is today Forster Secondary on Felix on Windsor’s west side. Back when the school was…