I love the old phone number. We were also MU (mutuel) when I was young. I remember when my parents explained to me that we would have to start dialing the 68 in front of our number.
What an amazing project! This past winter I was lucky to have monitored construction work on Ontario Street and we uncovered the south and north walls of the Lock3-4 pond directly under Ontario Street, 40m apart
My parents in the early 1950's rented a small house on a farm 5:58 just outside Welland. The steam train would fill with water at Coyle and open up the throttle going towards Hamilton. My only memory of that time was watching the train pick up speed spewing smoke and steam across the field as it headed towards Hamilton. At night we could see the hobos campfires in the bush behind our house.
I was too young to go to the castle in its day but my older siblings did. My oldest brother Fred Holden was part of that scene playing in the group called the Fugitives which then changed their name to The Renovators and finally The Tradition. For the most part the members were Pete Dowan on Guitar/Vox, Larry Reid on Bass, Brian Master Lead Vocal, and Fred Holden on Lead Guitar. Earlier members of the Fugitives were Lenny Martin on Vocals, Gary Clark on Guitar/Vox, and Terry Walsh on Bass. The changes in the group members and the group names likely are as a result of the influence of Ronn Metcalfe. My teen siblings often had parties in our parent’s basement listening to records of the era as well as live music from Fred and his friends. Our family was sent photos from Brian Master of them performing. More photos and stories showed up in different groups on Facebook and I discovered that a 1966 EP recording demo of the Renovators still existed. In spite of being borrowed for 46 years it had recently been returned to Pete Dowan. Shortly afterward I reached out to the Toronto music community to contact Brian Master and reunite these two former band mates. It was so nice to be able to make this happen. It is amazing to hear the group again after all these years. Paul Mill made a documentary of the St. Catharines Music scene led by Ronn Metcalfe called The Big Story of Small Potatoes The website listing all of the groups and members of the music scene can be found here: www.miil.ca/doc.html The documentary The Big Story of Small Potatoes can be found on RU-vid in four parts here: ru-vid.com/group/PLgqHWWmiF4G67AQSQwvyqpGTQD_yUhKu-
Do you have an item on St. CATharines's own riot over the court decision to send an escaped slave back to US? The prisoner escaped but the leader of the protesters from coloured town was shot dead by a deputy.
Do you mean Solomon Moseby? His case was heard in Niagara-on-the-Lake, in 1837, when it was the County seat. The resulting violence was in Niagara, not in St. Catharines, though there were other instances of violence at coloured town. We talk about that in a few other lectures available on the Black History playlist. Thanks for the question!
Great story but maybe you can add hockey broadcaster Rex Stimers and his legendary opening: "coming to you live from the Miami of Canada." My friends often went together as teens to Blackhawk games, buying standing room but moving into empty but pricey seats later. Then the team got better and we returned to standing. That was okay, because the view was good there too.
I spent my preschool years on Anne St( now Norris Place) half a block from the park. I remember playing softball on the far side of the park away from Ontario Street in the 1950s. What is that ugly low structure behind the narrator's back and in front of the dance pavilion? Very enjoyable . May I suggest: the railway tunnel under the old Welland Canal? The " Negro Village".
Now this is cool and all but now the schools just wanna be gang bangers,whiggers,disrespectful kids,awesome teachers,stabbings,fights,etc some good some bad (the bads not their faults its the kids) happy 100th anniversary
How did the building burn? Who built the old and new? How long did it take to build? Where did they get their materials and how was it brought in? Why did they choose to build in this style? Who designed the glass and what do they represent? Did they reuse materials?
Deemed unsafe after 1 inspection? Was this the 1st and only? Sounds, suspicious. I think no matter what, they were being closed down for the hospital...
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And check out THE BARBARY SLAVE TRADE AND THR THE MANN ACT... Caucasians were slaves as well... Slavery was big business worldwide not just in Africa and America... Indians had slaves as well, which was voluntary servitude, same thing we're doing today... Working to build someone else's empire and dreams and being under paid, and in jail or prison not being paid at all or involuntary slavery .
So much energy and passion went into this presentation. Thank you for sharing. As a property owner of a building in the Queenston area that has it's origins in the early part of the 20th century how can one potentially find more information?
Thanks for this comment! If you would like more information on your building, please feel welcome to email our Collections team at museumcollections[at]stcatharines[.]ca
Jerome got hit by a puck?…hmmm, that explains a lot! Hahahaha On a related note, I was the longest-serving Trustee on the Museum Board, prior to it’s dissolution by the City. A fantastic facility to visit and support, and a (hidden) gem in our community. As I grew up at 30 Grantham Ave, held great deal of personal significance for me. We’ll done, all involved
Something missing was that Rev. King, a white man started the school in Buxton. And that Upper Canada College was never segregated. Bishop Strachan insisted that the school always be open to all. Just adding this as the segment made it sound like education of any kind was not open to Blacks
Having watched several of your videos, I can see why it was called The Garden City. I drive through there once in a while and find the energy there very depressing and without hope. Demolishing historical buildings is akin to removing the soul of a community. IMHO it's tragic what has happened to St. Catharines.
My father, born in 1939, grew up in St Catherine's. He said that when he was a kid there was a picture taken at Victoria Lawns showing a ghost of a young boy sitting on top of his own grave. The picture was published in the local paper.
Thank you for this interesting lecture. A number of African Americans relocated from here in Erie, Pennsylvania in the United States to St. Catharines.
Hello. You can reach out to Prof. Finkenbine through his page at the University of Detroit Mercy: www.udmercy.edu/about/people/university/clae/history/faculty/roy-finkenbine
Very well done and very informative. Your effort, despite the difficulty in finding records of the history, has certainly led to a worthwhile talk. It certainly was a time of great change mostly for the better in Canada. It is too bad there are not better records to more fully understand it. Thank you.
