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The Fort William and Port Arthur Fire Department...plus family involvement...
This post is a tribute to all those who died fighting fires while protecting our cities of Fort William and Port ArthurThe picture on the left is a very similar photo of the fire truck as noted in the...
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TOM DOW - his contribution to local racing, history and lore...PART 1
Roger Rickards and I were very privileged to have had the opportunity to visit Tom last year and talk about his racing years, as well as some of his flying years. Tom also let us use some of his...
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TOM DOW - Racing, Winning and Flying.....Part 2
This is a very familiar sight from 1953 where as a young kid I would sit in the grandstand at the old CLE track with my dad or my friends and always see Tommy Dow's Black and White '32 Ford 3-window...
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TOM DOW - Third and final post - more of his photos and business history...
The first seven pictures here are from Tom Dow's photo archives.The home stretch at Murillo Speedwaycirca 1952 - Glen Kettering #37 and Clyde Ditmars #77.This is called the #1 or Barn Turn at theold...
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More Port Arthur and Fort William, Ontario history.....with a few vintage...
Here is a load of 1926 to 1928 new cars(exact makes unknown...most are not Fords) just unloaded, likely from a lake freighter to either be sold here or shipped by rail to other Canadian destinations....
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More Port Arthur and Fort William then's, now's and Tidbits....
This is one of my favourite photos from the early Port Arthur days. It shows Port Arthur Motors used Car lot, a great Coca Cola painted ad sign and further down you can see the Paramount Theatre sign....
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Happy 70th Birthday Harrison Ford or should I say Bob Falfa...
A little different twist to this blog, but I would be amiss if I didn't mention my favourite actor's 70th birthday, which is today July 14th, 2012.Harrison Ford was Han Solo, Indiana Jones, and many...
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1950's Jalopies, Demolition Derbies and Local History at Fort William and...
This first "Jalopy" picture is none other than the Rice Lake, Wisconsin's own Dean Harrington #U2. This picture was taken in front of 297 North Cumberland St., in Port Arthur Ontario(now Thunder Bay)....
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A Tale of Two Victoria's by George Rogers....
George Rogers, a former Fort William boy now living in Winnipeg is a loyal follower of Hot Rods and Jalopies of whom we have written about before. Click here, read about George then return to read...
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Port Arthur Ontario Centennial 1857-1957 plus 55 more years....
It sure is wonderful that my parents saved so many things through the years. The fact that just last week was Port Arthur, Ontario's actual 155th birthday went by without a tweet(no pun intended) in...
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Early Grain Elevators at Fort William Ontario...Elevator A & B and N.M....
Instead of re-writing the following post, a new post is now submitted correcting the story of the A&B Elevators. Everything else in this post is correct. Thank You! Most of the following photos...
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WE AT HR&J ADMIT TO OUR MISTAKES.....Linda Ryma Elevator Photos from our last...
 Thanks to my friend and part time "proof-reader" Allan Yahn; he noticed an unfortunate error that occurred in the last post regarding these five wonderful photos donated for use by local photographer...
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The Gentlemen who "Started Their Engines".....
With September here, it usually meant "Stock Car Championships" at the fairgrounds and later of course at Riverview Raceways.  I can't help but add a few more items from the old CLE racing days.  The...
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Happy Halloween.......Intercity Drive-In Theatre 1960's...
I know it's a bit early for a Halloween post but I have been working on this for awhile and thought what the.....   I might as well post it now, and uh...Happy Thanksgiving Dayto all....we are so...
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Canadian Tire's 90th Birthday this year....Fort William and Port Arthur...
Before the year is out we felt it fitting to recognize Canada's own big box establishment that's been around for an unbelievable 90 years, and still going stronger than ever. I think there isn't a day...
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ONE LAST HAPPY HALLOWEEN WITH DRACULA........
In the 1950's and 1960's, John Zacherle served as the host on TV stations in Philadelphia and New York City when they would run horror movies. His program was called Shock Theatre. He developed a...
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Leading up to Remembrance Day 2012...WWII films...
Thoughts of  Remembrance Day on November 11th next week(Veteran's Day in the United States), conjures up many memories and stories of death destruction and intolerable acts that took place in all wars...
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REMEMBRANCE DAY in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Sunday November 11, 2012
REMEMBRANCE DAY 2012 - the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month - WE WILL REMEMBER.....          This is an aerial photo of a Curtis Helldiver flying over Fort William in the mid 1940's. See...
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1955 Chevrolet - The Dream, The Possibility and The Reality
If you were brought up in a General Motors family, a 1955 Chevrolet Convertible was every kids dream....well not exactly a dream, because you could build yourself a $1.98 model of one with the actual...
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Early Christmas Post - Jeff DeGrandis/Ed "Big Daddy" Roth....
As a kid growing up in Fort William, Ontario, the 1:25 scale model cars you got for Christmas were the closest thing you had to having the real thing. You could build those models and learn from them,...
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