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History, Architecture & Genealogy in the Forest City and Beyond

Thursday, June 2, 2022

Tombstone Tourism: St. Columba Roman Catholic Cemetery, Bornish

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On Victoria Day weekend I visited Bornish, Ontario. That's the intersection of Centre Road (Hwy 81) and Bornish Road, in western Middles...
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Monday, May 30, 2022

On the Renaming of London's Schools

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The Thames Valley District School Board will be changing the names of Sir John A. Macdonald and F. D. Roosevelt schools. There have been new...
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Friday, May 27, 2022

London Buildings: Georgian

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Symmetry is one of the oldest continuously-used principles in architecture. It's about harmony and balance, components mirroring each ot...
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Monday, April 25, 2022

Kent Brewery should be preserved

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Y ork Developments proposes to construct a at the southeast corner of St. George and Ann Streets. The building, in the shape of an H, would ...
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Monday, April 11, 2022

On The Road Again: Another Move For London's Fugitive Slave Chapel

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I've written about London's Fugitive Slave Chapel  here  but to give readers a short recap: The tiny building shown on the right was...
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Sunday, April 10, 2022

My 10 Least Favourite London, Ontario Buildings

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Ever since I listed my favourite London buildings  here , I've been trying to decide what I'd put on a list of my least favourite. I...
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Sunday, February 20, 2022

Richard Clutton Wright Makes The Great Migration

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Historians have called the period from 1815 to 1850 the Great Migration to Canada since, during those years, over 800,000 immigrants, mainly...
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Jenny Grainger
Author of: Vanished Villages of Middlesex; Vanished Villages of Elgin; Early London 1826-1914; From The Vault: A Photo History of London to 1950; From The Vault II 1950-1975. A past president of ACO London and London & Middlesex Historical Society. My opinions, of course, are my own.
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