tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post6932922487974458537..comments2023-09-11T05:46:59.997-04:00Comments on HOT RODS and JALOPIES: 39 Then and Now photos of our home towns of Fort William & Port Arthur ... now Thunder Bay, OntarioDave Canohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832352575867917038noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-11431361026454981742017-09-23T11:40:28.309-04:002017-09-23T11:40:28.309-04:00correction from Ken
Hi Dave
When i said that they...correction from Ken<br /><br />Hi Dave<br />When i said that they moved to the basement of the lyceum block with the entrance at back of the block on Cook St., it was on St. Paul St. not cook st.Dave Canohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832352575867917038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-77374552026015600672017-09-21T09:12:01.273-04:002017-09-21T09:12:01.273-04:00An email I received from Ken Ronald recently, Char...An email I received from Ken Ronald recently, Charles Roach's grandson, sheds more light on Roach's Taxi history....Thanks Ken.<br />I saw your blogs on Hot Rods & Jalopies about Fort William & Port Arthur. I was looking at the blog you have on Roach's Taxi and the 1962 phone book had them at 1 Phoenix across from the Prince Arthur Hotel. I don't know where 1 Phoenix is either but being the grandson of Charles Roach, founder of Roach's Taxi. I can fill you in. I don't know when the taxi stand moved across from the hotel as I was to young to remember. The Tomlinson Block was on the corner of Arthur st. & Cumberland North, next was the Lyceum Theatre and then a Texaco Service Station on the south west corner of Van Norman & Cumberland St. If you look at your blog on the Lyceum Theatre, you will see a fire hydrant and just north of the hydrant is where the taxi park and 2 cabs on the side of the block. the taxi stand was where you said was a barbershop. I don't know when my grandfather moved in there but he moved upstairs into apartment 1 around 1948. the taxi was still upstairs when I started driving a cab for him in 1956. Shortly after that Tom Jones Construction bought the Lyceum Block and remodeled the building. After they were done, the office was still in the same place only smaller. When you look at the picture of the Lyceum Block the office was the last window on the right on the second floor. After my grandfather past away, my uncle took over and the office moved to the basement of the Lyceum Block with the entrance off of Cook st. When he retired he sold the Taxi Business to the owner of Checker Taxi.Dave Canohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832352575867917038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-38275127110915985952016-06-23T09:40:14.571-04:002016-06-23T09:40:14.571-04:00Not all, but almost...Not all, but almost...Dave Canohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832352575867917038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-891791802790463022016-06-23T03:00:29.815-04:002016-06-23T03:00:29.815-04:00Nice to see that TBay hasn't torn down all rel...Nice to see that TBay hasn't torn down all relics from the pastAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com