tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.comments2023-09-11T05:46:59.997-04:00HOT RODS and JALOPIESDave Canohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832352575867917038noreply@blogger.comBlogger619125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-77050938719155209842018-04-14T21:26:41.971-04:002018-04-14T21:26:41.971-04:00Thanks DaveThanks DaveRichard Lamoureuxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-669759277103711792018-04-12T22:38:51.972-04:002018-04-12T22:38:51.972-04:00Richard,
We've been waiting to get our cruisi...Richard, <br />We've been waiting to get our cruising strip back since it was built.....and it's a maintenance nightmare for the city with fewer and fewer businesses wanting to be there..... There are rumors that it will come down, but I'm not holding my breath, but always hoping.Dave Canohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832352575867917038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-90898075204676931772018-04-12T21:00:50.061-04:002018-04-12T21:00:50.061-04:00Wow, what a crazy idea that was. Dave, is it still...Wow, what a crazy idea that was. Dave, is it still this way or it's been taken down? Richard Lamoureuxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-68128658468544284822018-04-11T12:07:25.929-04:002018-04-11T12:07:25.929-04:00Duh....yes Lawrence, you were the only one that no...Duh....yes Lawrence, you were the only one that noticed. Thank You and corrected accordingly. :)Dave Canohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832352575867917038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-39110936596101751052018-04-11T10:11:07.293-04:002018-04-11T10:11:07.293-04:00May and Southern you mean :)May and Southern you mean :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03573002762527809989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-58799525709186560342018-03-03T00:35:16.677-05:002018-03-03T00:35:16.677-05:00Thank You Miller Time Garage....much appreciated, ...Thank You Miller Time Garage....much appreciated, but there is more on my personal facebook page Dave Cano, and also on another facebook page I manage called Canadian Lakehead Exhibition Memories....give them both a try.Dave Canohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832352575867917038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-28935186416091778032018-03-02T23:44:46.735-05:002018-03-02T23:44:46.735-05:00No use for facebook .... your site is the go to sp...No use for facebook .... your site is the go to spot for T-bay memories ... thank you ... Rich MillerMiller Time Garagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15630208568628944159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-44641638473565645332018-01-05T11:18:48.909-05:002018-01-05T11:18:48.909-05:00Alex Inspired....Happy New Year to you too, and th...Alex Inspired....Happy New Year to you too, and thank you for the support. I guess I'll have to work harder in 2018 to be in the top three again....Thank You.Dave Canohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832352575867917038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-77834416713256069412018-01-04T23:08:32.431-05:002018-01-04T23:08:32.431-05:00Hey Dave! Happy New Year. I was sad not to see you...Hey Dave! Happy New Year. I was sad not to see your blog in the Walleye this year, I nominated you. It's always fun seeing your new posts and memorabilia. Can't wait to see what 2018 has in store! <br /><br />- Alex Inspired Alex Inspiredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13851280645916159896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-47131862299271223162017-12-22T01:10:28.298-05:002017-12-22T01:10:28.298-05:00Thank You Barb CJYThank You Barb CJYDave Canohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832352575867917038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-13326193927216481392017-12-19T21:27:38.640-05:002017-12-19T21:27:38.640-05:00Thanks for presenting this information about Myrna...Thanks for presenting this information about Myrna Lorrie and friends all in one place. A great Thunder Bay story to be remembered.Barb CJYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02499514859479502366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-40056584144546985082017-12-03T11:03:09.171-05:002017-12-03T11:03:09.171-05:00I fully agree with you.I fully agree with you.Dave Canohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832352575867917038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-91669257309968927122017-12-03T01:41:02.202-05:002017-12-03T01:41:02.202-05:00Just what has this province been doing to keep Ont...Just what has this province been doing to keep Ontario nice nothing. They have let a lot of things and history with in it go to ruin. Its such a beautiful place to live in but never gets to realize its full potential because this government has no interest in stuff like this just ceo's and corporations. Really sad<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-42611211952160300082017-11-28T13:08:22.298-05:002017-11-28T13:08:22.298-05:00Thank you Linda....best of the season to you and y...Thank you Linda....best of the season to you and yours...Dave Canohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832352575867917038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-17791980750505735262017-11-28T10:52:59.899-05:002017-11-28T10:52:59.899-05:00Wonderful look through the past....Wonderful look through the past....Linda Tasanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-79723424159935409572017-11-14T16:04:44.792-05:002017-11-14T16:04:44.792-05:00Chris, the Lyceum Theatre stopped being listed in ...Chris, the Lyceum Theatre stopped being listed in local phone books in about 1955.<br />Dave Canohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832352575867917038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-47845768949111654872017-11-14T14:44:21.348-05:002017-11-14T14:44:21.348-05:00Any idea when it stopped being a theatre?Any idea when it stopped being a theatre?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05208478479059547178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-70993454226309903112017-10-15T02:46:24.990-04:002017-10-15T02:46:24.990-04:00I can remember this Preston Antifreeze commerc...I can remember this Preston Antifreeze commercial a cartoon shows this little man driving his car along with the various aother antifreeze as creepy looking creature thumb a ride and the little fellow it quite scared until he picks up Preston shows a knight type figureBird of Paradisenoreply@blogger.comtag: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-12352889317254418902017-09-23T11:39:04.008-04:002017-09-23T11:39:04.008-04:00Correction 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-36190198173521773442017-09-21T09:13:20.910-04:002017-09-21T09:13:20.910-04:00An 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-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-4073168531224008682017-08-22T10:33:32.106-04:002017-08-22T10:33:32.106-04:00Alan, could you explain a little more what your da...Alan, could you explain a little more what your dad (Alan Porter) was part owner of. Not sure of what business you were referring to....and yes, I worked for Spicer's Tire Service for a number of years and I know what you are saying about the smell of tires. :)Dave Canohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832352575867917038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-3289490078894143002017-08-22T07:43:50.398-04:002017-08-22T07:43:50.398-04:00I know this is 3 years down the road but a slight ...I know this is 3 years down the road but a slight correction my Dad was also part owner (Alan Porter) and we lived upstairs for 1 or 2 years l was just a bay at the time but I still love the smell of rubber tires Alan Porternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639554780092170236.post-84843892538243910572017-06-28T13:36:14.761-04:002017-06-28T13:36:14.761-04:00Thanks for your comment Aaron.....grandfather stor...Thanks for your comment Aaron.....grandfather stories are the best!!Dave Canohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832352575867917038noreply@blogger.com