This is the largest group of photos loaded into one post on HR&J. These are mostly "Then and Now" posts that I had loaded onto my facebook page in the past number of months. They will include captions only.....and if you want full screen size shots.
Click on each small or large photo group to enlarge then return. ENJOY
Thank you also to all our followers here on HR&J and also my facebook page. I hope you have enjoyed reading all the posts.
Don't worry...all you gearheads...many more recently found racing and car related posts are to follow...but you must be patient...as I write this, I'm also working on a new hot rod project. More to come on that as well.
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| Original Invoice from 1936 |
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| North Star Oil - Memorial Ave |
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| Bud's One Stop |
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| CKPR - now Superstore Gas |
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| Dairybest - May and Dease St. |
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| Donald and Brodie Street facing east.. |
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| Donald and Brodie St facing west... |
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| Donald and Syndicate facing west... |
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| Donald and Syndicate facing east... |
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| In front of Brodie St. Library... |
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| Kellough's Dairy Victoria and Selkirk north |
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| Twin Port Auto May and Bethune St. |
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| Victoria Ave. and May St. |
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| Near the end of Victoria Ave. |
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| The Avenue - once beautiful then - The Odeon Theatre - also once beautiful. |
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| Port Arthur Arena... |
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| History of McKellar Park |
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| When "Service" meant "Service"... |
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| Roach's |
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| Burney's on Brodie... |
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| History of our fairgrounds...not much originality left.... |
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| Here's a surprise - Arthur and Marks St facing west...my old stompin' grounds |
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| Farmer's Mercantile |
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| My mom and dad ...a rare sign... |
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| Kam Motors, my father's alma mater.. |
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| A Westfort treasure still exists... |
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| Newcombe's...remember where?? |
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| White's Drug Store - I once worked in this building. |
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| Good Ol' Maltese...still around after all these years. |
The next two are both locations of Hinsperger's Tent and Awning...once called "Harness and Tent"... Don't forget clicking to enlarge..
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| Hisperger's 1. |
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| Hinsperger's 2. |
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| Paradise Motel...now Boston Pizza office... |
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| May and Southern facing west... |
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| Scarcello's Shoe Stores |
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| The Ol' Cap... |
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| What we saw in 1954 |
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| What was playing |
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4 comments:
Nice to see that TBay hasn't torn down all relics from the past
Not all, but almost...
An email I received from Ken Ronald recently, Charles Roach's grandson, sheds more light on Roach's Taxi history....Thanks Ken.
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.
correction from Ken
Hi Dave
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.
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