On November 27, Bob Bell recounted some of his varied experiences as a local politician in Grantham Township from the 1950s through to the 1980s. Bob Bell was born in 1921 in Louth Township decended from the Loyalist families Secord and Pawling. He worked at McKinnon Industries (now General Motors) for forty-seven years before retiringContinue reading “Some Reminiscences of Grantham Township by Bob Bell”
Category Archives: Towns
April 24 Meeting – Some Vanished Villages of Niagara –
Generations ago, there were villages throughout Niagara that held much promise for the future. They had general stores, schools, churches, mills and more. Fast forward 100 years and some of these villages are not even on a modern day map. Perhaps merely a footnote in a history book. What happened to these villages? Why did theyContinue reading “April 24 Meeting – Some Vanished Villages of Niagara –”
The Historical Society of St. Catharines 