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”
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W.B. Allan – a St. Catharines’ Architect
On Thursday, May 22, Pat Menon reintroduced the Historical Society of St. Catharines to the life and work of former local architect William Bryson Allan. Allan (1838 – 1911) was born in Scotland and immigrated to Canada in the 1850s. After bouncing around Quebec and Ontario for a few years, he settled in St. CatharinesContinue reading “W.B. Allan – a St. Catharines’ Architect”
Historical Documentary Preview – “Echo of the Future: A Tale of Sunnyvale”
On Thursday, June 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the Mills Room at the St. Catharines Central Public Library, the Historical Society and the Library will be sponsoring the preview of the DVD “Echo of the Future: A Tale of Sunnyvale” . This 47 minute film tells the story of Sunnyvale (Silicon Valley), California’s early radio manufacturing industry andContinue reading “Historical Documentary Preview – “Echo of the Future: A Tale of Sunnyvale””
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