Kentjohnston

Ottawa - 1954 or 1940 -

You keep reverting the date caption to 1954. Do you know something about the photo, or is this just a guess? The image file has 1940 in its name. Do you know for sure that this is incorrect, or are you just pulling a date out of thin air? Ccrashh (talk) 16:49, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Update - Ottawa - 1954

Okay...noticed your Talk:Ottawa comment. In the future, would be easier to reference that you entered a comment in Talk when you make the edit, rather than just reverting. Ccrashh (talk) 16:55, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Ancaster, Ontario

Hi there. I noticed you added a photo to the Ancaster article, but you don't seem to know much about the picture. Was the picture actually taken in Ancaster? On what street? Are any of the buildings in the photo still standing? Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 04:02, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

Hi There. Take a look a Google street view of the Coach and Lantern Pub on 384 Wilson Street East (formerly the Iroquois trail heading to Long Point and Detroit) and you'll notice that 74 years later almost nothing has changed on the street except the magestic trees that once stood. Or better yet you should actually visit Ancaster and spent time at the Coach and Lantern? It's odd drinking beer and listening to live music in an environment that would have been an identical experience when the establishment was built in the 1820's. I've seen many photos of Wilson Street over the years but this is a real gem. You'll notice the woman in full flapper gear although a bit 1930-ish conservative with the dress length a bit longer than it would have been in the mid 1920's. Notice the Orange Crush sign and the Imperial Gasoline clapboard. There is also a Bell Telephone booth. What once once the Union Hotel is still taking 'guests'. And of course there is a garage to work on those Ford Model A's. And of course the Hamilton Radial line would have still been running in that era climbing up from Chedoke behind St. John's Church and off to Brantford. The Orange Crush sign is interesting. I'm still trying to figure out the Ogden's sign but I'm assuming it was a dairy and were providing ice cream cones. My dad took the radial down as a kid in the 1930's from Hamiltonand remembers the ice cream. There would be no taverns during this prohibition period and no taverns in Ancaster for the next 45 years until Skittles and the Fiddler's Two restaurants were able to finally apply for liquour licenses in 1976 after almost 56 years of Ancaster town council regulated abstinence.

Kent Johnston