General Motors’ intermediate-sized line-up of automobiles were ubiquitous during the 1970s, especially the Colonnade Cars, so named because of their pillared structure. The Colonnades were built for ...

Plymouth’s full-size car line underwent a bit of a revolution in the mid-1950s when its most expensive model, the Belvedere, issued a Fury sub-series. At the time, Plymouth was offered in three ...

In the mid-1990s I published a book titled When Chatham Was Woods.

I have indicated, on many occasions, that my two favourite houses in Chatham are at 3 Stanley Ave. and 29 Water St. with a slight edge being with the latter. It was under this last-mentioned function ...

I have a number of aerial photos beginning with what I believe to have been the first which was an aerial photo taken in 1919 and depicting Public General Hospital and the area surrounding the lower ...

In 1992, I released a book titled “The Jack Ketch” in which there was a biography of Chatham’s first mayor, Alexander Douglas McLean. McLean was born at Quebec in 1819 and in his late teens he entered ...

I showed you this photo several years ago accompanied by a promise to show it to you again soon with the addition of more information; it’s been several years – I’ve been remiss. In July 1905 the ...

Before the days of the huge national bakeries, bread and confectionary were usually consumed the day they were baked, and they were sourced from a shop usually not more than a five- or 10-minute walk ...

The photo included is one of my favourites and though the quality of the picture is not the best, it does tell a wonderful story. The concept was to invite hundreds of former Chatham residents to ...

In recognition of their efforts, a Chatham family has been named one of the BMO Farm Families of the Year. Rob, Maureen, Lauren, Ryan and William McKerrall of Ro Maur Farms attended the International ...

It’s been a minute since I’ve written about the proposed Chatham-Kent Community Hub, and I started wondering if something had slipped past me. Just in case you’ve lost track of the total cost ...

My friend Stephen Bellinger recently posted the included interior picture of the Crump Bakery and Confectionary to the Chatham History group on Facebook. The Campbell Block is one of the older ...