Bomber on Sentimental Journey renews old memories Posted June 26, 2017 in Featured | Front Page | News The B17 was used in every theatre of war from 1941 to 1945. Many Canadian airmen crewed aboard B17s and Canada employed six of the planes for transatlantic mail flights. Troy Shantz [...]
Phil Egan While researching a story recently about a 1914 sawmill fire in Sarnia I came across an item both strange and fascinating. “Two Nervous Women,” was the heading of the single-column story in the Sarnia Observer. It told the tale of two women who had been cured of “palpitation [...]
Medals and other personal items of police officer and First World War veteran George Smith have been given to the Sarnia Historical Society, including the King’s Medal for Gallantry that Smith received after killing notorious bank robber Norman “Red” Ryan in 1936. Troy Shantz Troy Shantz Personal items belonging to [...]
This aerial photo circa 1970 shows the former Cashway store on Confederation Street, with Indian Road just visible at the top. The building supply centre opened in 1968 and was home to a tight-knit staff. In fact, 15 of the former employees got together to reminisce about old times at [...]
The tank farm at Imperial Oil in Sarnia as seen in the early part of the 20th century. Photo courtesy, Dave Burwell Collection, Sarnia Historical Society Phil EganThe whole, bizarre story began with a tragedy. On Tuesday morning, July 28, 1925, a man was seen pacing back and forth in [...]
A vast crowd filled both sides of Front Street to cheer on a Royal visit by the Duke of Connaught and his daughter Princess Patricia, who came to officially declare Sarnia a city on May 7, 1914. Lambton Heritage Museum Photo Phil Egan For more than 100 years Sarnia has [...]
Anna Mitton was the grandmother of Alexander Vidal, seen posing here with his wife Catherine Louisa in 1873. Vidal, a land surveyor, banker and Canadian senator, dedicated a plaque to his beloved grandmother that can still be seen today in All Saints’ Anglican Church. Image appears courtesy of the Lambton [...]
Construction was halted on a new home going up on Colborne Road at Lakeshore after human remains were found on the site. Journal Photo Journal Staff Human remains have been found during the excavation of a north-end construction site. Work was halted on a new home going up on Colborne [...]
Lucas Livery stood at the corner of Victoria and George streets in Sarnia and offered horse-drawn transportation in open single and enclosed carriages like this one. It appears to be a chilly day, with snow on the frozen ground and the driver bundled in a robe. Courtesy of the Lambton [...]
Sarnians can pretend their travelling back in time when Lambton County’s ‘Historic Photo Booth’ makes an appearance at the Mallroad library in December. People entering the booth are photographed against a ‘green screen’ background, and their image combined with an historical photo, such as the construction of the first Blue [...]