Nadine Wark Remember those endless warm sunny days when, as a kid, you had the whole summer to indulge in ice cream? Summer and ice cream just go together. In Corunna, there were no specialized shops like today, but the local variety stores served up both cones and milkshakes. I can remember a milkshake maker… Read more »
Marg Johnson Recently we had my two sisters and their husbands over for a turkey dinner. My dearly beloved had actually found a turkey roll and we’d been saving it for a special occasion. It was a fun evening, but also provided a shock. As I child I had endured countless nights around the dinner… Read more »
Phil Egan Knowing the location of the post office in Old Sarnia meant knowing where the postmaster conducted his business. The locations shifted during the community’s early days to various downtown addresses, usually on Front Street. That trend began in THE days of George Durand, our first postmaster, and continued through the great downtown fires… Read more »
Internationals students make community a better place Sir: Regarding international students at Lambton College. They are a very welcome addition to our community. Just look around. I see these young people everywhere. They all have incredible stories about their lives back home and their journey to Canada. As a measure of their commitment, most of… Read more »
Randy Evans When the old Sarnia Jail was built in the 1850s its designers provided for 40 cells, with eight designated for women inmates. Apparently, they assumed men were 80% more likely to require incarceration. Because it was a Victorian-era jail the female cells were segregated from the rest, and it’s highly unlikely any area… Read more »
College should have done more to help house students Sir: I read with a great deal of personal interest the June 16th story, “International students eyed as key to Sarnia’s future” We moved to our condo (which sits along a major bus route to the college) five years ago this August, and by September we… Read more »
Phil Egan Journal reader Fran VerBeem recently sent along a copy of ‘Sarnia Reports’ from 1953. Fran’s father H.D. Cook was the city’s building inspector, and the document contains end-of-year summaries compiled by various departments at City Hall. It’s a valuable peek behind the curtain of time. In the booklet’s opening pages Mayor W.C. Nelson… Read more »
Stephen Bright My first time seeing charity in action was the winter of 1957, while having a hot chocolate and Danish pastry with my mother in a coffee shop. Seeing a shabbily dressed man drinking coffee at the lunch counter, she called over the waitress, passed her a handful of change, and said, “Here, give… Read more »
Bright’s Grove development area long overdo Sir: I am baffled by the reluctance of City Hall staff, their consultant, and some councillors to allow development of a parcel of land in Bright’s Grove and expand Sarnia’s urban boundary. Yes, I understand the concept of urban sprawl, but to me this move is actually the opposite…. Read more »
Phil Egan When I was nine or ten and living near Christina and Devine streets I would often trade comic books with a pal named Pat Ryan. Pat lived across from Sam Lampel’s junkyard (now Rainbow Park), on Christina Street. It was inside one of Pat’s comic books that I discovered the Garcelon Stamp Company,… Read more »
