Bright doors on Pall Mall a visual treat for Londoners
The three little faces pressed into the window pane at the front of their Pall Mall Street home as the roar of the train’s mighty engine reached their ears.
It was the 50s and with no television or internet to distract them, young Bob, Barry and G open...
Tears of gratitude, relief, inspiration shed at Banting House
Once the young mother of a diabetic child visiting Banting House Museum sat on the bed in Banting’s room -- where the scientist first got the spark of an idea that led to the insulin breakthrough more than 80 years ago -- and wept.
Curator Grant M open...
Aeolian Hall's creator smiles down on new round of performances
Long gone are the days, back in the 70s, when Gordon Jeffery strolling about downtown London was a familiar sight.
His head filled with dreams of his beloved concert hall, he paid no attention to such petty matters as appearances. Curious heads mu open...
Beloved prof leaves mark on King's College
He found his academic home in the room where the lady of the house used to breakfast. Sometimes, he would work on his book until midnight, all alone upstairs in his beautiful office, splitting the night’s silence with his opera records. Lured perhaps open...
Labatt family known for its kindness to employees
Round-the-clock bars on the premises complete with bartenders, wine tastings every morning and a case of beer for less than five dollars.
Such was life at the Labatt brewery in 1959.
Fresh from his Scottish homeland, Bill McLennan found a new open...
Fanshawe Pioneer Village a walk through London region's history
Nestled in the heart of the Fanshawe Conservation Area lies a village that exists not only on the outskirts of London but on the outskirts of reality.
The narrow gravel road that winds into Fanshawe Pioneer Village is really much like the communi open...
Palace Theatre lights still shine bright in East London
A bare light bulb hangs at the Palace Theatre, casting a dim glow onto the stage. Even people who have worked there for years still feel the magic spark that lingers through decades of performances.
“There’s always a temptation to stand on stage a open...
London's near saint remembered on All Saints' Day
“The saint is dead. The saint is dead,” came the cry across London, Ontario in 1866 when a man who’s been called the closest thing to a saint here died.
Henry Edward Dormer has not yet been named a saint, but many Londoners think he should be in r open...
Ghost stories and Fire Station Number 4 have long history together
Ghost stories and Fire Station Number 4 have gone hand in hand for years. A few from the ranks:
One night about eight months ago, firefighter Heather Marsh returned to her bunk after a trip to the washroom. She felt a sudden pressure on the end of open...
London mosque first in Ontario
They came to this new land. Families with names like Assaf and Fadel and Hassan.
They came determined to make a good life in London, Ontario. But it was 1910, and it would be a long time before other Muslims came to join their tiny community.
N open...
Doors Open London: Introduction
Doors Open will open the doors at 70 of London's historical sites and others places of interest around the city Oct. 2 and 3.
London Now is helping to celebrate London's fine buildings and history with its own project, History Was Here. With the h open...
Children's Museum gets you giggling
Sometimes, early in the morning, staff arriving at the London Regional Children’s Museum, can hear children in the old school’s hallways. Rushing feet, high pitched voices, giggling.
It’s odd, but then it’s been a place for children for so long it open...
Shriners at home in Smallman mansion
“Oh, yeah. Sure. We got a ghost.”
The guys quaffing a few colds ones after their regular band practice on Tuesdays were forthcoming about the spirit that flits around the stately mansion that now houses the Mocha Shrine Centre.
“We had a barten open...
Champagne Charlie built Idlewyld
He was a character all right.
Charles Hyman – Champagne Charlie he was called for his habit of hauling a bar car with his train – cut a real swath through London. The son of a rich tannery owner, successful in business himself, this city’s mayor, open...
London's first black church a refuge
For so many, it was freedom.
The end of the Underground Railroad opened up Canada and freedom to slaves fleeing the U.S. And for some that freedom was found in a London church, the Beth Emanuel British Methodist Episcopal Church.
But there’s a open...
Covent Garden Market a people place
It all started with the vegetables. The celery to be exact.
Glenda Smith’s grandfather-in-law, Paul, would head off to the U.S., bring back a truck load of celery and sell every last stalk of it at London’s Covent Garden Market on a Saturday.
“ open...
London opens doors to history
Doors Open will open the doors at 70 of London's historical sites and others places of interest around the city Oct. 2 and 3.
London Now is helping to celebrate London's fine buildings and history with its own project, History Was Here. With the h open...
Waverley Mansion ghost a friendly soul
She’s been seen floating along the mansion’s fine hallways. Sometimes she sits on a resident’s bed for a chat, always wearing the same flowing white lace gown.
She knocks on doors and has set the chandelier in the activity room, one of her favouri open...
Novack's still most interesting store
Its humble roots started in a stable, explains Paul Caplan, who owns Novack’s with his wife Sandi. But there’s more to the story.
“It was really one-stop shopping back then,” he said as he explains that the stable held the horses that were shod by open...
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