The Goderich Signal-Star, 1981-12-22, Page 5Reader sends article and picture o:
Dear Editor,
Having just read in
"Looking Back" about the
disastrous fire which
destroyed the British
Esc1 nge Hotel 25 years
ago, was prompted to send
this `photo and article. The
photograph was developed
by Smith's Art Store,
Goderich in the early 1900s.
The article appeared in the
Toronto Globe, forerunner of
the present day Globe and
Mail, on Saturday, July 20,
1895.
"Few hotels in Canada are
better known, than The
British Exchange for
comfort, convenience and
good living. For halfa
century it has been a land-
mark is Western Ontario,
Since the present proprietor,
Mr. Tilt, took possession of
it, he has had it thoroughly
overhauled and refitted, The
specious dining hall was for
years the largest room of
any kind intown, and has
served alike for court room,
bell room and theatre, as the
occasion required, and some
brilliant affairs and im-
portant meetings in the,
shaping of the affairs of the
town have been held there.
The bedrooms are large,
airy and clean, y and the
cuisine is everything theft
Can be desired. The large
plaiza in front makes a most.
desirable seat in the af-
ternoon and the evening,
giving an ! , dimity of
seeing every , g that is
going on around the square.
It is headquarters for the
Judges and court officials,
and is well patronized by the
commercial: men."
Yours truly,
Meal. Gardiner,
Scarborough, Ont.
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`Aging expatriate' reads Looking Back
Dear Editor,
As you undoubtedly ap-
preciate, the items appear
ing under the heading
"Looking Back" are read by
many an aging expatriate.
The 75 -year retrospect
gives us an Edwardian, pre-
first War view, and shows
the town becoming an impor-
tant
mportant port, serving as ter-
mites of one railway (GTR),
and about to hold the same
position for the incoming
CPR,
The 25 -year memories cer-
tainly trace the Ding of
the quick steps toward the
town's modernization, and
updating of old industry, and
the tonic effect Of the new
population shift from older
or distant lands,
With the greatest respect
for your editorial judgment,
1 think you should introduce
(or re -introduce) a 50year
old clipping or two or three,
because the ' years between,
the wars", the latter half of
which were known as the
depression years, show a
sustained struggle to hold
the gains to that date - a
struggle for survival worth'
recallling still,
Please recollect that the
50 -year-old news is still
within the memory of that
most enthusiastic nucleus of
stero who turned up
aMo turned out in droves at
the wholly admirable 1077
Centennial Year's events,
capped by the nostalgic
school celebrations.
Tease don't make this
group of us jazr-age rem-
nants, or survivors of what
our Quebec friends cell "la
sirlisere" ofthethirties, orSe-
cond War and arr
rebtrilderss, wait few are
left to recollect.g.
Yours with livelyhopes,
1WilliamSutherland,
Toronto.
Bay Ctysends greetings
Dear Editor
It is again a pleasure, ,on
behalf of Mayor Anne Id.
Hachtel, other city officials,
and the . sister cities
organization in Bay may,
across Lake Hurn to send
season's greetings to our
sister city of Gadeneb as
weU ars wig for a brighter
economic year in 1902.
We know you in Goierich
and all of Canada are as
pisched egORORiealli as we
are hi the 'United States as
we enter a new year, and we
can only pray for"better days
ahead.
Our Bay Cityans, from our
lady mayor on down,
remember the hearty
Chubby and tubby
Mei Inlet
SAW
The first bane I met Saila
It was Clristimas Eve and 1
-woke up ase 12110 dock to go
to the washroom. And doyou
.
/10 what Isawlsawaelby
toddy man. And he said ho
) Merry Christmas, And
up the thinanny hewent and
I hared a thump and a
Janine Helm
Brookside Public
Gr.2
age
Have you ever met San-
ta?"? Well 1 have. The first
rime I met Santa was at the
theater in Gode%eh. The last
rime 1 went 'ire 1 sat on
Mrs,Claus' knee, 1aidnor
three emit *nadir and a
camera After ltolotherwhat
I wanted for Christmao 1 girt
air ripple and a candy cane,
After that was over, I went
home,
Dawn Jungers
Gradefour
Brookside
Ages
welcomes we have had in
your "prettiest town in all
Canada," and thank iru for
the invitations to participate
in your cormaranity festive
events, We can never forget
the melting ezchaaT ea .that
love occurred between our
two lefties, and look forward
to even expanding on these
friendly exchanges,
To Mayor Worsell, other
town officials, Malcolm
Campbell, the Royal
Canadian mon and all our
wonderful Goder1eh friends,
the "best of everything for
1902,
And our were meat is
out again for the big fat,
Patrick's Day parade,
Sunday, March it Late' on
in the year, we will be
marking the 125th year
quasquicentennial) for Bay
County government.
Also thong you for the
ooderieb Signal -Star .issues
sent me without charge so
we could keep abreast of
Goderich happenings 1 am,
&merely,.
i es1lel ,Aaandt,
President,
BaySister
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