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- Re Camp Picton
- July/August 2008
- Enjoyed your little blurb about
Camp Picton, one of my favorite military places.Other neat military
places to visit in Ontario are: The RCAF Bomarc nuclear surface-to-air
missile site north of North Bay on Highway 11, closed in 1972;
the old Cold War radar station at Foymount, closed in 1974 (and
which is mostly intact); the old Radar and Communications School
at Canadian Forces Base Clinton, south-east of Goderich (now
called the town of Vanastra), closed in 1971. In terms of military
properties, we had a helluva lot more in this province.
Paul Ozorak
Ottawa
- (Author of: Abandoned Military
Installations of Canada, Volume 1: Ontario)
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- Re All Things Maud
- May/June 2008
- I was loaned a copy of the Wayback
Times and noticed your article in the May/June issue on L.M.
Montgomery and "all things Maud" in Ontario this
year. Thank you so much for compiling them. We hope to have a
great time in Norval through the year (many events aren't even
published yet) as we continue to highlight the work that the
author did in the communities and in her literary career. I've
seen your article online as well, and sent the link out to the
Kindred Spirit society from the University of PEI, so it's now
winged its way around the world to like-minded individuals.
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- Deb Quaile
- Norval, ON
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- Re a new subscriber
- My husband and I went to Port
Hope a couple of weeks ago and browsed through the many antiques
stores there. We picked up your (paper) and I have thoroughly
enjoyed reading it. We would like to subscribe to it. I have
sent payment for a subscription. Thank you.
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- Cathie H.
- Fraserville, ON
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- Re Cosway's Corner
- Niagara Falls daredevils
- I have enjoyed reading the most
recent issue of the Wayback Times (January/February, 2008) and
your article on page 8 regarding the Niagara
Falls daredevils was of particular interest. I am sure, however,
that the photo identified in the article as Jean Francois
Gravelet - "The Great Blondin" is in fact William
Leonard Hunt - "The Great Farini." The same photo
appears among those listed in Shane Peacock's book "The
Great Farini - The High-Wire Life of William Hunt" (Toronto:Penguin
Books, 1995). You mention that Hunt was an artist, and I have
one of his oil paintings, a rather sombre landscape. One of Farini's
contemporary artists, F.M. Bell Smith, is quoted in Peacock's
book as offering the following opinion to Farini: "Friend,
you don't know how good some of your pictures are and how bad
others are" (p.396). In truth, I have one of the latter!
Thanks for the article. I look forward to future issues. Regards.
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- John F. Bird
St. Catharines, ON
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- Re our Book Reviews
- and other Wayback stuff
- Hi there and thank you for publishing
a great little newspaper. I would also like to comment on your
Wayback Times book review section, which we find very informative
and a great addition to your publication. As I collect old radios
and see that most publications in this category are for U.S radios,
I would like to suggest a review of a book called Radios
of Canada by Lloyd Swackhammer from Alma Ontario.
Lloyd has collected radios for years and has, like all other
collectors, been frustrated by the lack of information on Canadian-built
radios, so he decided to do his own research, along with radio
club members. The book is on Canadian radios and their sources
and history. We find your publication is the very best source
for the avid collector or the occasional antique shopper. As
you keep adding interesting and informative articles as Out to
Lunch, Wayback Wheels and Ask the Old Guy, it truly enhances
the publication and will increase the circulation, for sure.
Thanks again for all your hard work and efforts that make it
happen.
R.L Bob Long
- aka "Bob's good junk"
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- Re Wayback Times
- advertising response
- Just a note to say 'thanks'
for all of your help in putting our ads together these past months.
The response has been great. We even got a call from Ottawa on
one of the items featured in our last ad. Being new in the business,
we tested the waters with all sorts of ads in the different media.
By far, your publication has been tops. Last week, a customer
dropped by to say thanks for putting the Wayback Times with her
order. She had been looking for a few plates to complete her
set - saw the ad for Old China Patterns, called them and found
what she was looking for. I can't count how many times we refer
people to Mantle Lamp Supply Co. when customers are looking for
parts for old lamps. Your featured columns are a great resource
centre for us as well. All in all - thanks again.
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- Darlene and Brian MacDonald
- Period Pieces, Norwood, Ont.
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- Re Ted Currie's
- Tom Thomson articles
- What a great pleasure it was
to read the Ted Currie articles and all the research into
the Tom
Thomson saga. As an art student in the 1950s, the
Group of Seven was a major theme in many of our lessons. My art
director at Danforth Technical School, Fred Savard, taught
us everything about those famous members and I know he had the
greatest respect for all of them. He always got emotional when
discussing the mystery surrounding the death of Thomson as he
so admired the wealth of work he accomplished. This aspect has
stayed with me all these years. I was fortunate enough to see
A.Y. Jackson, although not meet him as he was so frail, when
he was living at the McMichael Gallery in Klienburg. He was outside
in the sunshine just painting his days away. Mr. Currie certainly
did a lot of homework in order to present his in-depth report
and I really enjoyed it. I would imagine it would be pretty difficult
to find any collectible Tom Thomson memorabilia or
works anymore. But you never know. Some day maybe something will
surface. I look forward to each issue and enjoy all your contributing
writers as well. Thanks again to Mr. Currie. Well done.
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- Jean P. Pollock
- Birkenbrae Enterprises,
- Bobcaygeon, Ont.
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- Re online Wayback Times
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- I am an antiques and collectible
dealer and would like to thank you for providing this site free
online. I have soooo many books already and I am constantly buying
more, but I do believe it is virtually impossible to cover every
aspect of the antique collecting field with just books (unless
you have unlimited funds, space and time, that is.) I really
appreciate others who are willing to share their knowledge. After
reading many of the articles on your site, I have added a shortcut
for your site right on my desktop so that I will remember to
check it periodically for new articles.
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- Victoria Kritikson
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- Re Wayback Wheels
January/February 2007
- Thank you very much Aaron
Neilly for your extremely informative article
about the Studebaker Avanti.You have certainly given me more
information about a car I saw 32 years ago in Listowel, Ontario,
than I ever could have imagined. My sister and I were looking
for a "good, affordable used car" that our father would
approve of. The Avanti was not this car, but all three of us
were drooling over it. Even though the car was 10 to 12 years
old in 1975 when we were looking at it, it was far ahead of anything
available at the time.The overhead switches/console looked like
an airplane cockpit. The actual dash looked sort of like a Corvette
Stingray our neighbour had. This car is so rare that I was surprised
to see one, owned by a man from Belleville, at a car show in
Marmora during their fall fair a couple of years ago. My enthusiasm
for this car is not truly shared by my husband, but he was persuaded
to go to this show as there were also muscle cars there from
the fifties and sixties. We enjoy your paper.
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- Carol Armstrong
- Belleville
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- Re Matthew and Scott Russell
- November/December
Editorial
- Thank you, thank you, thank
you. To our many dealer friends and customers, we offer our deepest
gratitude for your kind words, generosity, gestures of friendship
and whispered prayers in support of our sons, Cpl. Matthew
Russell and Sgt. Scott Russell, and all of our troops
in Afghanistan. Through your acts of kindness, donations and
sincere concern for all of us, these men and women feel the support
and care they need and deserve. Blessings upon all of you.
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Frank & Mary Russell
Peterborough
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- Re Roy Bassett medals research
- Nov/Dec 2006 column
- Mr. Bassett, thank you so much
for your research. My husband, his
grandfather's namesake, just received his grandfather's medals.
They came to him because they were the only two men in the family
that fought in combat. WWI, and Viet Nam. With your invaluable
help, I have identified three of the five (medals).
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- Donna Kahren
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- Medals 2
- I read your article in the November-December issue of the Wayback
Times. It was well written and very informative. I was not aware
that the War Medal was also issued in bronze. Now, I'll have
to keep shopping for one. I have been looking for a Victory medal
with a Mentioned in Dispatches oak leaf. If you know of one for
sale, I would appreciate it if you would let me know. Living
in Prince Edward County, I don't get to go to military and collectors'
shows as I did when living in Toronto. I will keep watching for
your articles and maybe I'll learn some more about medals and
their history. Best regards.
Brian McLaughlin
- Wellington, ON
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- Re Wayback Times
- And Editor Sandy
- As an antique dealer and collector,
I have always looked forward to new issues of the Wayback Times.
Recent changes have boosted my interest and curiosity. Sandy
Neilly, with family support, has undertaken this new endeavor
with enthusiasm and insight. Congratulations on continuing to
publish a quality antique newspaper. Advertisements provide opportunities
for treasure hunts; articles are always interesting and informative
and Jay's Blog keeps us chuckling
about his trials and tribulations. Let me know when Peter is
Out to Lunch again, and who is
The Old Guy? This Is Livin' - take
a bow.
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- Terry Ronkko
- T&B Antiques, Toronto
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- Re Drive-In Theatres
- September/October 2006
- My wife and I were in St. Jacob's
recently and picked up a copy of the Wayback Times. I read the
entire paper while drinking my coffee this morning and was especially
intrigued by the article, A Tribute
to The Drive- In, by John Cosway. I have never seen
a history of this great American and Canadian icon anywhere before
and I was filled with nostalgia. Not intending to be critical,
I would like to make a clarification to one area of this wonderful
piece. Toward the end of the article, a mention was made of the
first drive-in in Canada, the Skyway in Stoney Creek, Ontario.
Mr. Cosway (said) the Skyway closed in 1970.The Skyway actually
ran its last show on the Dusk to Dawn Thanksgiving weekend in
October 1975. I can't remember the movies or exact date, but
I was there for the entire show. At the time, I was assistant
manager of the Tivoli theatre in Hamilton, and was part-time
relief manager one day a week at the Skyway. I decided to attend
the last show as I knew the closing would be the end of an era
in the Hamilton area. I stayed with the theatre business for
another decade, moving up in the managerial field, until video
and television started to change the landscape of the movie theater
business forever. As an added piece of trivia, the Skyway Drive-In
was owned continuously from 1946 till its close by Famous Players.
Thank you again Mr. Cosway for a wonderful article that not only
took me back to my youth, but (is) an important piece of North
American entertainment history.
Brock King
Thorold, Ontario
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