Recent content by Collings

There’s a legend showing where all the buildings came from...it aint there

I sent an enquiry to the Hamilton City Clerks office..here is the reply I received.. Thank you for contacting the Office of the City Clerk. Please be advised that Hamilton's Land Registry Office can provide assistance in locating the history of a property. They can be reached at...

I wonder if records of the land transfers held by the city might shed some light on what happened to rhe house. After I finished high school in Nova Scotia in 1973 I returned to the Beach Strip and got room & board in my old bedroom (!)... and worked in Stoney Creek for a few months.

Both of these pictures are correctly, they are from different era’s..The white car visible in the first picture is a 1949 Riley, my fathers car which lets me date that picture to the early 1960’s..

Hello David, We were told that the house was moved sometime around 1916-1920.. I have no idea who paid for the move, or when it became a gentlemans club..My parents bought it in approximately 1961, we lived there until 1970.. My understanding is that the house was relocated to some sort of a...

I'm sorry to hear about this..Len and I hung out together while we were both in grade 9 @ Delta - 1967/68..

I was in Toronto for a day on business, so I took my wife and drove to the beach strip...showed her where I grew up..then drove back to the airport and flew back home.. Anyone know what ever happened to David Clark?....he was a friend of mine..I remember his sister Laura was killed in about...

Does anyone know what happened to 991 Beach Blvd.?...I grew up in that house - 1959-1970...I hope it wasn't simply demolished as there was a bit of history in those walls.... Bob Collings, Winnipeg