Getting off the bus on Lakeshore Drive, walking down Riverbend Road and then the long driveway to the North Bay Museum was beautiful during the autumn of 1980 when I first began. The building, you may remember, was originally a two room school house. The Museum took...
The year was 1958. My friend Dee and I were walking down either Wyld or Ferguson. The exact street is lost in the mists of time but no matter. We had just been to a dance at the arena featuring Irwin Prescott and the Melotones. Picture us; saddle shoes, bobby socks,...
It’s funny what photos remain when people are long gone. My late, older brother captured this moment in the life of my late father. It may seem normal now to have dozens of recent photos on your phone of seemingly random events, but will they still be on your phone 50...
The 'Soaring Shadfly' gliding through the Small Town Times logo came to life on a sunny day on Manitoulin Island 40 years ago and not North Bay, where those strange creatures somehow became symbolic of my life. Back when I was 12 years old or so, our family was on...