This story is about a real rags to riches story in the automobile trade in Cobourg – the Vandermeers.
Doreen and Ben in Prague 2017
This story is about a real rags to riches story in the automobile trade in Cobourg – the Vandermeers.
This will be a running page about the restaurants we have eaten at in PV in 2021/22: Click on restaurant name, or the image; you will be taken to the TripAdvisor reviews of the restaurant. Hopefully this will be an aid to people who want to discover the same places as we did. Visited lunch 17th March 2022...
Few builders make an impression in their working lives. Stalwood Homes does just that, an impeccable reputation and a lasting legacy.
This Third-Generation business is in the nearby Town of Port Hope, but the story is familiar to all of us in Cobourg.
If there is a place of tradition in Cobourg it is the local watering hole called “Kelly’s Homelike Inn”.
There only a few great men that come around every so often this guy is one of them. I cannot pay enough tributes to Jim Gordon!
This man tried to succeed but didn’t make it but the article was a tale of his startup.
This article was about a genealogical enterprise, something I have an interest in.
The “Park Theatre” is a place that invokes many strong opinions, the last operator of the place describes how he intended to make a success of the place – pity he failed!
I really enjoyed writing this article, as the topic was timely, interesting and the end product was beautiful when finished.
This story was one of my first for a local publication. Written in 2008.
This article was about the history of coffeeshops and the coffeeshops in Cobourg in 2008
A pal of mine retired and then found it to be boring so he took up ‘drag week’ – much...
There are 52 of them – Jackson Houses; a basic Canadian style of design that was built by Reuben Jackson...
In 2008 the ‘mancave’ craze was just getting to be a big thing as the price of electronics was getting...
After 83 years the Pontiac Auto Manufacturing section of General Motors, came to an end. This article tracked the Pontiac...
Doreen and Ben in Prague 2017
A funeral in Amalfi, Italy. The pallbearers carried the coffin down the steps to the Main Square
The beach at Positano on the Amalfi Coast, Italy
Outdoor cafe in Athens, Greece
Storefront in Athens, Greece
The Stadium built for the first "Modern Olympic Games. Athens Greece
Tomb of the 'Unknown Soldier' in Athens, Greece
A small Church in Athens, Greece
A colourful balcony in Athens, Greece
The No. 1 attraction in Athens, Greece - the Acropolis
A Stately Home on the Bosphorus, Istanbul Turkey
A Customs House/warehouse on the Bosphorus, Istanbul Turkey
Replica "Trojan Horse" at Troy, Turkey
Riverside restaurants on the Bosphorus, Istanbul Turkey
Cafe in Istanbul, Turkey
"Blue" Mosque in Istanbul
"Sulymhan" Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey
A Spice Store in the "Grand Bazaar" in Istanbul Turkey
We are inveterate travellers. Accustomed to many travels not much fazes us these day. This pic taken in India shows how we blend in to the environment.
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