SOHO Community Association Archives - 2010

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There is no London neighbourhood more tied to the city’s black

community than Soho. It’s fitting to recall that part of our community’s

history in February, which is officially designated as Black History Month.

Editor’s Note: This article is originally published in 2010 and has been

retained for archival purposes. Continue reading →


The homeowner living on the northeast corner of Simcoe and Henry

Streets has started what we hope will become a trend in Soho. Hanging on

the home’s front porch is an intriguing sign reading:


1876

James Southcott

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Soho Community Association

2010 04 21 Minutes


Soho Celebrates Black History Month


SoHo House Signs


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Soda water, soda water

Ginger ale and pop

Aberdeen, Aberdeen

Always on the top!


In February 1883, a new, four-room

school opened on Grey Street –

although the front door of the school

actually faced Hamilton Road. This

school replaced an earlier public

school on Colborne Street. Continue

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At 2 a.m. on May 25, 1905, one of London’s most spectacular fires lit up the

skies of downtown London. That fire was at Dyment-Baker Lumber, on the

northeast corner of Bathurst and Wellington Streets. Before the fire was

contained, some 10 hours later, it also damaged much of the London

Machine Tool Company; lumber at the nearby Tambling and Jones yard,

and six Michigan Central Railroad freight cars. Three of those cars were

filled with agricultural implements valued at several thousand dollars.

Sadly, sparks from the fire also destroyed a frame house at 318 York Street.

Neighbors did manage to rescue the contents before the home was

completely gutted by the fire. Continue reading →

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