SOHO Community Association Archives - July 2012

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This archival photo shows John Law’s cottage

at 121 Clarence Street as it was during his

lifetime. His brass foundry, smelter and

chimney can be seen on the right hand side of

the photograph. Photo: UWO Archives.

For $132,900, someone with a passion

for history can purchase one of the

treasures of SoHo’s past. That treasure

is the aluminum-sided cottage at 121

Clarence Street, the long-time home of

John Law.

Law, a pioneer plumber, gas fitter,

brass and bell founder and inventor,

operated one of SoHo’s more

interesting businesses. His final

foundry was located right behind his

home, at the end of Hill Street beside

the river. That factory eventually

became the Canadian Smelting and

Refining Works – operating at least

into the 1950s. Continue reading →

On a summer’s day in 1919, Tommy Wilson of 231 Horton Street

miraculously survived one very great adventure. That adventure was

falling 50 feet off the London & Port Stanley (L&PS) railway bridge at Philip

Street, and into the waters of the Thames below. What was miraculous is

that Tommy missed several huge stones that dotted the river – and that a

daring soldier managed to locate the little boy on the river bottom. All in

Soho Community Association

John Law: Bell Maker and Inventor

Young Fisherman Survives Fall from SoHo’s L&PS

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photo Glen Curnoe

all, Tommy had a day that he, the

soldier and the L&PS train crew, would

never forget. Continue reading →

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southps.jpg> This handsome red

brick building at 186 Waterloo

Street, may be London’s earliest

surviving school. The Waterloo

South Primary School (the cottage-

like structure to the left) was

erected in 1864. The land on which

it stands was granted by the Crown

to Charles Brock on December 4,1842. Continue reading →

Waterloo South Primary School, An Architectural

Gem

Minutes of the SoHo Community Association Meeting

Wellington Street United Church

Wednesday 12 May 2010 at 7:00 p.m. Continue reading →

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pg> Pedestrians walking along

Richmond Street In Soho, just

south of Horton, may notice a

small green space. A wooden

plaque, placed at the front of the

lot, reads: “In Memoriam”. Below

the name of Dr. John Agnos, is the

word “Naturalist.” Continue

reading →

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