Randy Evans When the old Sarnia Jail was built in the 1850s its designers provided for 40 cells, with eight designated for women inmates. Apparently, they assumed men were 80%…

Phil Egan Journal reader Fran VerBeem recently sent along a copy of ‘Sarnia Reports’ from 1953. Fran’s father H.D. Cook was the city’s building inspector, and the document contains end-of-year…

Stephen Bright My first time seeing charity in action was the winter of 1957, while having a hot chocolate and Danish pastry with my mother in a coffee shop.

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Phil Egan When I was nine or ten and living near Christina and Devine streets I would often trade comic books with a pal named Pat Ryan. Pat lived across…

Phil Egan Saturday home mail delivery ended in 1969, but moving the mail has been a priority since the earliest days of old Port Sarnia.

Bob Boulton What I remember most about my Uncle Will was a visit as a young boy to the apartment above his store. This wasn’t long after the death of…

Phil Egan Older Sarnians will recall a time when city churches rarely locked their doors. It was that general sense of security that, on Aug. 11, 1963, allowed an 11-year-old…

James R. Wallen I grew up on the north side of George Street a few doors down from East Street. Our house backed onto the Sarnia Central High School field,…

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