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This notice will be in force from Monday 28th October 2024 until Monday 11th November 2024. This notice will only be effective when so displayed by signs in accordance with The Traffic Signs Regulations & General Directions 2016. Closure of Mill Street Northbound at Seedhill Road Junction. Closure of Mill Street Southbound at Gauze Street. Closure of Bank Street at Christie Street. Reason…

Road policing officers are appealing for information following a fatal collision in Paisley.The incident involving a red Volkswagen Golf, a red Vauxhall Astra and an elderly male on a mobility scooter, happened around 8pm on Monday, 1 April, 2024 on Gauze Street at the junction with Silk Street, Paisley. Emergency services attended, and an 88-year-old male was taken to the Queen Elizabeth…

T. J. Reid Almonte Catalogue 1911-1912 — Adin Daigle

All photos- Adin Daigle All photos- Adin Daigle –read-A Name on a Sign –Thomas J. Reid Almonte All photos- Adin Daigle In December of 1918 Thomas J. Reid, who had a men’s clothing and furnishings store on mill Street in Almonte said: “Understand,” said Mr. Reid, “there is not so very-much credit asked for nowadays, but when it is asked for by men who used to spend their money on liquor, we…

Tales from Ritchie Feed and Seed — Larry Clark part 2

Photo- Andrew Ritchie Back at the mill, one entered by climbing the stairs to the loading dock (or jumping from your truck) and entering the store. The office was a glassed in square opposite the entrance but along the right side were bins filled with some intriguing  items-mostly dog biscuits, which came in a variety of shapes and colours-I preferred the pink!  The first “boss” I remember was…

Clippings and History of Mill and Bridge Street Almonte

almonte.com Photo thanks to Brent Eades of Almonte.com On the corner of Bridge and Mill Street once sat The People’s Store and the McAdams store– read-McAdams Store Almonte— It burned down and became The Orpheum, then the O’Brien and nowThe Hub. read-Mary Delaney Caught Stealing at The People’s Store There was a fire in 1911 and that whole corner burned down as it began in the back of People’s…