Nikko with this year’s pumpkin carvings! Most people in the community know that I enjoy Halloween each year through decorations and Halloween costumes. At times I have been known to do friends make-up as well for their costumes. I decorate my home, after all i feel living in a church is the perfect place for … Continue reading All Hallows Eve in a Haunted Alvinston

In researching stories I often come by amazing photos that I would like to know more about. This is going to be the start of a monthly feature I add to this blog where I post one of these photos and ask my readers for information they may have to help with giving the photo … Continue reading Monthly Photo – August 2023

Each year the Alvinston Legion hosts the Canada Day Car, Truck and Tractor Show and although I work during the show at the Alvinston Legion I look forward to get a look at the 4-wheeled beauties that show up. This year the show was postponed as weather on July 2nd did not co-operate with the … Continue reading The Annual Canada Day Car, Truck and Tractor Show 2023

Faces of this years Alvinston Pro Rodeo 2023 - Photo Credit - Liana Russwurm The 4th annual Alvinston Pro Rodeo was held Father’s Day weekend, June 16th to June 18th 2023. The event, which pairs Rawhide Rodeo and the Brooke-Alvinston Agricultural Society had record breaking crowds over the weekend. This year they hosted more than … Continue reading Perfect Weather for Another Successful Rodeo!

Church Street looking south from Centre Street. Photo Credit - Liana Russwurm Thursday, July 20th seemed like any other day when I headed to the Alvinston Legion to begin my shift. I knew a storm was headed our way but didn’t think much about it until I received a tornado warning on my cell phone. … Continue reading The Storm, 2023

After some music, art, and fun a nap is needed at Summer Sundays in The Park! The Brooke-Alvinston Arts and Activity Group and the committee for the Alvinston Art’s & Music Fest brought back Summer Sunday’s In The Park, held at the Alvinston Community Park. There will be three Sundays, one in June, one in … Continue reading Summer Sunday’s In The Park Are Back!

Ruth Leitch’s career as a librarian spanned 26 years, which makes the Alvinston Library the perfect place for the bench. The bench was designed and created by Murals in Metal, Lucan, Ontario. Every year since I first met Ruth Leitch May 30th was always marked down on my calendar.It was a day family and friends … Continue reading Bench Dedication in Memory of Ruth Leitch on her 90th Birthday

My last blog post inspired local resident Chad Hayter to contact me and share some of his families historical photos, documents, newspapers and postcards, including the original photo of the gentlemen standing out in front of the Columbia Hotel. His mother, Mary Louise Hayter’s (Bindner) family built the Columbia. The photo also had the names … Continue reading Alvinston Vintage Postcards, Local Band, Collector Plates, Spoons, Old News and an Interesting Document

I’ve been working on a more in-depth story which will be published on Monday. It’s more in-depth and spans a little history alongside present day. Through looking at historic photos with the help of Terry MacDonald she sent me this amazing photo of some of the Columbia Hotel’s patrons. Terry has had this photograph since … Continue reading Old Alvinston Photo’s ~ Help Put a Name to that Face!