Mark McNeil

Freelance Flashbacks local history columnist, singer-songwriter and speaker.

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[Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec]

💔 Mark Pongetti shares heartfelt gratitude as The Acoustic Room closes its doors.

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The Acoustic Room guitar shop will close next month, ending the Pongetti dynasty that began in 1957
#HamOnt #Flashbacks @MarkFlashbacks

[Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec]

A Hamilton family's dream turned to tragedy on Oak Island. 💔 Discover the poignant tale of ambition, loss, and the relentless search for treasure.

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#CurseOfOakIsland #Flashbacks #HamiltonHistory @MarkFlashbacks

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#FLASHBACKS | Take a tour down the memory lane of ghost advertising signs in Hamilton
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Mark McNeil | @MarkFlashbacks

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#FLASHBACKS | “There were so many of us who lost our husbands on that day.”

103-year-old widow remembers the dear husband she lost in the disastrous 1942 raid on Dieppe

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Mark McNeil reports | @MarkFlashbacks

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A look at Robert Reid Smiley who started The Spectator 178 years ago this week. A fascinating column by @MarkFlashbacks I wonder if the tenants living in “Smiley’s Castle" have any idea of its history.
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[Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec]

A look at Robert Reid Smiley who started The Spectator 178 years ago today.

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July 15, 1846, is the historic day when the first edition of the Hamilton Spectator and Journal of Commerce came off the press.

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Seventy years ago this month, CHCH TV began broadcasting as a CBC affiliate with an inaugural one and a half hour variety program called “This is Hamilton.”
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Mark McNeil reports | @MarkFlashbacks

[Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec]

FLASHBACKS | Remembering Bob Morrow: New film remembers Hamilton’s longest serving mayor

“You couldn’t go anywhere in our city without bumping into Bob Morrow.”

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| Hamilton #HamOnt | Mark McNeil, Spectator Contributor @MarkFlashbacks

[Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec]

There was a time when Hamilton’s famed Lancaster bomber was mounted like a giant butterfly in a high school science project, writes Mark McNeil.

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TODAY'S FLASHBACK | Hamilton #HamOnt | @CWHM @MarkFlashbacks

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#FLASHBACKS | Today the HSR is made up of sleek buses, mostly powered by compressed natural gas. But you can still take a glimpse of the past at a new exhibition at the Tourism Hamilton visitor centre at 28 James St. N.
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Mark McNeil reports |@MarkFlashbacks

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The popular hobby of metal detecting is raising the ire of licenced archeologists who see it as ‘looting’ | @MarkFlashbacks for @TheSpec https://t.co/tVVdJq5yIG #HamOnt

[Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec]

A murder, a great detective, a shootout and a hanging. This real life drama isn't a 'Murdoch Mystery' but there is a connection

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Mark McNeil's #Flashbacks column today | @MarkFlashbacks

[Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec]

Hamilton Children’s Museum building was once proposed as a sanctuary for Gage family ghosts

Eugenie Gage wanted her house to remain “unopened, unoccupied and undisturbed forever.”
| #HamOnt #FLASHBACKS | By @MarkFlashbacks
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[Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec]

With St. Patrick’s Day on Sunday, Flashbacks looks at a recent revival of Irish music and culture in #HamOnt

Tuesday evenings at the Corktown Pub on Young Street in Hamilton, you’ll usually find the place is hopping, writes Mark McNeil @MarkFlashbacks

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#FLASHBACKS | Celebrating Jackie Washington and Stan Rogers

The two performers gained popularity decades ago during the Hamilton’s coffee house era, Mark McNeil writes.
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| Hamilton #HamOnt | @MarkFlashbacks

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#FLASHBACKS | It was a horrific tragedy that still echoes through the generations.

Twelve of the victims were from Hamilton, writes @MarkFlashbacks

Mark McNeil, Spectator Contributor | Hamilton #HamOnt https://t.co/FMaXxREhfz

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Mike Clasen is getting ready to shut down Records on Wheels, the 45-yr-old record business he has owned for 39 years.

The bricks-and-mortar store that showcased so much vinyl over the years is scheduled to close on May 31, writes @MarkFlashbacks | #HamOnt
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#FLASHBACKS | Iconic Hamilton Cemetery vault going through major restoration to prevent walls from collapsing

Mark McNeil, Contributing Columnist | Hamilton #HamOnt | @MarkFlashbacks
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[Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec]

#FLASHBACKS | Someone once said, "the beach is calling, and I must go."

So, I did. I took a recent visit to Grimsby Beach, just beyond the border of Hamilton.

| Mark McNeil, Contributing Columnist @MarkFlashbacks
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