Mark McNeil

A multimedia storyteller — a journalist, songwriter, performer, local history buff and sometime cable tv host. Watch for my “Flashbacks” column in The Spec.

[Terry Cooke @TerryJCooke]

All news that is fit to print! Love this @MarkFlashbacks piece on the infamous 1955 #HamOnt City Council led starling shoot in Gore Park. Straight out of WKRP Cincinnati turkey’s flying episode. Especially loved that Toronto was to blame @JohnTory @s2avery @AndreaHorwath ! (-:

[Mark McNeil @Songscribe]

@Violinzilla Hey Mike. Neat pic. Send me an email. I'm curious about it. [email protected]

[Mark McNeil @Songscribe]

McMaster’s hospital officially opened 50 years ago this year but it still looks like it isn’t finished yet. Flashbacks: https://t.co/W2AT8dcN15

[The Hamilton Network @THNonC14]

.@Songscribe always has really inspiring and important stories to share about #HamOnt history. Catch the full story on #TheHamiltonNetwork on-demand at https://t.co/mTTaHSjOL6.

[Joanna Frketich @jfrketich]

Congrats to the @TheSpec newsroom on 12 nominations and six wins. So proud to be part of this team. Shout outs to @NicoleatTheSpec @susanclairmont @sebibron @maria9860 @MarkFlashbacks @miltonatthespec @GrantRants, Steve Buist, Congrats also @RandyRatLFPress & @KatrinaAClarke

[Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec]

To fans of the iconic popular quiz show @Jeopardy, it was just another question on a recent television program.

But, for people interested in #HamOnt history, there is a lot more to the words than that, writes @MarkFlashbacks
https://t.co/JbZgV2B4zh

[Elizabeth Smith @ElizbethjmSmith]

The story of another of our Canadians @CWGC Stonefall. Thanks @TheSpec @Songscribe Take a look @andrewthornto20 @SusieRother @GreatWarNerd https://t.co/Uvqtl3vRPr #Rembranceis a photo on the dresser.

[MCTransfusionR @Mac_Transfusion]

Great article today in @TheSpec by @Songscribe re: the parallels between Dr. Arnold's (@arnolddma1) current work with COVID-19 and another Hamilton doctor's work with Spanish flu patients in 1918. An interesting read about medicine & history: https://t.co/eJA0vgc3rQ

[RHLI @RHLIXIII]

Nice to see the #RHLI recognized in this article. https://t.co/oqpZWq0Qwd

[Mark McNeil @MarkFlashbacks]

If King Kong ever came to Hamilton, I think the first place he would go for a selfie is the Pigott building on James Street South...Flashbacks https://t.co/70dm1OEqpO

[Mark McNeil @Songscribe]

Exclusive story I wrote in today’s Spectator about major plans to preserve the historic Long and Bisby building, the last structure from Hamilton’s famed Sanatorium on the Mountain Brow. https://t.co/pqeZzAOIEb

[Mark McNeil @Songscribe]

Imagine being abandoned by your family in the Hamilton Asylum for the Insane for 32 years and no one ever visited. The Tragic Story of Rose. Today’s Flashbacks column. https://t.co/mgZzpN1QaQ

[Hamilton PL @HamiltonLibrary]

History buffs will enjoy latest @TheSpec article written by @Songscribe detailing history behind famous ballad/poem, 'When You and I Were Young, Maggie'. https://t.co/RNXVYfobs6
Watch as McNeil performs the classic song: https://t.co/OLXcspBcu8
#HamOnt #HamOntHistory #archives

[Mark McNeil @MarkFlashbacks]

This video — in music, words and pictures — tells the tragic love story behind the famous ballad “When You and I Were Young, Maggie.” Check it out. https://t.co/kxxvfIN0Aa

[Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec]

Flashbacks: Hamilton Cemetery tour guide shares his top 10 favourite tombstones, writes @Songscribe #HamOntHistory
https://t.co/AKL23ShQ9I

[Terry Cooke @TerryJCooke]

Nice tribute @Songscribe in today’s @TheSpec for longtime #HamOnt Councillor Bill McCulloch. Bill leaves a great legacy in many historic buildings he fought to save. He was a kind man with a wicked sense of humour & dedicated public servant. Bill will be missed @HamiltonsMayor.

[Mark McNeil @Songscribe]

Hamilton has an amazing newspaper history with a golden age of rivalry from the late 1800s through the early decades of the 1900s where three major dailies competed. Here is a song about a fictional newsboy from that period. https://t.co/t8Ot312DUv

[Mark McNeil @Songscribe]

A thought for these troubling times: Better to be six feet apart than six feet under...

[Mark McNeil @Songscribe]

Her great, great grandfather helped bring hydro to Hamilton that set the stage for industrial growth in the city. https://t.co/SZkjIKM4MU

[Joanna Frketich @jfrketich]

Total cases in #HamOnt are now 5 with a 6th case that is technically a Halton case but has impact on Hamilton because it was a radiation oncologist at Juravinski Cancer Centre