Mark Allenov
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Only 400 bread loaves per hour? This Welland bakery was just getting started (opens the original)
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Mark Allenov is a freelance contributing history columnist for the Tribune. All information is courtesy of the Welland Museum Archives and Welland Public Library. Once known as Christieâs bakery, the building at 236-244 Burgar St. has a much deeper history than that. Originally, the site was home to Sun-Rays Bread Co., established and managed by James Herbert McGroarty, whose father William developed and patented a vitamin D enrichment formula for bread as a method of dealing with rickets, a c
Roberto’s Half Moon served Wellanders for nearly a century (opens the original)
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Mark Allenov is a freelance contributing history columnist for the Tribune. All information is courtesy of the Welland Museum Archives and Welland Public Library. Welland has had its share of popularly known and well-respected dining institutions, like the Olympia Restaurant and Rinderlinâs. One that almost managed to survive a century was the creation of Patsy and Raffaela Roberto. Pasquale Roberto, or âPatsyâ as he was better known , was born in Sambiase, Cantanazaro, Italy, in 1895 to G
King Street pharmacy in Welland an early adopter of the Rexall brand (opens the original)
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Mark Allenov is a freelance contributing history columnist for the Tribune. All information is courtesy of the Welland Museum Archives and Welland Public Library. As Welland grew , its house numbering scheme for streets underwent continuous revision and change, along with street names. While it is not immediately clear when it was constructed, the early history of this King Street building labels it as initially being one of the grocery stores of Albert Many, a Palestinian-born merchant who late
From plows to cars, Welland’s R. Moore & Son sold it all (opens the original)
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Mark Allenov is a freelance contributing history columnist for the Tribune. All information is courtesy of the Welland Museum Archives and Welland Public Library. Like contemporaries such as the Hogue Blacksmith Shop and Somerville & Sons, the business of R. Moore & Son handled the transition between late 1800s and early 1900s well and managed to stay relevant at a time when industrialization was outpacing human craft in almost every line of work. The Welland business was founded by two men, Ric
The Sawle Residence: Home to a big part of The Tribune’s history (opens the original)
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Mark Allenov is a freelance contributing history columnist for the Tribune. All information is courtesy of the Welland Museum Archives and Welland Public Library. While old Welland Tribune offices are still standing and are known to many people, less is known about the homes and histories of the people that played key roles in the newspaperâs history. Such is the case with the former Sawle residence, and the story of W.T. Sawle, one of its key figureheads. William Tregerthen Sawle was born in
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