Mark McNeil @MarkFlashbacks

Freelance Flashbacks local history columnist, singer-songwriter and speaker. Joined February 2013

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Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec

7 months ago

💔 Mark Pongetti shares heartfelt gratitude as The Acoustic Room closes its doors. 👉 thespec.com/news/hamilton-… The Acoustic Room guitar shop will close next month, ending the Pongetti dynasty that began in 1957 #HamOnt #Flashbacks @MarkFlashbacks

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Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec

8 months ago

A Hamilton family's dream turned to tragedy on Oak Island. 💔 Discover the poignant tale of ambition, loss, and the relentless search for treasure. 👉 thespec.com/news/hamilton-… #CurseOfOakIsland #Flashbacks #HamiltonHistory @MarkFlashbacks

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Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec

a year ago

#FLASHBACKS | Take a tour down the memory lane of ghost advertising signs in Hamilton thespec.com/life/take-a-to… Mark McNeil | @MarkFlashbacks

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Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec

a year ago

#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 thespec.com/news/hamilton-… Mark McNeil reports | @MarkFlashbacks

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Joanna Frketich @jfrketich

a year ago

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. thespec.com/news/hamilton-… via @TheSpec

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Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec

a year ago

A look at Robert Reid Smiley who started The Spectator 178 years ago today. 📰 👉 thespec.com/news/hamilton-… @MarkFlashbacks 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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Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec

a year ago

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.” thespec.com/news/hamilton-… Mark McNeil reports | @MarkFlashbacks

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Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec

a year ago

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.” 👉 thespec.com/news/hamilton-… | Hamilton #HamOnt | Mark McNeil, Spectator Contributor @MarkFlashbacks

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Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec

a year ago

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. thespec.com/news/hamilton-… TODAY'S FLASHBACK | Hamilton #HamOnt | @CWHM @MarkFlashbacks

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Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec

a year ago

#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. thespec.com/news/hamilton-… Mark McNeil reports |@MarkFlashbacks

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Bobby Hristova @bobbyhristova

a year ago

The popular hobby of metal detecting is raising the ire of licenced archeologists who see it as ‘looting’ | @MarkFlashbacks for @TheSpec thespec.com/news/hamilton-… #HamOnt

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Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec

a year ago

A murder, a great detective, a shootout and a hanging. This real life drama isn't a 'Murdoch Mystery' but there is a connection thespec.com/news/hamilton-… Mark McNeil's #Flashbacks column today | @MarkFlashbacks

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Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec

a year ago

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 thespec.com/news/hamilton-…

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Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec

2 years ago

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 thespec.com/news/hamilton-…

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Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec

2 years ago

#FLASHBACKS | Celebrating Jackie Washington and Stan Rogers The two performers gained popularity decades ago during the Hamilton’s coffee house era, Mark McNeil writes. thespec.com/news/hamilton-… | Hamilton #HamOnt | @MarkFlashbacks

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Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec

2 years ago

#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 thespec.com/news/hamilton-…

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Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec

2 years ago

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 thespec.com/news/hamilton-…

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Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec

2 years ago

#FLASHBACKS | Iconic Hamilton Cemetery vault going through major restoration to prevent walls from collapsing Mark McNeil, Contributing Columnist | Hamilton #HamOnt | @MarkFlashbacks thespec.com/news/hamilton-…

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Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec

2 years ago

#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 thespec.com/news/hamilton-…

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Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec

2 years ago

#FLASHBACKS | The interment of Elizabeth Hughes (Maynard), 80, was the end of an era in a family that suffered an overwhelming series of heart-wrenching tragedies through the First World War and shortly after it. | Hamilton #HamOnt | @MarkFlashbacks thespec.com/news/hamilton-…