"A window on the past to enrich the future"
David Vuckson is a great-grandson of pioneer Collingwood merchant R. W. O’Brien. His roots in town go back to 1875. He and his wife Pamela live in Victoria, B.C .where he works as a piano tuner while maintaining a keen interest in the history of his hometown.
Stories of Collingwood
September 2018 - FOUNTAIN PENS, INK WELLS, BLOTTERS AND THE CHANGING FACE OF TIME -- H. David Vuckson
Learning to read the alphabet in elementary school has long been part of our early education. It was customary for classrooms to have each letter of the alphabet, both upper and lower case, displayed around the room above the blackboards. In Kindergarten we began to use crayons... Read More
STORIES OF COLLINGWOOD 2017 - BY H. DAVID VUCKSON
January 2017 - Stephen Leacock and the I.O.D.E. at the Grand Opera House Read More
February 2017 - The Pretty River Oil Scam Read More
March 2017 - The Craigleith Shale Oil Works Read More
April 2017 - The Carnegie Library Revisited Read More
May 2017 - The Message of the Bluebird Staged Read More
June 2017 - Victoria Public School - The Grand Old Lady of Maple Street Read More
July 2017 - Town Hall Monuments of the Past Read More
August 2017 - Death Knell On The Hamilton and North Western Railway Read More
September 2017 - A Depression-Era Collingwood Ship Makes its Final Journey Read More
October 2017 - David A. Manson, Seller of Pianos and Wallpaper Read More
November 2017 - Fred O'Brien Wore Many Hats Read More
December 2017 - Joel Underwood's Creek Read More
STORIES OF COLLINGWOOD 2016 - BY H. DAVID VUCKSON
March 2016 - COLLINGWOOD NEVER HAD A PIANO FACTORY Read More
April 2016 - COLLINGWOOD SHIPYARD DID NOT ALWAYS HAVE CRANES Read More
March 2016 - COLLINGWOOD NEVER HAD A PIANO FACTORY Read More
June 2016 - THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE WAS ONCE THE COMMUNITY GATHERING PLACE Read More
July 2016 - SHOPPING FOR SHOES WITH X-RAYS Read More
August 2016 - GAYETY THEATRE TOOK ITS NAME FROM A TORONTO BURLESQUE THEATRE IN 1928 Read More
September 2016 - A RETROSPECTIVE LOOK AT SOME HURONTARIO STREET FIRES Read More
October 2016 - COLLINGWOOD WAS SPARED FROM A FENIAN RAID 150 YEARS AGO Read More
November 2016 - ICE CREAM CONES, BOWLING PINS & BICYCLES Read More
December 2016 - THE TRAGIC LAUNCHING OF THE TADOUSSAC Read More
Fountain Pens1.pdfSTORIES OF COLLINGWOOD 2018 - BY H. DAVID VUCKSON
January 2018 - FROM GRAMMAR SCHOOL TO COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE - THE CONTINUING JOURNEY OF THE WISE OLD OWL AND ITS CONNECTION TO SEVERAL SCHOOL BUILDINGS Read More
February 2018 - THE UNSOLVED 1903 MURDER OF GLORY WHALEN Read More
March 2018 - THE ADVENTURES OF AN OFFICE BOY/MESSENGER IN THE COLLINGWOOD SHIPYARD WITH REFLECTIONS ON LAND USE ALONG THE WATERFRONT Read More
April 2018 - SCHOOL SPIRIT AT C.C.I. (WITH APOLOGIES TO THE HAMLET OF BOGNOR) Read More
May 2018 - THE S. S. JAMES CARRUTHERS—COLLINGWOOD’S TITANIC-STYLE DISASTER Read More
June 2018 - HEALTH CARE IN THE 1950’S, SMALL TOWN STYLE WITH DOCTOR BOB Read More
July 2018 - SCHOOL DAYS FIRST AID TRAINING, 1950’s STYLE Read More
August 2018 - THE REMINISCENCES OF A GRAVE DIGGER Read More
September 2018 - FOUNTAIN PENS, INK WELLS, BLOTTERS AND THE CHANGING FACE OF TIME Read More