I remember that day all to well. Walking home from school in knee high snow, blowing snow and strong winds made it even harder to get home.

In 1978 I lived in South Windsor. I worked in the office at Hiram Walker's down on the drive. I made it to work in my 67 VW beetle. I stayed for a bit and then headed home because I was the only one that made it to work.

This was the year I was born. I heard about this blizzard. Thanks for sharing. Amazing footage indeed!

3:30 gotta love that tractor trailer hauling pallets through the neighbourhood getting a hand and a shovel out from the residents.

That was great. My old stomping grounds. Recognized almost every building, street and house in old Walkerville - Even the gentleman with the pipe walking past the old Royal Bank. He lived on the 800 block of Argyle. Pretty sure he was an executive at Hiram Walkers.

I live in Windsor now. Moved here in 1979. In 1978 we still lived 3 miles outside of Petrolia close to Sarnia. I would have been 8 years old and still remember all the snow and no power. Guys with snowmobiles were going around taking people into town to get the basics. One of them took my dad in and back bless his soul. The snow had drifted up to the roof on the side of the garage and my dad had to climb out the bathroom window so he could shovel out the doors to the house. Crazy.

I remember it well, we lived in a small cul-de-sac on Greendale in Riverside. Once everyone came home from work we organized a Pot Luck, the kids all played outside, building forts, having snowball fights. Great memories, great neighbours.

😍You discovered a Treasure, Michael. I remember that snowy blizzard well. @ 1:11 I'm almost 100% sure that is Dr. Cyr's home with the man (maybe his son?) shoveling their driveway. It's across the street from St. Mary's church in Walkerville. Which is across the street on the other side from Willistead Park. I went to King Edward elementary a few streets away with Brenda Cyr. So I've been to that home we see several times! Our family home of 56 years was/is a few blocks down. I know that area very well and miss it. We Canadians always make it through. Thanks for your work and contributions on preserving my Native City of Windsor's rich history. 👍❤🇨🇦

@MikeEvansWindsor

11 ай бұрын

My pleasure. Great memories. Thank you for sharing.

@truthbtruth8559

11 ай бұрын

​@@MikeEvansWindsor YW I just shared this video on Facebook. ❤

Thank you for the video. I remember it well.

I lived on Chilver Rd. Love seeing the old neighborhood. Would have been 11 at the time. One of the rare times that school was canceled due to snow.

@MikeEvansWindsor

2 жыл бұрын

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@MikeEvansWindsor

2 жыл бұрын

Here's another one from the area around the same time.

I was living in Kingsville and attending St. Clair College at the time. I was car pooling with friends, and we tried to get to school that morning. We made it about two or three miles north of town and came across several cars scattered across the road, completely stuck. We hunkered down in a nearby house to wait it out. We waited, along with many other folks that had got stuck, until the storm blew past. It was mid-afternoon, I think, before the winds calmed down, the sun came out, and we were all able to get back on the road. Thanks for sharing this footage.

@MikeEvansWindsor

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing the story Frank.

Great find. Love the choice of music.

I remember that blizzard, well. I was a teen watching the snowmobiles fly by my house. Only vehicles that could get through the side streets.

We remember quite well this day. Thanks for sharing this

awesome find...what a treasure! looking forward to your shares...i remember that snowstorm well...got a photo somewhere of my dad's car...he made it almost all the way home...didn't get stuck til our driveway...

I was living out in Essex County that year and remember 3 days of blustery conditions along with the snow. Those 2 years (1977 and 1978) were brutal years for winter weather. I don't recall the fiddle music. 😛

Yes I remembered it all too well. Have pictures of that storm. I was in the 10th grade at that time.

wow how amazing to watch and we lived like that back then sure wish you could find some video's of my brother and l dancing at disco contests always wanted to see us dance wow great memories

@North49191

2 жыл бұрын

you used to dance with your brother?

We were in Canada for a month, I remember crying to go back home I love this country hate snow time its beautiful but only in Christmas cards but it's my opinion

that’s awesome Mike. thank you for sharing ❤️

@MikeEvansWindsor

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Amy, no problem. More to come.

I remember this storm well. I recall driving to work, which was a slow go and a waste of time, and when I finally got there, the office was closed, so I had to turn around and come right back home, which was even slower going.

I remember this well. My parents had just left on a vacation to San Diego (we had family there) and I had to pick them up in Detroit in this mess. Mind you I was only 17 so it was a nail biter for me ... my father drove back from Detroit and made a shocking announcement ... "We are moving to San Diego, I got a job offer and if you want to stay here.. you can stay with your brother".... Needless to say, I've been in California now since March of 79. Never looked back... my brother, never came.

@weatherboi

Жыл бұрын

Don't blame you for going. San Diego is my pick city to go to stay for the winter.

This is wonderful to watch. I was living in Walkerville on Kildare Road during this time.

I'm thoroughly enjoying this. I lived in London at the time; the storm hit a few days earlier and I made it to the hospital to give birth to our first child just before the big storm hit and closed everything down. Now I live in the neighborhood that this video was taken. Most of the buildings are the same. I'm looking forward to more videos.

@bd8855

3 жыл бұрын

I was pregnant that year too but didn’t give birth til February 79. I remember being scared walking because of the ice and snow, I didn’t want to fall

Although from the "county", this storm holds some vivid memories as I was just beginning my new job that week and tried to make it to work for my new employer...it was a futile attempt but still I tried because back then, the promise of a career in the trades was golden...and golden it proved!

I remember making my way to the Voting place only to find it closed.

It was a huge storm. The snow was still knee deep in April.

I well remember this storm.. I lived in Forest Glade At the time and my car and my Dad’s car were immovable. Fortunately, our neighbour had a Bronco with a winch. He towed both of our cars to the shopping centre in FG which had been plowed. I seem to almost remember getting very drunk with this neighbour for his help later that day! Lol!

That sure looks like Bob Monks shovelling out his car at the beginning of the film... he has the same mannerisms. Not sure if he lived in that area though. Great footage, I remember that storm, I lived nearby on Moy Ave, and got stuck in the alleyway behind my house, I had to call in sick to work - SNOW DAY, WOOHOO!!! ;-)

@johnkomon1043

3 жыл бұрын

It sure does look like Bob Monks, at this time he was living downtown on Riverside drive above Ginos Italian Village.

@scottyhughes9179

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnkomon1043 you are correct on that one. Now I recall that Bob did live on Riverside Drive.

@Marlene837

3 жыл бұрын

Scotty I was only 13 yrs old and in grade school then. Are you that much older than me? I won't forget our snow storm ride from Cranbrook, Michigan! Funny that you mention Bob Monks b/c I took a life drawing class with him at Willistead. I was the only 10 year old in the class & didn't know there would be nudes. I guess my Dad didn't ask. Monks told me to draw the other artists drawing the nudes instead. I wish I had those drawings to see how I was managing drawing real humans instead of imagining them. Monks did a wonderful real life sketch of me as a pièce de résistance to finish off the class that I kept for decades. I have no idea where it hides now, which is too bad.

January 27th, 1978

@MikeEvansWindsor

4 жыл бұрын

My mom was pregnant for me!

One year before I was born here at Hotel Dieu.

Streets were so bad..the ambulance used a sled to pick up my Dad..couldn't get down the street

They don,t have Snow Storms like they use to, was hoping to have made a Snowman Today but Hardly any snow outside 🤣this vid popped up remembered watching it awhile back, watching the NOTHING STORM we got goin outside now🤣🤣🤣🤣, thats just Normal Cold and Breeze for Winter, too much Climate Change Hype, don,t know if I left a comment but I live across the River in Southwest Detroit, wasn,t in Windsor however use to go there often had relatives living there, but we got at least 2 feet dumped in and around the area, Mich Ave had over a foot even the Plows got stuck.🤣🤣🤣🤣 Was attending Cass Tech, caught the Bus and after about a couple of Blocks it got stuck, walked all the way home about 3 miles to my House.After Shoveling our big long driveway ( 220 feet long) me my older brother and younger sister played hockey🙂

Old Walkerville

Yup, I was there.

Neat :)

Hey Michael. This is a long shot, but you know a lot about Windsor and seem to be good at Windsor research. Was there a Zellers inside the Dougall Square center (3893 Dougall Ave, now the Superstore I believe)? Basically it started out as the whole building as a "Supercenter". . . maybe 1987. Then Supercenter left and the store was split in two. My recollection is that the left side became Zehrs, and the right side became Zellers, which had a little hair salon in the back right corner. It was in the place that Winners is now. It didn't look like a Zellers from the outside, and was only there from maybe 1990-1995, and took up much more space than the Winners that replaced it.

@MikeEvansWindsor

3 жыл бұрын

Yes you are 100 percent correct, there was a Zellers there at that time. My wife says the Barber shop was a Magic Cuts!

@DarthHater100

3 жыл бұрын

@@MikeEvansWindsor Awesome, thanks! It's just that I dont think I'd be mistaking the East or West end Zellers as the one with the barbershop, bc those were a bit older and had distinct looks to them. It's the barber shop that makes me so sure, bc Devonshire Zellers has an exit to parking on the wall where the barber shop would be at the Dougall location (assuming the 'front' is the end with the mall-facing entrance). I've talked to several family and friends and no one remembers there being a Zellers there, but most seem to agree there was something that took up the much larger space than Winners occupied. I think it's probably just that the other three Windsor Zellers had that boxy look, and lasted well into the 2000s, whereas this one has been gone for ~25 years.

@Kennymac8251

2 жыл бұрын

Woodalls golf was where the Superstore is now. Superstore was a Zehrs. Across the way was a Sentry store not a Zellers. Zellers did not come till later and was never in that location

@captainbart

2 жыл бұрын

NO Zellers. Move on.

i lived on monmouth rd near walker 917 at that time.

I REMember it raining about 3 4 am and it froze and the snow lol made alot of money that day played hockey all afternoon and night

Worst storm in Ohio's history for winter storms.

Is 'Lonesome Lefty' the fiddler? He's great - how come I never heard of him? Or did he just provide the recording - and if so, who is it?

@MikeEvansWindsor

2 жыл бұрын

Lonesome Lefty is the fiddler. He is a great fiddle player and a great guy. Real name is Mike Houston. He did provide the recording. I have used his music 🎶 many times in the past.

@nozecone

2 жыл бұрын

@@MikeEvansWindsor Thanks for the quick reply and the info. Any idea where I can find more of his music? Anything on-line other than on your vids? I haven't found anything yet ....

@MikeEvansWindsor

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure. Maybe Facebook. He had a fb blog for a while called "Lonesome Lefties Scratchy Attic".

@MikeEvansWindsor

2 жыл бұрын

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@nozecone

2 жыл бұрын

@@MikeEvansWindsor Yeah, I thought that might be him - but he doesn't seem to have any of his own fiddling on it - although I didn't spend much time on it because I didn't know if it was the same guy, so I'll give it another look. It's really his fiddling I want to hear more of - if you should come across some source for it, I would be grateful if you passed it along. Thanks again! Your Windsor videos are great, by the way; I've just discovered them.

Who is playing the fiddle?

@MikeEvansWindsor

Жыл бұрын

Lonesome Lefty

16 at the time lived on dominion Massey was open but staying was optional lol BYE BYE MORRIS

@brucewightman5168

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike lol what a day that was I'm59 now seems like yesterday