Mark McNeil

💔 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

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

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

#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

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

A look at Robert Reid Smiley who started The Spectator 178 years ago today. 📰 👉 #FLASHBACKS" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">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.

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

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

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

#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

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

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

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-…

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 #tncms-source=opinion-rail" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thespec.com/news/hamilton-…

#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

#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-…

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-…

#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-…

#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-…