Here for your Family Day weekend reading pleasure are some bits and pieces from Niagara Falls\u2019 fascinating past.<\/p>\n
1. Back in 1898 you could stay at the \u201cnewly remodelled\u201d Windsor Hotel on Bridge St. for $1.50 to $2 a day.<\/p>\n
2. A century ago you could spend an evening playing billiards or bowling a few games in the basement of the McClive Block, a three storey building that still stands on Queen St. opposite city hall.<\/p>\n
3. The history of Simcoe Street School dates to 1857. The school\u2019s first teacher, C.F. Secord, was paid an annual salary of $450. He was required to pay $60 a year for living quarters at the school\u2019s whether he used it or not.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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