Permalink for this post Thursday June 15, 1950 Faith, Sarah and I went to town by bus, that is Windsor. We never saw such sights you cant imagine how the Traffic goes, Thousands of Cars passing back and fore, we went inside one large store what a sight, you could buy anything from a pin to an elephant. then we went in to the Post office the floors and the walls were all marble marvelous building. after that we had Fish and Chips kept by a Welshman named Edwards, what a difference to the way we are served at home, everything so clean and up to date. Then we got on the bus for home, they have a wonderfull system on the buses here, there is no Conductor Only the driver, you go in the bus by an automatic door you drop a nickle into a machine by the driver, if theres is any change he hands it to you from this machine. When you want to leave the Bus you pull the cord yourself and the Driver pulls up next stop, when the bus stops you leave the bus by anotehr door that opens automaticaly, everything works like clock work. We got home, we had some friends of Edwin & Faith for the Evening, it was gone 12 o’clock when we went to bed. A journal entry from Ivor Joseph (ca 1888-?), who, in the summer of 1950, traveled to Windsor, Ontario, Canada from Wales with his wife, Sarah (née Nicholas) to visit Arthur Edwin Waspe and Mary Faith (née Nicholas). He kept a daily record of his trip in a Grafton Exercise Book.

Thursday June 15, 1950

Faith, Sarah and I went to town by bus, that is Windsor. We never saw such sights you cant imagine how the Traffic goes, Thousands of Cars passing back and fore, we went inside one large store what a sight, you could buy anything from a pin to an elephant. then we went in to the Post office the floors and the walls were all marble marvelous building. after that we had Fish and Chips kept by a Welshman named Edwards, what a difference to the way we are served at home, everything so clean and up to date. Then we got on the bus for home, they have a wonderfull system on the buses here, there is no Conductor Only the driver, you go in the bus by an automatic door you drop a nickle into a machine by the driver, if theres is any change he hands it to you from this machine. When you want to leave the Bus you pull the cord yourself and the Driver pulls up next stop, when the bus stops you leave the bus by anotehr door that opens automaticaly, everything works like clock work. We got home, we had some friends of Edwin & Faith for the Evening, it was gone 12 o’clock when we went to bed.

A journal entry from Ivor Joseph (ca 1888-?), who, in the summer of 1950, traveled to Windsor, Ontario, Canada from Wales with his wife, Sarah (née Nicholas) to visit Arthur Edwin Waspe and Mary Faith (née Nicholas). He kept a daily record of his trip in a Grafton Exercise Book.

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