GOOD OLD DAYS
The Dunstable House business was started by Clarkson in 1854, he selling out to W. Pratt in 1863 and he in turn selling to John Ballantyne in 1872. Anderson’s field was the scene of one of the bestremembered entertainments of the 1870’s—the perfor-
mance by the tight-rope walker Blondin. Known as “the hero of the Niagara,” Blondin walked his 200 ft rope, 50ft up, over the land which is now occupied by the arcade, in April, 1876. He walked through jets of fire at the end of this performance.
Opposite Anderson’s was the site of the old “Press” office, next to what is now Whitcombe and Tombs’ site. “The Press” started in Montreal street in 1861, later moving to its Cashel street site and into Cathedral Square in 1909.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30313, 13 December 1963, Page 13
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