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Windsor Locks Preservation Association, Inc.
Events
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Windsor Locks Train Station, circa 1920
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Below you will find information about events that we sponsor, as well as other area events that might be of interest to our members. |
Mum Sale
The 4th Annual Fall Mum Sale will be held during every weekend in September, at Dexter Plaza, located on Main Street in Windsor Locks. The sale is from 9 am - 2pm Saturday and Sunday. Mums may be preordered by contacting Jean DeSousa at 860-627-9219.
Mums are available for delivery only in Windsor Locks. Some of the available colors are white, yellow, rust, purple, purple and yellow, deep red. The cost is $10.00 per mum.
These mums are large and absolutely beautiful. They are the perfect fall accessory to dress up your entry way or lawn! Order your's today or visit us at Dexter Plaza in September!
The sale begins Saturday September 4 at 9am at Dexter Plaza! We hope to see you there!
All proceeds benefit the Let's Save the Windsor Locks Train Station effort.
Amherst Railroad Society’s hobby show
On January 30 and 31, WLPA displayed a table amongst other railroad hobbyists at the Big E’s Better Living Center in West Springfield, MA. Special thanks to Barbara Carlson, Kathy Bloom, Neal Cunningham, Rosemary Hogan, Janet Ramsay, Laurie Ramsay, Barbara Schley, David Porowski, Chris Morris and Cindi and Mickey Danyluk who staffed our table. Phil Wooding of Southington a Connecticut collector again surprised us by presenting us with some old post cards of the station and a number of old photos of the station were purchased from a vendor. Each year since 2005, WLPA has received a Preservation Grant of $1,000 from our friends at Amherst Railway Society, to be applied to the restoration costs of the historic train station on Main Street in Windsor Locks. A Grant Application has been filed for 2010.
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Passenger Depot, Windsor Locks, CT circa 1906
Join The Effort To Save The Windsor Locks Train Station!
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Craft Fair & Bake Sale
Sunday, Nov 2.
9am - 3pm
Town Hall, Church St.
WINDSOR LOCKS PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION OFFICERS:
Mickey Danyluk
President
Martha Jarvis
Vice President
Barbara Carlson
Secretary/Treasurer
Mickey Danyluk
Historian
Please join us in welcoming them on board!
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Windsor Locks, CT
Incorporated May 30, 1854, the town was formerly the Pine Meadow district of Windsor.
The Windsor Locks Canal was completed in 1829.
The first town meeting was held July 3, 1854.
Rail transportation was inaugurated in 1844.
Trolley service began in 1904.
Public buses first operated June 24, 1924.
Bradley Field was opened as a military airbase in 1941.
Commercial airlines using the facility have serve this area since 1947.
It is now Bradley International Airport.
Ella T. Grasso of Windsor Locks was elected first woman governor of
Connecticut in November 1974.
This information was taken from the sign located on Main Street at Spring Street
across from the Train Station.
Erected May 30, 1976 by the Windsor Locks American Revolution Bicentennial Commission,
the Windsor Locks Historical Society and the Connecticut Historical Commission.
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