Old Timmins Arena

[JohnW]

There was an arena on Balsam?

[JohnW]

Well there ya go, I wasn't aware of that. [eek

[Riskynet]

You ask and you receive, Inside and out of the Balsam and Second Ave. arena where the post office is located today.





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[Kramer]

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[JohnW]

Wow.

[Brashz]

That's awesome!

[moneta man]

Thanks for the photos of the Old Timmins Arena, Riskynet. Where did you get them? The exterior photo must have been taken shortly after it was built . The interior picture shows the upper level for the spectators, which I think was very unique. Looks like the hockey team was a church sponsored one with the priest in there and the name of the team. I remember there was a team at one time that was sponsored by the Sacred Heart Church on Cedar St. too.

Would love to see some more old photos if you have them . I grew up in Moneta but left in 1953.

[Loco101]

Wasn't the arena where the Miron-Wilson funeral home is today? I remember there was an A&P store in that location that burned down as well in the early 1980s.



There was a Mike's grocery store where the current post office is that closed in the early 1990s.

[Riskynet]

No Loco, way before the Mike's grocery store was the Timmins Arena which stood where the now post office.

[Riskynet]

Father Theriault is the second person from the left side.





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