Celebrating Our Past on Family Day

As Valentine's Day came to a close, so did My Thai, the last remaining business along a three block stretch of soon to be demolished Colborne Street in Brantford. Along with the sheriff lead removal of the last remaining resident (after living in the core for 56 years) the restaurant closure symbolizes the official end of an era in the history of the city.

Christopher Hume, in his Family Day Toronto Star article (ironically I remember February 15th being proposed as Heritage Day when I was a kid) expresses his dismay for the complacency Brantfordian's appear to have succumbed to in allowing the heritage of their community be slowly eroded.

I wasn't raised here, but have lived in Brantford long enough to be guilty of not taking an active enough role in celebrating the heritage of the city. On this day we should collectively remember the roots of the holiday and pledge to dig a little deeper and pay more attention to our personal histories, and celebrate and save them any way we can.