Manson, Bill
Biography
Bill Manson is a retired educator, local historian, and Art Gallery of Hamilton volunteer docent, who has conducted many popular downtown Hamilton walking tours for the AGH and other organizations. He is also the author of several books on Hamilton history and heritage. With his wife Ann, he co-authored Up and Down Locke Street South. In Getting Around Hamilton, Bill explores our transportation history, and in Footsteps in Time Volume 1, he celebrates the history and heritage of our downtown core neighbourhoods. His latest book, Footsteps in Time Volume 2, explores the history and heritage of Hamilton’s North-End Neighbourhood, also through stories, old photographs, and detailed self-guided walking tours.
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Published Work
2006. Footsteps in time. Volume 2, Hamilton's historic port and north-end neighbourhood : exploring Hamilton's heritage neighbourhoods. Burlington, Ont. : North Shore Pub. (Nonfiction)
2003. Footsteps in time. Volume 1, Hamilton's first heritage neighbourhoods : exploring Hamilton's heritage neighbourhoods. Burlington, Ont. : North Shore Publishing. (Nonfiction)
2002. Getting around Hamilton : a brief history of transportation in and around Hamilton, 1750 to 1950. Burlington, Ont. : North Shore Publishing. (Nonfiction)
1999. Up and down Locke Street South. Burlington, Ont. : North Shore Publishing. (Nonfiction)
