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Pompeii, 1826

"Street scene with a fountain, near the house of Pansa" after Charles Joseph Hullmandel, 1826. Source.

Pieces of Autostade

Thetford Mines' baseball stadium is made of sections of the old Montreal Autostade. Source.

The Hindenberg over Halifax, Nova Scotia

On this date in 1936 the Hindenberg flew over Halifax on the way from Lakehurst, New Jersey to Frankfurt. Source. Find all the Hindenberg's flights here.

Ontario Pavilion, Expo 67

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Derek Lilley

Derek Lilley played for Morton from 1991 to 1997, for Livingston from 2003 to 2005, and for Morton again from 2005 to 2007. Source.

Morton visit Livingston for a friendly ninety minutes of association football. Morton have not played Livingston competitively since 2018 when Livi made the jump to the Premiership.

Livingston joined the SFL in 1974 as Meadowbank Thistle, just in time to compete in the final two-division season. In the three-division era they played 8 years in tier II and 11 in tier III. Since 1994 they've spent 10 seasons in the Premiership (including 2022-23), 11 in tier II, 6 in tier III and 2 in tier IV. Altogether Livi and Morton have been in the same division 16 times.

Morton's Kyle Jacobs, Cameron Blues, Alan Lithgow and Carlo Pignatiello have all played for Livi. Livi's Jamie Brandon played for Morton last season.

Livi have been training in Pinatar, Spain.

[Morton win 0 - 3. Two for Michael Garrity plus an own goal.]

Also:

Stenhousemuir 0 - 1 Morton (June 28) (friendly)    Goal by trialist Jaze Kabia.

Ayr United friendlies in June:

Ayr United 1 - 1 Dumbarton (June 23) (in Largs)

Ayr United 2 - 1 Stranraer (June 25)

Ayr United 3 - 0 Darvel (June 28)

Ayr United 1 - 1 Washington University (June 30)

St Mirren are on a tour of Northern Ireland:

Crusaders 0 - 3 St Mirren (June 27)

Linfield [1 - 2] St Mirren (today)

Queen's Park are in the Netherlands:

Queen's Park 1 - 3 Locomotiva Zagreb (June 29)

FC Utrecht [2 - 4] Queen's Park (today)

Highland League:

Having followed Clachnacuddin last season let's turn to the other original Highland League club Forres Mechanics this season.

Forres Mechanics 0 - 3 Elgin City (friendly) (yesterday)

West of Scotland League:

Largs Thistle [5 - 2] Maryhill (friendly)

[Largs Thistle 5 - 1 Glenvale (friendly)]

Canada:

HFX Wanderers 0 - 2 Atlético Ottawa (June 30)

Cavalry FC midfielder Victor Loturi has transferred to Ross County.

League1 Ontario: Blue Devils [1 - 0] North Mississauga (tomorrow)

The Blue Devils play at Sheridan College's field in Oakville. They started in 2015 and have only played in League1. They lost against AS Blainville in the preliminary round of the 2018 Canadian Championship.

PLSQ: Royal-Sélect de Beauport [0 - 0] CS Lanaudière-Nord (tomorrow)

L1BC: Rivers FC [2 - 0] Victoria Highlanders

Rivers FC are from Kamloops. They have former HFX Wanderer Abdelaziz Yousef.

CSL: Continentals FC [1 - 2] Serbian White Eagles (tomorrow)

Here's a progress report on Windsor's CPL bid.

Japan:

Mito HollyHock [1 - 2] Yokohama FC

Tohoku: FC Primeiro [2 - 0] Bogolle.D.Tsugaru (tomorrow)

As well:

Dundalk 3 - 0 UCD (yesterday)

FC Isle of Man [2 - 1] Nostell Miners Welfare FC (friendly)

Vaduz 1 - 1 Winterthur (testspiel) (June 28)

AZ [3 - 1] PEC Zwolle (friendly)

Regional league leaders:

Hokkaido: Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth

Tohoku: Blancdieu Hirosaki

Kanto: Tokyo United

Hokushinetsu: Arista Asama

Tokai: Chukyo University FC

Kansai: Cento Cuore Harima

Chugoku: Fukuyama City

Shikoku: FC Tokushima

Kyushu: Okinawa SV

Parliament Hole

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Persephone

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Ottawa Train Station, 1967

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Two New Brunswick Dollars

The New Brunswick dollar was a thing from 1860 to 1867. Source.

Mississauga: Land on the Move (1969)

Try to watch this 1969 short film promoting the Town of Mississauga and then not move there.