Canal's End Antiques

09/15/2026

BUCKS COUNTY BITS

You know the Dovells wrote the Bristol Stomp about the Goodwill Hose Fire House dances, but do you know there was a sequel? Bristol Twistin' Annie came out in 1962 & hit No. 27 on the Billboard charts. "She's got a shape like OW Rin Tin Tin & a face like Uncle Ben...When it comes to the Twist, everyone calls her the queen of the hop."

09/08/2026

BUCKS COUNTY BITS

In 1796, Napoleon won a battle in Lodi, Milan, Italy. Thirty five years later, Italian immigrants moved to Upper Bucks County to work on the canal & thought the area looked a lot like their home, so they named their town Lodi. Even later, Italians also settled in Wrightstown, creating "Little Italy". They worked in the quarry & on the New Hope & Ivyland Railroad construction.

09/01/2026

BUCKS COUNTY BITS

Daniel "Sip" Alexander was at the Battle of Gettysburg when his master took him along as a servant. Daniel escaped to the Union Army, where he met E.G. Harrison of Hulmeville. Bringing him home with him, Harrison asked where he was from, Daniel answered "ississippi" & was forever after known as Sip. He farmed, made jewelry, sold fishing gear, played the fiddle, built his own house, went to school & joined Grace Episcopal Church. When he died, a stained glass window was added to the church in his name.

08/26/2026

08/25/2026

BUCKS COUNTY BITSGreece had the Lyceum, with Socrates, Plato & Aristotle. Bucks County had the Dolington Lyceum (school), with a similar rigorous education. The town, originally Dolinton (after Peter Dolin), had only 3 houses in 1800. It quickly grew with William Taylor's store, John Headley's tailor shop, the Eli & Biggs coach factory, Seth Davis' blacksmith shop & John Bitting's wheelwright business. The town was known as an important business & literary center.

08/22/2026

It's tomorrow! Bring your treasures!

08/18/2026

BUCKS COUNTY BITS

As Cayuga Iroquois, Fernando Gaston Longchamp's family protested the massacre at Wounded Knee, so they moved to France, where Gaston understudied with great artists like Monet, Matisse, Chagall & Renoir. As a teen, he painted with Picasso. Eventually, he moved back to this area, settling in Kintnersville, & painted, unknown, for 40 years. Upon his death, over 400 paintings were found in his home, & now they are recognized as masterpieces by Bucks County's own French Impressionist.

08/15/2026

Join us at our sister store (right next door!)

08/11/2026

BUCKS COUNTY BITS

The Towne Theatre opened in Levittown in 1954, showing Marilyn Mom in "River Of No Return" for 35¢. Herbie The Love Bug visited the theatre in the '60s.
George Mest, the owner, tried to kill himself three times (unsuccessfully) after the theatre was robbed, his camera was stolen, & his house caught fire, all on the same day.
Ushers got all the popcorn they could eat while they were working.

08/11/2026

It's tomorrow!