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    Author Archive for: "Helen Blackburn"
    Curling got off to a rock solid start in 1927
    By Helen Blackburn
    In Opinion
    Posted March 4, 2021

    Curling got off to a rock solid start in 1927

    Just a year ago The Creemore Echo had many pictures of the winners of various curling foursomes. What a difference a year makes. I am sure that with the long and proud history of curling in [...]

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    Creemore history: Hockey in the early 1900s
    By Helen Blackburn
    In Opinion
    Posted February 4, 2021

    Creemore history: Hockey in the early 1900s

    Hockey was a popular sport in Creemore  in the early 1900s although different from today’s game. Teams were made up of men, mainly in their twenties. No minor hockey leagues existed. The players [...]

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    Creemore skates: Second life for The Palace
    By Helen Blackburn
    In Opinion
    Posted January 14, 2021

    Creemore skates: Second life for The Palace

    Here we are another month into winter with no skating rink in sight. The arena is closed because of the pandemic, It doesn’t seem cold enough to make an outdoor rink and even the river is [...]

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    Winter evenings were spent skating on the mill pond
    By Helen Blackburn
    In Opinion
    Posted December 11, 2020

    Winter evenings were spent skating on the mill pond

    Every time I drive down Collingwood Street and pass the arena I feel very sad. Ice time in Creemore has always filled our winters with a great deal of fun. I have spent many happy hours skating [...]

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    Local history: Life at Creemore School, about 1920
    By Helen Blackburn
    In Opinion
    Posted November 13, 2020

    Local history: Life at Creemore School, about 1920

    Play hooky and crash a wedding? Surely pupils of the past did not stoop to that sort of bad behaviour. Playing hooky and crashing a wedding is exactly what one Grade 10 student did along with [...]

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    School fairs, picnics were highlights of the school year
    By Helen Blackburn
    In Opinion
    Posted October 2, 2020

    School fairs, picnics were highlights of the school year

    Today’s Creemore history story is taken from my book, Creemore Bids You Welcome. I have been working on this book for years, have rewritten it three times but never got around to publishing it. [...]

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    Lack of school creates back-to-school challenges
    By Helen Blackburn
    In Opinion
    Posted September 4, 2020

    Lack of school creates back-to-school challenges

    The first day of school in September 1917 may have been chaotic. You see, there was no school. The building where the Creemore students attended in the spring had been torn down. A new one was [...]

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    Remembering the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918
    By Helen Blackburn
    In Opinion
    Posted August 7, 2020

    Remembering the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918

    With so much bad news in the world I have been hesitating to send this story to the Echo but with the infection rate down in Ontario at the moment perhaps this won’t seem such a downer. I wrote [...]

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    Helen Blackburn’s Grade 8 reminiscences
    By Helen Blackburn
    In Opinion
    Posted July 9, 2020

    Helen Blackburn’s Grade 8 reminiscences

    The parade of Nottawasaga Creemore’s Grade 8 graduation, June 24, was the highlight of my week. Indeed, it was the highlight of my life since the virus hit. Watching the excited and happy young [...]

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    The story of Creemore’s first band
    By Helen Blackburn
    In Community
    Posted June 5, 2020

    The story of Creemore’s first band

    This story of Creemore’s first band was written by Joe Leonard and appeared in a Creemore Star article in 1946 in a run-up to the grand centennial celebration held that summer. Joe Leonard was a [...]

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