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When I first heard about the upcoming celebration of Creemore’s jail, Saturday, October 7 at high noon, I immediately heard in my brain Johnny Cash singing, I’m In the Jailhouse Now. In the [...]

The official unveiling of Creemore’s 16 new historic plaques took place on Saturday morning, July 1, symbolically at the Matchett House plaque. If you are strolling along the sidewalk on Mill [...]

When I began researching through June and July 1967 Creemore Stars to find out about Canada’s centennial celebration here in Creemore I was astonished to find nothing. What was wrong with my [...]

The brick school that stands so solidly on Caroline Street, its windows and doors shut tightly, is full of marvellous memories and stories. The Creemore School reunions were a must-go starting in [...]

With the 50th anniversary of Nottawasaga and Creemore Public School fast arriving, on Thursday, June 8, it is a good time to look back on the achievements of former pupils. Thanks to Laurie Grant [...]

There’s an old saying. “Old habits die hard.” It’s one of my failings. For fifty years I have been calling Nottawasaga and Creemore Public School on Collingwood Street, the new school. That was [...]

In 1867, the year our Canadian nation was formed, my great grandparents, George and Esther (Gowan) Webster lived beside the river at the south end of Mill Street in Creemore. Esther was a short, [...]

The story about Alf Holmes that follows is taken mainly from my sister Ruth’s memoirs. I liked Alf too but I believe Ruth felt a stronger attachment to him than I. Our mother told us about the [...]

Last month my story was about the history of Websterville, the little community west of Creemore. This month it is time to tell you about the wonderful centennial celebration we had July 17, [...]

The year 2016 was almost over when it suddenly occurred to me that July 2016 was the 40th anniversary of the grand Websterville centennial celebration and that I hadn’t marked it in any way. [...]