by Gerry Blackburn | Mar 3, 2023 | Opinion
It was the last week in February 1902. Horses and cutters and sleighs were bringing people into Creemore from the surrounding country. The Farmers’ Institute had been advertising a meeting of interest to farmers and also their wives. The event was to be held in...
by Gerry Blackburn | Aug 19, 2022 | Opinion
During the early 1800s William Millie an employee of the Bank of England was murdered at the bank while working after hours. His orphaned children William II and Eleanor became wards of a Mr. and Mrs. Williams, whose daughter was married to Rev Osler at Bond Head,...
by Gerry Blackburn | Jan 7, 2022 | News
When non-farm people travel in the area surrounding Creemore or any rural setting, they will notice large buildings perhaps with a hip roof, close to most farm dwellings. The farm family in the past, besides needing a house to live in, had to have a barn to house...
by Gerry Blackburn | Mar 31, 2021 | Opinion
Before I end this series I want to describe to some degree, business, and living conditions in the 1940s in and around Creemore. Eighty years ago most people’s, lifestyle was very different from today. The automobile had been around for about 25 years, but was...
by Gerry Blackburn | Mar 19, 2021 | Opinion
Moving south down Mill Street was a garage operated by a Leonard Hill, who had a Pontiac franchise and sold a lot of 1939 Pontiacs. The building was rather dilapidated, having been built originally by Jack Laurence when he sold model T Fords. It was replaced by Nelson...
