by Gerry Blackburn | Feb 25, 2021 | Opinion
Creemore resident Gerry Blackburn continues his tour of Creemore in the 1940s. The next building on the tour of of Creemore in the 1940s is St. Andrews Presbyterian Church. It was the first brick building in Creemore, being built in 1876 of Hisey brick from Cashtown....
by Gerry Blackburn | Jan 28, 2021 | Opinion
South of the Town hall, the present 100 Mile Store, was the Creemore Post Office. Later it was the Village of Creemore Municipal office. The large frame two-storey building on the corner in the 1940s was operated as a Farmer’s Co-op, managed by an Albert Lennox. It...
by Gerry Blackburn | Dec 11, 2020 | Opinion
Next to the drug store, which was the Bank of Toronto, (the predecessor of TD Canada Trust), and is now the Bank Cafe. This building was built in 1904. The manager lived in a house supplied by the bank, while the accountant lived over the bank, to watch the safe...
by Gerry Blackburn | Nov 20, 2020 | Opinion
Long-time Creemore resident Gerry Blackburn takes readers back in time for a walk down Mill Street in the 1904s. Continuing a walk down Mill Street in the 1940s – Going north on the east side of Mill Street, there still is an empty lot south of Noel...
by Gerry Blackburn | Oct 30, 2020 | Opinion
This week I will back-up a bit and start at the south end of Mill Street at 113 Mill St, now Mad River Pottery. This building was owned and occupied by Sy Kolb and operated as the Creemore Creamery. Most farmers in the area had a few milking cows and would drop off...
