Postcard Memories

The West Street plant pivoted from making farm implements to machining parts for planes needed by the Allies in the Second World War

The 'mounting block' has been beside the park drive for 115 years and was used to assist ladies into and out of carriages and carts 'without loss of modesty'

The bush plane was originally built for the U.S. Navy as an anti-submarine patrol bomber and 'would terrify the most daring passengers'

The Dominion Garage closed in 1952, paving the way for its employee, Herman Bunker, to be hired to run the old coal furnace

Owner Bill Ritchie dug a lagoon with a small island next to the lake to creake an idyllic, park-like setting in the 1950s

J.B. Thompson's Mississaga Street shop operated from about 1884 to the early 1900s and was later called Madden's Jewellery

Back in the 1920s, this hotel was situated on Creighton Street which was the main road to Brechin during this era

Postcards were sold at local tourist shops, but despite the 'local' place names, the images were mass produced

Store on Rama Road doubled as a post office, had gas pumps, boasted locally-made ice cream and offered much more in the 1930s

Spearheaded by Jim Storey and Jim Dykes, the community rallied in 1995 to rebuild the most famous boathouse in Upper Canada