Innisfil Videos
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Rosemary Campbell - The Fagents Family Property
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Rosemary Campbell recounts her family's arrival in Innisfil and the construction on their property in the 1940s. She begins by discussing how when her brother got married in 1951, he built a house for their mother at the back of his property, though Rosemary was married in 1952 and therefore didn't stay very long. She recalls that she was helping shingle the roof the day her husband-to-be arrived on their wedding day. Several years later it was moved on tree skids to Willard Ave. (which was named after William Lamb's son Willard), and the house was the first at that location. Her mother paid $300 for the piece of property, which is now 2147 Willard Ave. The house still stands today and transferred to Rosemary after her mother's passing in the early 1990s.
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Shirlie Toro-Fralick - Being A Woman In The Armed Forces
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Shirlie Toro-Fralick discusses her time in the armed forces as a member of the entertainment unit during World War II. She begins by explaining how a drunken officer "helped" the females of Shirlie's unit into their bus with inappropriate touching. Shirlie explains that while some men respected and supported the female entertainer troops, others viewed them as "playthings". There was an opinion among some of the male soldiers that once a woman joined the forces, she was ruined. Shirlie explains that not all men shared this opinion. She states that most of them knew that "we were just boys and girls there to do a job".
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Shirlie Toro-Fralick - Introduction
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An introduction video to Shirlie Toro-Fralick, who describes her origins in an Irish-English household, discovering a love of singing at age 13, going to school at John Ross Robertson and North Toronto Collegiate, as well as working as a teenager in the Farm Service force during the Second World War.
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Shirlie Toro-Fralick - Joining The Army
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Shirlie Toro-Fralick describes joining the Canadian Army at age 18 and being one of the youngest women to go overseas after the end of the Second World War. She joined the Women's Canadian Army Corps and took basic training in Kitchener, Ontario. She had a brother and a brother-in-law in the Air Force, which, along with her sense of adventure, inspired her to join and later interview/audition for the army show. Upon being accepted into the show, she was trained in dancing, singing, and took lessons in choral groups. The day before she was scheduled to leave for Europe, she discovered lice in her hair and sat for more than 12 hours as each individual hair was cleaned.
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Shirlie Toro-Fralick - Life In Canada After The Second World War
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Shirlie Toro-Fralick elaborates on what it was like to return to Canada after the end of World War II and her tour as a performer in an army band. After deciding that she wanted to continue singing, Shirlie went to CKEY and made an appointment with Lorne Green to sing for him. He liked her so much that he took her to the CBC where the producers had her sing and be adjudicated. One adjudicator was Mart Kenney, a well-known jazz musician and bandleader in the 1930s and 40s. After passing this next stage, she was located in the Brant Inn in Burlington, Ontario, known at the time as *the* place to perform. Following her residency there, she returned to Toronto and became a "singer-for-hire" doing various individual jobs. Later, after working in what she calls a "sleazy" hotel, she lost her desire to continue in the business and ended up working for the Promenade Music Centre in Toronto at St. Clair and Yonge. One of the customers of the store invited her to see his new television and introduced her to his brother-in-law, Charles Leadley, who she later married.
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Shirlie Toro-Fralick - Living In Innisfil
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Shirlie Toro-Fralick talks about her life in Innisfil, which she originally came to in 1951 as a bride of Charles Leadley, originally as a summer resident and later as a permanent one in 1989. She recounts having many adventures at her house located on the shore of Lake Simcoe with storms and winter conditions, as well as with four legged friends including Pottsie, who appears in the video. Her home, originally built as a cottage in 1929 by two Finnish workers, was given the nickname "Hotel Toro" and her family considers it the location of their best memories.
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Shirlie Toro-Fralick - Performing Overseas
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In this clip Shirlie Toro-Fralick describes her time overseas immediately following the end of the Second World War as a singer and performer in the Canadian army. One of the shows she performed in was called Rhythm Rodeo. She relocated to Peper Harow in England where a new show of about 30 people was put together to travel to the continent to perform. This new show included a magician, a chorus line, and Shirlie's own solo songs, complete with elaborate dresses, among others types of performances. The group toured numerous labour and concentration camps before settling in Delmenhorst, Germany (outside of Bremen), which had been levelled by the war. The group performed 2-3 shows a day to entertain troops who were confined to barracks while paperwork was processed to let them return home. She was later relocated to perform with another group that had a full orchestra, including trombone player Bob Flanigan, founding member and vocalist for the Four Freshman. Shirlie also recounts having a baseball team against the Americans and generally having a good time while in Europe despite the tragic surroundings.
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Shirlie Toro-Fralick - Visiting Germany
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Shirlie Toro-Fralick discusses her experience of visiting Germany shortly after the Second World War finished. While there, she and her bandmates visited Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and saw a mass grave for over 5000 individuals.
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Stewart and Betty Fisher
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Stewart and Betty Fisher discuss their history in Innisfil. This video was recorded on an iPad by a student volunteer at the 100th anniversary of the Stroud branch of the Innisfil Public Library. Unfortunately the video cuts off abruptly due to an unknown technical error.
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Ted Dallimore - Building His Home
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Innisfil resident Ted Dallimore recounts the story of how he and his wife Barb built their home in Sandy Cove shortly after they were married.
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Ted Dallimore - Changes In Innisfil
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Lifelong Innisfil resident Ted Dallimore discusses how Innisfil has changed over the years and some of his fond memories from growing up in the area.
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Ted Dallimore - Construction: Then And Now
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Innisfil resident Ted Dallimore recalls some of his father, Fred Dallimore's, construction projects throughout Innisfil and how construction standards have changed. He also talks about what having a cottage meant in the 1950s versus what a cottage is today.
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Ted Dallimore - Dallimore Ice Business
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Ted Dallimore describes his memories of the ice business founded by his father, Fred Dallimore, as well as some of the details surrounding how ice was harvested from Lake Simcoe.
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Ted Dallimore - Families And Neighbours
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Ted Dallimore discusses the importance of having family members and neighbours, who often were like family, to rely on when living in Innisfil in the 1940s and 1950s.
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Ted Dallimore - Indigenous Artifacts
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Ted Dallimore recalls some stories that his mother, Lillian Dallimore, had told him about the discovery of indigenous artifacts discovered in Innisfil, and specifically in the Sandy Cove area.
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Ted Dallimore - The Cne
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Ted Dallimore describes some of his childhood memories of travelling to the Canadian National Exhibition (known as the CNE) in Toronto.
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Warnica/Warnick Family Reunion 1998
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Home video footage of the Warnica/Warnick family reunion that took place in the Stroud Curling Club on 13 September 1998. Making appearances in the video are: Douglas Warnica, Ernie Warnica, Dr. John Warnica, Rhett Warnica, Rev. Bill Warnica, Wendy Warnica (from Tennessee), Bill Warnica, Murray Warnica, Adrianna Warnica, brothers Josh, Jim, and Matt Warnica, Maxine (Warnica) Stewart (from Kansas), and many more. The Reunion Committee was made up of chairmen Murray Warnica and Ross Wallace, as well as Dr. John Warnica, Rev. Bill H. Warnica, Bill R. Warnica, Ethel Campbell, Marjorie Todd, Marg Warnica, Brian Baker, Mary Mulholland, and Margaret Baker.
This video was donated by Bill Warnica.
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