Search results
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PID
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islandora:3398
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Title
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Brian Baker - Telephone Lines
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Date
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2013-03-15
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Subjects
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oral history--phone--gossip--communication--community--interview, oral history--phone--gossip--communication--community--interview
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Description
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Brian Baker discusses the arrival of the telephone in Innisfil in 1949 via the Beeton Telephone Company, which had an
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PID
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islandora:3689
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Title
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Margaret Baker - The Goodfellow Family
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Date
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2013-03-15
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Subjects
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oral history--pioneer--construction--sumac--Ward Goodfellow--Susan Warnica--family--interview, oral history--pioneer--construction--sumac--Ward Goodfellow--Susan Warnica--family--interview
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Description
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Margaret Baker (née Goodfellow) recounts the stories of the first Goodfellow settlers, two brothers from the Bradford
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PID
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islandora:3671
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Title
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Margaret Baker - Changing Innisfil
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Date
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2013-03-15
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Subjects
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house--construction--Goodfellow--cottage--oral history--interview--swimming, house--construction--Goodfellow--cottage--oral history--interview--swimming
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Description
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Margaret Baker describes the changing landscape of Innisfil from new housing developments to the way the beach has
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PID
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islandora:3666
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Title
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Brian Baker - Innisfil Wildlife
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Date
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2013-03-15
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Subjects
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oral history--nature--wolf--bear--cattle--swamp--field--interview, oral history--nature--wolf--bear--cattle--swamp--field--interview
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Description
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Brian Baker describes the changing wildlife of Innisfil, as well as cattle farmers dealing with predators. The Cookstown
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PID
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islandora:3655
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Title
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Brian Baker - School Days
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Date
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2013-03-15
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Subjects
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oral history--Lillian Prince--education--class--winter--dress--facility--interview, oral history--Lillian Prince--education--class--winter--dress--facility--interview
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Description
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Brian Baker describes his experiences as a youth at Killyleagh school, which had a mostly Irish student body. His
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PID
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islandora:3642
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Title
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Brian Baker - Coming to Canada
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Date
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2013-03-15
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Subjects
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oral history--snow--plane--immigrant--farm--train--Pan-American--embassy--interview, oral history--snow--plane--immigrant--farm--train--Pan-American--embassy--interview
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Description
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Brian Baker recounts his emigration from England to Innisfil as a 12 year old, and being one of the first farming
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PID
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islandora:3435
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Title
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Margaret Baker - The Warnica Family
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Date
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2013-03-15
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Subjects
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interview--geneaology--Sarah Soules--Elizabeth Sibbald--Charles Drury--Lizzie Drury--United Empire Loyalist--oral history, interview--geneaology--Sarah Soules--Elizabeth Sibbald--Charles Drury--Lizzie Drury--United Empire Loyalist--oral history
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Description
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Longtime Innisfil resident Margaret Baker describes tracing her family tree and discusses her great-grandfather, John
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PID
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islandora:3651
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Title
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Brian Baker - Farm Life
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Date
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2013-03-15
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Subjects
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oral history--clover--farm--community--thresh--combine--machinery--binder--tools--labour--agriculture--interview, oral history--clover--farm--community--thresh--combine--machinery--binder--tools--labour--agriculture--interview
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Description
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Brian Baker recounts several stories of the daily life of a farmer in Innisfil in the 1940s and 1950s, including the use
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PID
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islandora:3428
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Title
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Margaret Baker - Teaching
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Date
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2013-03-15
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Subjects
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oral history--education--teacher--school--classroom--career--interview, oral history--education--teacher--school--classroom--career--interview
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Description
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Longtime Innisfil resident Margaret Baker recalls her career as a teacher at Huronia and Warnica schools, 1957-1975. She