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PID: ourstories:31318
Title: Ted Dallimore - The Work Ethic of Fred Dallimore
Date: 2015-05-26
Subjects: industry--family--son--business--local, industry--family--son--business--local
Description: Ted Dallimore reminisces about the inspiring work ethic of his father, Fred Dallimore.

PID: ourstories:31306
Title: Bill Kell on School Days
Date: 2015-06-26
Subjects: transportation--education--schools--teachers, transportation--education--schools--teachers
Description: Bill Kell reminisces about school days and education.

PID: islandora:450
Title: Ross Wallace - Illness and School Correspondence
Date: 2015-04-20
Subjects: child--education--malady--school--student--pupil, child--education--malady--school--student--pupil
Description: Longtime resident Ross Wallace recounts his childhood illness that prevented him from attending school, and how he

PID: ourstories:50012
Title: Geoff Dawney - Family Home
Date: 2015-07-21
Subjects: building--oral history--interview--architecture--house--construction, building--oral history--interview--architecture--house--construction
Description: Geoff Dawney describes the reconstruction of the Dawney family home, barn, and outbuildings after a fire in 1936.

PID: ourstories:31159
Title: Peter Dickey - The Innisfil Farmer's Market
Date: 2015-03-31
Subjects: product--local--agriculture, product--local--agriculture
Description: Peter Dickey discusses the inception of the Innisfil Farmer's Market as well as being a part of the Innisfil community,

PID: islandora:454
Title: Ross Wallace - Modernization of Innisfil
Date: 2015-04-20
Subjects: tools--oral history--interview--community--technology, tools--oral history--interview--community--technology
Description: Local historian Ross Wallace discusses the modernization of Innisfil over the past century.

PID: islandora:433
Title: Ross Wallace - Changes in the Farming Lifestyle
Date: 2015-04-20
Subjects: agriculture--farm--machinery--community, agriculture--farm--machinery--community
Description: Ross Wallace discusses how farming equipment and techniques have changed over the years in the Innisfil area.

PID: islandora:456
Title: Ross Wallace - Attending Normal School and his First Teaching Job
Date: 2015-04-20
Subjects: schooling--education--student--pupil--oral history--interview, schooling--education--student--pupil--oral history--interview
Description: Ross Wallace describes his education and teacher training in what was known as Normal School, and his experiences at his

PID: ourstories:31321
Title: Ted Dallimore - Indigenous Artifacts
Date: 2015-05-26
Subjects: tools--native--aboriginal--artefact--archaeology, tools--native--aboriginal--artefact--archaeology
Description: Ted Dallimore recalls some stories that his mother, Lillian Dallimore, had told him about the discovery of indigenous

PID: islandora:460
Title: Ross Wallace - Radio and Electricity
Date: 2015-04-20
Subjects: childhood--entertainment--oral history--interview, childhood--entertainment--oral history--interview
Description: Ross Wallace recounts the roles of electricity and radio in his youth and how things have changed as a result of these

PID: ourstories:31163
Title: Peter Dickey - Dickey Bee Honey Products
Date: 2015-03-31
Subjects: product--local, product--local
Description: Peter Dickey discusses the variety of products that his business, Dickey Bee Honey, produces from honey.

PID: ourstories:50008
Title: Geoff Dawney - Baling Straw
Date: 2015-07-21
Subjects: oral history--agriculture--farm--farming--labour--machinery--equipment--community--interview, oral history--agriculture--farm--farming--labour--machinery--equipment--community--interview
Description: Lifelong Cookstown resident Geoff Dawney describes the process of baling straw in the mid-twentieth century. Interviewed

PID: ourstories:31310
Title: Bill Kell on Healthcare
Date: 2015-06-26
Subjects: Medicine--Health--Healthcare, Medicine--Health--Healthcare
Description: Bill Kell discusses changing aspects of healthcare from growing up in Innisfil.

PID: islandora:452
Title: Ross Wallace - Introduction, and Housing in Innisfil
Date: 2015-04-20
Subjects: community--oral history--building, community--oral history--building
Description: An introduction to an interview with Ross Wallace, longtime resident of Innisfil and local historian, as well as his

PID: ourstories:31316
Title: Ted Dallimore - Entrepreneurial Spirit
Date: 2015-05-26
Subjects: local business--family--son, local business--family--son
Description: Ted Dallimore describes his experiences and those of his father, Fred Dallimore, in becoming Innisfil entrepreneurs

PID: ourstories:2648668
Title: Keith Kell on School Days and Sports and Recreation
Date: 2015-11-24
Subjects: baseball--education--sports--recreation, baseball--education--sports--recreation
Description: Keith Kell shares memories of school days, with particular stories on playing baseball and hockey and school dances.

PID: ourstories:50015
Title: Geoff Dawney - Highway 400 and Working as a Mechanic
Date: 2015-07-21
Subjects: interview--employment--labour--vehicle--transportation--cottage--vacation--summer--tires--oral history, interview--employment--labour--vehicle--transportation--cottage--vacation--summer--tires--oral history
Description: Geoff Dawney, a lifelong resident of Cookstown, describes his experiences working as a mechanic and fixing the cars of

PID: ourstories:31322
Title: Ted Dallimore - Food in Innisfil
Date: 2015-05-26
Subjects: vegetable--produce--preserve--dairy--meat--eating--garden--fruit, vegetable--produce--preserve--dairy--meat--eating--garden--fruit
Description: Ted Dallimore describes the types of food grown and raised in Innisfil and the kinds of items and meals prepared with

PID: ourstories:2648667
Title: Keith Kell on Horses and Sleigh Bells
Date: 2015-11-24
Subjects: Lake Simcoe--church--horses--transportation, Lake Simcoe--church--horses--transportation
Description: Keith Kell recalls traveling to the Gilford Church by horse on a cutter and sleighs. He shares stories about the horses

PID: ourstories:2648670
Title: Keith Kell on the Dairy Business (and marriage)
Date: 2015-11-24
Subjects: family--farms--dairy--marriage, family--farms--dairy--marriage
Description: Keith Kell discusses marriage to his wife and how he joined the milk business. He touches on needing milk quotas to be

PID: islandora:464
Title: Ross Wallace - the High School Experience
Date: 2015-04-20
Subjects: oral history--interview--education--student--pupil, oral history--interview--education--student--pupil
Description: Ross Wallace discusses his memories of attending high school in the Innisfil area.

PID: ourstories:31324
Title: Ted Dallimore - Memories of Lillian Dallimore
Date: 2015-05-26
Subjects: historian--parent--family, historian--parent--family
Description: Ted Dallimore recounts some of his fond memories of his mother, Lillian Dallimore, and her immense knowledge of Innisfil

PID: ourstories:31234
Title: IHS President at Unveiling of Emily May
Date: 2015-01-06
Subjects: presentation--event--group--public
Description: Photo of Marj Mossman, the President of the Innisfil Historical Society, as she welcomes a crowd to the Innisfil Town, IHS 4502

PID: ourstories:31312
Title: Ted Dallimore - Building His Home
Date: 2015-05-26
Subjects: construction--building--house, construction--building--house
Description: Innisfil resident Ted Dallimore recounts the story of how he and his wife Barb built their home in Sandy Cove shortly

PID: ourstories:31304
Title: Bill Kell on the Marling House in Cookstown
Date: 2015-06-26
Subjects
Description: Bill Kell discusses Marling House in Cookstown

PID: ourstories:50009
Title: Geoff Dawney - Businesses in Cookstown
Date: 2015-07-21
Subjects: supplies--interview--oral history--local business--family--shop--store, supplies--interview--oral history--local business--family--shop--store
Description: Cookstown resident Geoff Dawney recalls his memories of the businesses located in Cookstown and the families that ran

PID: islandora:431
Title: Ross Wallace - Boarders from the City
Date: 2015-04-20
Subjects: community--education--pupil--learning--child, community--education--pupil--learning--child
Description: Longtime Innisfil resident Ross Wallace recalls how children from Toronto would come to the Innisfil area as boarders

PID: ourstories:31325
Title: Ted Dallimore - Origins of Sandy Cove Marine
Date: 2015-05-26
Subjects: owner--local business--entrepreneur, owner--local business--entrepreneur
Description: Ted Dallimore describes how he created Sandy Cove Marine.

PID: ourstories:31235
Title: Brian Baker Holds Bow of the Emily May
Date: 2015-01-06
Subjects: wood--boat--ship--ferry--artifact
Description: Brian Baker holds a piece of the bow of the Emily May, retrieved from the waters of Lake Simcoe off Belle Ewart Park,, IHS 4503

PID: ourstories:31315
Title: Ted Dallimore - Dallimore Ice Business
Date: 2015-05-26
Subjects: saw--industry--tools--equipment--local business--water--horse, saw--industry--tools--equipment--local business--water--horse
Description: Ted Dallimore describes his memories of the ice business founded by his father, Fred Dallimore, as well as some of the

PID: ourstories:31327
Title: Ted Dallimore - Snow Storm of 1947
Date: 2015-05-26
Subjects: vehicle--natural disaster--weather--winter--plow, vehicle--natural disaster--weather--winter--plow
Description: Ted Dallimore recounts his memories of a powerful snowstorm that hit Innisfil in 1947.

PID: ourstories:50013
Title: Geoff Dawney - Farmers on the Marsh
Date: 2015-07-21
Subjects: oral history--agriculture--farming--labour--equipment--interview, oral history--agriculture--farming--labour--equipment--interview
Description: Cookstown resident Geoff Dawney recounts his memories of the first farmers on the marsh lands near Cookstown and the

PID: ourstories:31305
Title: Bill Kell and Party Lines
Date: 2015-06-26
Subjects: community--communications--telephones, community--communications--telephones
Description: Bill Kell discusses party lines and unsolicited advice for knitters.

PID: islandora:437
Title: Ross Wallace - Churches of Innisfil
Date: 2015-04-20
Subjects: church--religion--building, church--religion--building
Description: Ross Wallace describes the history behind the establishment of various churches throughout Innisfil, including in Stroud

PID: islandora:446
Title: Ross Wallace - The Founding of Innisfil and its Pioneers
Date: 2015-04-20
Subjects: pioneer--settler--settlement, pioneer--settler--settlement
Description: Longtime Innisfil resident and local historian Ross Wallace describes Innisfil's early beginnings and the pioneering men

PID: ourstories:31320
Title: Ted Dallimore - Hurricane Hazel
Date: 2015-05-26
Subjects: debris--storm--natural disaster--destruction, debris--storm--natural disaster--destruction
Description: Ted Dallimore recalls the damage caused by Hurricane Hazel in 1954 in the Innisfil area and how residents reacted to it.

PID: ourstories:31160
Title: Peter Dickey - Origins
Date: 2015-03-31
Subjects: product--local, product--local
Description: Peter Dickey of Dickey Bee Honey talks about the origins and establishment of the business.

PID: ourstories:31233
Title: Sponsors of the Emily May
Date: 2015-01-06
Subjects: Emily May--Forbes--Wilson--Baxter--Doris--Dallimore--Ted and Barb
Description: Pleased sponsors of the Emily May, Wilson Forbes and Doris Baxter of Monto-Reno Marina Ltd., and Ted and Barb Dallimore, IHS 4501

PID: ourstories:2648669
Title: Keith Kell on Farming
Date: 2015-11-24
Subjects: community--agriculture--threshing--tractors--equipment, community--agriculture--threshing--tractors--equipment
Description: Keith Kell reflects on his family history of farming, touching on threshing and threshing parties and history of

PID: ourstories:50017
Title: Geoff Dawney - The Dawney Family
Date: 2015-07-21
Subjects: childhood--oral history--interview, childhood--oral history--interview
Description: Innisfil resident Geoff Dawney discusses his family including his mother, father, and siblings, and their life in

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