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PID: islandora:4287
Title: Mary Neely - Speaking About Her Children
Date: 2016-01-15
Subjects: oral history--autobiographical--family--raising children--motherhood, oral history--autobiographical--family--raising children--motherhood
Description: Audio interview of lifelong Innisfil resident Mary Neely as she describes her family and children. Mary was interviewed

PID: ourstories:2648716
Title: Cookstown School (Union School SS#1 Innisfil - SS#5 Essa)
Date: 2016-09-27
Subjects: commemorative--education
Description: Historic plaque located on the corner of George Street and Wellington Street in the community of Cookstown. The plaque

PID: ourstories:2648738
Title: Bruce Webb - Life on the Farm
Date: 2016-02-02
Subjects: oral history--interview--agriculture--youth--lifestyle--labour, oral history--interview--agriculture--youth--lifestyle--labour
Description: Lifelong resident of Innisfil Bruce Webb describes what life was like growing up and living on a farm in Stroud.

PID: islandora:4292
Title: Mary Neely - Watching the Trains
Date: 2016-01-15
Subjects: oral history--autobiographical--transportation--railroad--train--tracks--station, oral history--autobiographical--transportation--railroad--train--tracks--station
Description: Audio interview of lifelong Innisfil resident Mary Neely as she reminisces about watching trains while growing up in

PID: islandora:4289
Title: Mary Neely - Plowing and Tractors
Date: 2016-01-15
Subjects: oral history--autobiographical--agriculture--labour--equipment--mechanization, oral history--autobiographical--agriculture--labour--equipment--mechanization
Description: Audio interview of lifelong Innisfil resident Mary Neely as she describes farming and agriculture in Innisfil, more

PID: islandora:4283
Title: Mary Neely - Childhood Fun
Date: 2016-01-15
Subjects: oral history--autobiography--childhood--entertainment, oral history--autobiography--childhood--entertainment
Description: Audio interview of lifelong Innisfil resident Mary Neely as she describes the ways in which children made their own fun

PID: ourstories:2648786
Title: Lou Kelly - Starting Lou Kelly Real Estate
Date: 2016-09-23
Subjects: oral history--interview--local business--community, oral history--interview--local business--community
Description: Longtime Innisfil resident Lou Kelly discusses how he came to start his own business, Lou Kelly Real Estate, based out

PID: ourstories:2648741
Title: Bruce Webb - The Ambulance Hearse
Date: 2016-02-02
Subjects: oral history--interview--transportation--vehicle, oral history--interview--transportation--vehicle
Description: Lifelong resident Bruce Webb recalls how the local ambulance doubled as a hearse when necessary, and the confusion that

PID: ourstories:2648737
Title: Bruce Webb - Jerry in the Well
Date: 2016-02-02
Subjects: oral history--interview--agriculture--community--neighbour, oral history--interview--agriculture--community--neighbour
Description: Lifelong Innisfil resident Bruce Webb fondly recalls a story of near-disaster involving a horse named Jerry while living

PID: ourstories:2648788
Title: Barb and Ron Groshaw - Celebrity Encounters
Date: 2016-09-12
Subjects: oral history--interview--career--Europe, oral history--interview--career--Europe
Description: Innisfil summer residents Barbara and Ron Groshaw discuss a few of the well-known individuals that Ron encountered

PID: ourstories:2648720
Title: Emily Murphy (Janey Canuck) 1868-1933
Date: 2016-09-27
Subjects: commemorative
Description: Bronze plaque mounted on a small brick wall in front of the Cookstown Post Office. It bears the coat of arms of Simcoe

PID: ourstories:2648678
Title: Essays - Innisfil
Date: 2016-08-17
Subjects
Description: Essays composed on the history of Innisfil.

PID: ourstories:2648784
Title: Lou Kelly - Meeting and Marrying his Wife
Date: 2016-09-23
Subjects: oral history--interview--couple--wedding--family, oral history--interview--couple--wedding--family
Description: Longtime resident of Innisfil Lou Kelly shares how he came to meet and then marry his wife, Mary. Interviewed by John

PID: ourstories:2648768
Title: Lou Kelly - Evolution of Innisfil's Demographics
Date: 2016-09-23
Subjects: oral history--interview--people--housing, oral history--interview--people--housing
Description: Longtime Innisfil resident and real estate broker Lou Kelly reviews the ways in which he has seen the demographics

PID: ourstories:2648729
Title: Bruce Webb - Bathing in Lake Simcoe
Date: 2016-02-02
Subjects: labour--oral history--interview--swimming, labour--oral history--interview--swimming
Description: Lifelong resident of Innisfil Bruce Webb discusses his memories of bathing in Lake Simcoe on especially hot days after

PID: islandora:4286
Title: Mary Neely - Funeral Traditions
Date: 2016-01-15
Subjects: oral history--autobiographical--funerary--mourning--rite of passage--burial, oral history--autobiographical--funerary--mourning--rite of passage--burial
Description: Audio interview of lifelong Innisfil resident Mary Neely as she describes funeral traditions in Innisfil. Mary was

PID: ourstories:2648746
Title: Dedication Ceremony at St. James Cemetery in Stroud
Date: 2016-08-25
Subjects: memorial--commemorative--community--WWI--World War One--veterans
Description: Colour photo from a dedication ceremony that took place in St. James Cemetery, Stroud, on 25 August 2016 to honour local

PID: ourstories:2648728
Title: Tyrone
Date: 2016-09-28
Subjects: commemorative--community
Description: Historic plaque located at the intersection of Yonge Street and the 5th Line, north of Churchill. The sign features a

PID: ourstories:2648700
Title: Gilford circa 1853
Date: 2016-09-24
Subjects: commemorative
Description: Historic plaque located near the community of Gilford in Innisfil. The sign also bears the logos on the Town of Innisfil

PID: ourstories:2648722
Title: Hamilton Street - Old Town Hall
Date: 2016-09-27
Subjects: commemorative--architecture
Description: Historic plaque located in front of the building known as the Old Town Hall on Hamilton Street in the community of

PID: ourstories:2648734
Title: Bruce Webb - Farming
Date: 2016-02-02
Subjects: oral history--interview--agriculture--equipment, oral history--interview--agriculture--equipment
Description: Bruce Webb, lifelong resident of Innisfil, recounts farming techniques and traditions in the Stroud area. Interviewed by

PID: ourstories:2648748
Title: Presentation of the Union Jack to Major Ted Gemmell
Date: 2016-08-25
Subjects: commemorative--memorial--veterans--event--WWI--World War One--uniform
Description: Colour photo taken during a 25 August 2016 ceremony to honour local veterans who fought in the First World War. The

PID: ourstories:2648717
Title: The "Beeton Sub" Branch Line - Cookstown
Date: 2016-09-27
Subjects: commemorative
Description: Historic plaque located off Highway 89 (Queen Street) at the entrance to the Cookstown to Thornton trail in Cookstown.

PID: ourstories:2648701
Title: Sixth Line Cemetery Cairn
Date: 2016-09-24
Subjects: pioneers--memorial--commemorative
Description: Stone cairn topped with a cross located at the entrance of the Sixth Line Cemetery in Innisfil bearing a commemorative

PID: ourstories:2648725
Title: Cookstown Cenotaph - Great War
Date: 2016-09-27
Subjects: commemorative--memorial--WWI--World War One
Description: Bronze plaque mounted on the Cookstown cenotaph in honour of those who died in the first World War between 1914 and 1918

PID: ourstories:2648708
Title: S.S. 10 School Bell
Date: 2016-09-27
Subjects: commemorative--education
Description: Original school bell from S.S. #10, known as Stroud School, currently located near the intersection of Yonge St. and

PID: ourstories:2648799
Title: Barb and Ron Groshaw - Working as a Nurse in the 1950s and 60s
Date: 2016-09-12
Subjects: interview--oral history--career--medicine--woman--nursing, interview--oral history--career--medicine--woman--nursing
Description: Innisfil summer residents Barbara and Ron Groshaw recall some of the experiences that Barb had working as a nurse in the

PID: islandora:4285
Title: Mary Neely - Farm Life, Threshing, and Buying Beef
Date: 2016-01-15
Subjects: oral history--autobiographical--agriculture--equipment--cattle--food--labour, oral history--autobiographical--agriculture--equipment--cattle--food--labour
Description: Audio interview of lifelong Innisfil resident Mary Neely as she describes farm life in Innisfil, including the labour

PID: ourstories:2648706
Title: Mast For A Great Ship
Date: 2016-09-26
Subjects: industry--wood--construction
Description: Bronze plaque located on Big Bay Point road in Innisfil. It is mounted on a large stone with a small garden growing in

PID: ourstories:2648726
Title: Cookstown Cenotaph - Second World War
Date: 2016-09-27
Subjects: memorial--commemorative--WWII--World War Two
Description: Bronze plaque mounted on the Cookstown cenotaph in honour of those who died in the Second World War between 1939 and

PID: ourstories:2648710
Title: St. James Cemetery Cairn
Date: 2016-09-27
Subjects: memorial--commemorative
Description: Stone cairn and commemorative plaque located near the entrance to St. James Cemetery in the community of Stroud. The

PID: ourstories:2648713
Title: The "Beeton Sub" Branch Line - Thornton
Date: 2016-09-27
Subjects: industry--commemorative
Description: Historic plaque located at the entrance to the Cookstown to Thornton trail on the 5th Sideroad. It features a photo of

PID: ourstories:2648727
Title: Cookstown Cenotaph
Date: 2016-09-27
Subjects: commemorative--memorial--WWI--WWII
Description: Stone cenotaph located in the community of Cookstown with bronze plaques bearing the names of Cookstown and area men who

PID: ourstories:2648767
Title: Lou Kelly - Early Career
Date: 2016-09-23
Subjects: route--oral history--interview--local business--truck--driving, route--oral history--interview--local business--truck--driving
Description: Longtime resident and real estate business owner Lou Kelly discusses his early career as a soft drink delivery driver

PID: ourstories:2648715
Title: Emily (Ferguson) Murphy 1868-1933
Date: 2016-09-27
Subjects: commemorative
Description: Historic plaque located on Elizabeth Street in the community of Cookstown. It features an image of Emily Murphy, as well

PID: ourstories:2648780
Title: Lou Kelly - Introduction, and Family Lineage
Date: 2016-09-23
Subjects: oral history--interview--genealogy--father--mother--grandfather--grandmother, oral history--interview--genealogy--father--mother--grandfather--grandmother
Description: Introduction to Lou Kelly, a longtime resident of Innisfil as he discusses his family lineage and their ties to Ontario

PID: ourstories:2648770
Title: Lou Kelly - Getting Started in Real Estate
Date: 2016-09-23
Subjects: housing--oral history--interview--local business--entrepreneur, housing--oral history--interview--local business--entrepreneur
Description: Longtime Innisfil resident Lou Kelly discusses how he changed careers and began working in real estate, which eventually

PID: ourstories:50005
Title: Jean Warrington - The Goodfellow Family
Date: 2016-01-19
Subjects: children--interview--oral history--pioneer--St. James United Church--name--dog, children--interview--oral history--pioneer--St. James United Church--name--dog
Description: Jean Warrington gives a brief history of the pioneering Goodfellow family in Innisfil, including how Goodfellow Public

PID: ourstories:2648711
Title: Andrew F. Hunter
Date: 2016-09-27
Subjects: commemorative
Description: Bronze plaque mounted on a large stone in the garden near the entrance to Knock Community Hall on the corner of the 10th

PID: ourstories:2648742
Title: Bruce Webb - Threshing
Date: 2016-02-02
Subjects: oral history--interview--agriculture--farming--equipment--machinery, oral history--interview--agriculture--farming--equipment--machinery
Description: Lifelong resident of Innisfil, Bruce Webb, describes the process of threshing and the community spirit required for

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