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Sparks are Flying at Union Hall
Sparks are Flying at Union Hall
RURAL SCHOOLS of RAMSAY
SS # 5, Herron Mills school, which was originally SS # 5, Gilles Mills when John Gilles sold his mills to John Herron, in 1871.
August 10 1950– Almonte Gazette
ATTEMPT MADE TO CLOSE SCHOOL NO 3 IN UNION HALL AREA 2
Sparks are flying in the Union Hall section these days over action taken by the Ramsay School Area Board to close Number Three school which is located…
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The Boy that Ran Away to the Circus and Other Stories
The Boy that Ran Away to the Circus and Other Stories
In an interesting note circus horse driver Tom Lynch (1856-1938) was born in Carleton Place. He was a trainer and 40-horse driver. At age 15 Tom ran away from home to work for a stableman in Ottawa; pursued by his father, boarded a train and headed for the United States and reached Philadelphia.
First job, assistant hostler, Rice, Ryan & Spalding, 1873. P. T. Barnum’s, 1874; Melville,…
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Come Along if you Know what Happiness is to you--The LCGS Perth Tour
Come Along if you Know what Happiness is to you–The LCGS Perth Tour
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Perth, Ontario-population 6000
The Lanark County Geological Society tour of Perth and Tay Valley began under the incredible ceilings of Farrell Hall on Gore Street Saturday June 4th at 9:30 am.
And so we began to dance back into time….
Photo by-Perth Remembered
Books about Perth by John McKenty
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No Scruples For Wayward Children! T.B. Caswell
No Scruples For Wayward Children! T.B. Caswell
(Photo by Time Life Pictures/Mansell/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)
The Victorians had no such scruples and used canes, the slipper, the ruler and even the belt, to discipline wayward children.
Perth Courier 1889
T.B. Caswell, headmaster of the Carleton Place school, had occasion to punish some pupils in his room. Among them was the son of the Reeve Mr. Steele who felt so aggrieved that he…
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Chatter and Blather about Miss Jessop and Miss Matheson
Chatter and Blather about Miss Jessop and Miss Matheson
Photo from Perth Remembered-The oldest house in Perth, now at 65 Craig Street was built of logs in 1816. Constructed by Lieut. John Adamson the house has served at various times as tavern, school, church, public hall, masonic lodge and printing office. Rev. William Bell held his first services in the attic of this house and Rev Michael Harris use the same quarters for his Anglican serves for…
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Ever Wanted to Time Travel? Here is Your Chance!
Ever Wanted to Time Travel? Here is Your Chance!
Have you ever wanted to go back in time? If time travel is possible then become one of the visitors from the future on June 4, 2016. Tickets are going fast for this guided bus tour through Historic Perth and Tay Valley Township, in celebrating their 200th anniversary.
The world is a book, so come along with us and see the pages turned of a town called Perth which was established as a military…
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The Inner Remains of Findlay Foundry
The Inner Remains of Findlay Foundry
The inner remains of Findlay’s- Photo from the Delmer Dunlop Collection at Archives Lanark
Photo- Carleton Place and Beckwith Heritage Museum
This is part of the Findlay Memorial Cairn, located on the site of the first foundry on High Street. It gets missed, tucked away on the north side of High Street in a tiny little park with a shuffleboard court! All that remains is an empty field and a…
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School's Out at S.S. No. 14 in Carleton Place
School’s Out at S.S. No. 14 in Carleton Place
The S.S. No. 14 Beckwith Highway 7, Carleton Place
Photos from the Carleton Place and Beckwith Heritage Museum
Chances are if you are old enough to remember, the old school house which still stands on the four corners at the edge of Carleton Place closed in 1966. This is where Annie Duff went to primary school, and it is fondly known as Maple Grove.
On February 1 1878 the trustees met and…
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