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Remember This: The Sanford Affair, Part Two (4 photos)

Remember This: The Sanford Affair, Part Two (4 photos)

Sidney Sanford’s banking, business experience served him well, but his acting expertise may have been his best asset
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Remember This: The Sanford Affair, Part One (4 photos)

Remember This: The Sanford Affair, Part One (4 photos)

Sidney James Sanford was known for many things: Thespian Club, political associations, Masonic activities, and the building of the Grand Opera House on Collier Street. But then he vanished
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How do you like them apples? <b>(4 photos)</b>

How do you like them apples? (4 photos)

In this edition of Remember This, Mary Harris looks back at J.W. Gossling booming apple business
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Percy Pelch, Pt. 2: Thief, daredevil and escape artist <b>(4 photos)</b>

Percy Pelch, Pt. 2: Thief, daredevil and escape artist (4 photos)

Barrie police and Mary Harris continue to chase down Percy Pelch in this week's Remember This?
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Percy Pelch: Thief, daredevil and escape artist <b>(4 photos)</b>

Percy Pelch: Thief, daredevil and escape artist (4 photos)

Follow the police and Mary Harris as they chase down Percy Pelch in this week's Remember This?
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Theatre Block: Vairville is Barrie's forgotten neighbourhood

Theatre Block: Vairville is Barrie's forgotten neighbourhood

This is the final installment in the Theatre Block saga, focusing on the now vacant corner of Dunlop West and Mary Street where a fire destroyed the building in 2007
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The Theatre Block: When gas pumps became a menace <b>(4 photos)</b>

The Theatre Block: When gas pumps became a menace (4 photos)

By 1928, Barrie had created a bylaw that said that no more gas pumps were to be erected along Dunlop and Elizabeth streets
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The Theatre Block: Harold Hill's booming auto business <b>(8 photos)</b>

The Theatre Block: Harold Hill's booming auto business (8 photos)

In this week's Remember This?, Mary Harris offers part six of her exploration of Barrie's theatre block
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Theatre Block: The most happening part of the downtown business district <b>(5 photos)</b>

Theatre Block: The most happening part of the downtown business district (5 photos)

The evolution of the death business was also in plain sight along Elizabeth Street, now Dunlop Street West
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Remember This: Theatre Block Part 4 <b>(4 photos)</b>

Remember This: Theatre Block Part 4 (4 photos)

This stretch of Elizabeth Street, now known as Dunlop Street West, was no stranger to action
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