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<b>Remember This?</b> You see some interesting things on a rainy walk through the cemetery

Remember This? You see some interesting things on a rainy walk through the cemetery

Posses, prime ministers and paid-for punches
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<b>Remember This?</b> Grand old lady refuses to reveal her age

Remember This? Grand old lady refuses to reveal her age

Once home to some of Barrie's most distinguished denizens, 89 Bayfield St. now serves as a popular eating spot
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<b>Remember This?</b> Still alive at 55 <b>(5 photos)</b>

Remember This? Still alive at 55 (5 photos)

Mary stops for breakfast at the historic Midway Diner
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<b>Remember This?</b> The fiery history of the Simcoe Hotel

Remember This? The fiery history of the Simcoe Hotel

Mary Harris plumbs the depths of the local landmark's history, and its basement
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<b>Remember This?</b> 'Every storm has a story to tell'

Remember This? 'Every storm has a story to tell'

This is the tale of the EF4 tornado that struck in 1985
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<b>Remember This?</b> We need to talk about the cook book ladies

Remember This? We need to talk about the cook book ladies

A collection of recipes put down on paper by a group of Barrie women 117 years ago endure and will be celebrated this month
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<b>Remember This?</b> The dawn of family camping in Barrie

Remember This? The dawn of family camping in Barrie

Early tourist operations were seen as appealing only to the poorest class. One Barrie alderman likened one such spot to 'a squatter's camp'
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<b>Remember This?</b> Oh the things that went down at Roxboro after the oysters were disposed of

Remember This? Oh the things that went down at Roxboro after the oysters were disposed of

That's when the literary chit-chat would commence
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<b>Remember This?</b> Hand drills, porcelain teeth and dentistry in Barrie in the early 1900s

Remember This? Hand drills, porcelain teeth and dentistry in Barrie in the early 1900s

In this week's Remember This?, Mary Harris looks at 19th century, Barrie dentist Charles Bosanko
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<b>Remember This?</b> You’ve come a long way, baby! <b>(5 photos)</b>

Remember This? You’ve come a long way, baby! (5 photos)

The women and girls of Barrie are no more immune to the prevailing styles than their sisters in Toronto, or other larger centres
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