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REMEMBER THIS: Fatal mistakes along rail line almost commonplace (4 photos)

REMEMBER THIS: Fatal mistakes along rail line almost commonplace (4 photos)

In March 1888, five Allandale men were killed instantly when the railway snow plow they were operating collided with another train
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REMEMBER THIS: Pye and Ale — Part Three (4 photos)

REMEMBER THIS: Pye and Ale — Part Three (4 photos)

Ultra-conservative values weren’t limited to England, so Emma Trunkfield and her young daughter were forced to construct acceptable back stories as they settled in Barrie
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REMEMBER THIS: Pye and Ale — Part Two (4 photos)

REMEMBER THIS: Pye and Ale — Part Two (4 photos)

By this time, the Great War had been raging for nearly a year
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REMEMBER THIS: Pye and Ale — Part One (4 photos)

REMEMBER THIS: Pye and Ale — Part One (4 photos)

The Pye family has deep ties to the area after Thomas arrived in Canada in 1870 and later settled in Allandale in 1903
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REMEMBER THIS: Opening Day 1905: Allandale Station

REMEMBER THIS: Opening Day 1905: Allandale Station

The station was upgraded in 1904 before reopening on June 19, 1905
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REMEMBER THIS: Roadmaster — Journeys of a railway man

REMEMBER THIS: Roadmaster — Journeys of a railway man

There is much to be appreciated of the years that those who worked the railways in the area in years past put in
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REMEMBER THIS: The Terror of Simcoe (4 photos)

REMEMBER THIS: The Terror of Simcoe (4 photos)

Sandy McDuff's reputation sometimes caught up with him
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REMEMBER THIS: House on the move — Part Two

REMEMBER THIS: House on the move — Part Two

House-moving is no easy task and Barrie's Five Points was blocked for four days in 1935 when trailers broke down
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REMEMBER THIS: House on the move — Part One

REMEMBER THIS: House on the move — Part One

Looking back at a house which spent some 40 years on lot where it was built, and another 85 at present location, with week-long stopover right in the Five Points
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REMEMBER THIS: Christmas stories — Fine beeves and gunpowder tea (4 photos)

REMEMBER THIS: Christmas stories — Fine beeves and gunpowder tea (4 photos)

Who knew that the plural of beef is beeves? Mary Harris didn't
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