Remember This?

This week's Remember This looks back at a time when parents of small children had many tempting Toylands selling things all kids wanted at Christmas

Christmas decorations have seen some changes over the years and are decidedly less flammable these days

Before 1900, jailhouse menu generally consisted of gruel and soup, along with bread, potatoes and the occasional boiled meat dish

Wartime houses began to be built in Barrie in August 1945 around Peel and Codrington streets with the purchase of farms in the area

Agnes Kennedy, daughter of a McDonald Street blacksmith, buried among fellow service men and women at Los Angeles National Cemetery

In February 1918, a shell filled with mustard gas landed near Frank Sanders

There was a time when the postman was a joy to behold and the telegraph delivery boy was the most unwelcome visitor imaginable

Exactly what has led to the mysterious happenings at Mardon Lodge remains a mystery

In this week's Remember This, Mary tells us about MPP Donald McDonald Hogarth and his rise in this first part of the Mardon Lodge story

In this week's Remember This, Mary tells us about mediums, Sir John A. Macdonald and prime minister connections to Barrie