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Remember This?: The brewing dreams of Robert Simpson (5 photos)

Remember This?: The brewing dreams of Robert Simpson (5 photos)

Barrie’s answer to John Molson would be Robert Simpson, a fellow East coast Englishman and brewer
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Remember This? The fire halls of Barrie

Remember This? The fire halls of Barrie

“Fire has been and, seemingly, will always remain, the most terrible of the elements” - Harry Houdini
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Remember This? The Swamp Whiskey Men

Remember This? The Swamp Whiskey Men

In this week's Remember This?, Mary Harris looks back to a time when Barrie was moonshine country
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Remember This?: Fads came and went, technology changed, but Milt Conway was a constant for Barrie (6 photos)

Remember This?: Fads came and went, technology changed, but Milt Conway was a constant for Barrie (6 photos)

In this week's Remember This?, Mary highlights the varied life of one of Barrie favourite gentlemen — Milt Conway
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Remember This?: 'It’s Barrie’s slum and we’re stuck with it' (5 photos)

Remember This?: 'It’s Barrie’s slum and we’re stuck with it' (5 photos)

In this week's Remember This?, Mary Harris tackles an area one block north of Collier St. that at one time was considered an eyesore and a blight upon the city — and it wasn't that long ago.
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Remember This? Disastrous flooding in downtown Barrie

Remember This? Disastrous flooding in downtown Barrie

In this week's Remember This?, Mary Harris focuses on the deadly flooding of 1890 that destroyed downtown Barrie
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Remember This?: The Wellington Hotel and other landmarks that were reduced to ashes (5 photos)

Remember This?: The Wellington Hotel and other landmarks that were reduced to ashes (5 photos)

In this week's Remember This?, Mary Harris looks through Barrie's past and finds a city on fire
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Remember This?: One-piece pink metallic snow suits, CK Chinese Food, and the escalators at the Sayvette in the 70s (5 photos)

Remember This?: One-piece pink metallic snow suits, CK Chinese Food, and the escalators at the Sayvette in the 70s (5 photos)

In this week's Remember This?, Mary Harris takes us a ride in a wood panelled station wagon down Bayfield Street in 1970s
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Remember This: Reggie’s Sandwich Factory, Cyndi Lauper, and banned curling irons (5 photos)

Remember This: Reggie’s Sandwich Factory, Cyndi Lauper, and banned curling irons (5 photos)

In this week's Remember This?, Mary Harris gives us a snapshot of the life of a college student in Barrie in the early 80s
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Remember This? When the going gets tough, the tough go fishing

Remember This? When the going gets tough, the tough go fishing

Hardy souls up and down the shores of Kempenfelt Bay have embraced ice fishing for years, for centuries actually
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