Then and Now

Although downtown merchants were said to be 'bitter rivals,' they were seen leaving court together; A court official overheard the remark, 'Misery does love company'

Pfaff’s held its grand opening at the Dunlop Street location in August 1956, with CKBB broadcasting live from the store

Grand Trunk Railway appointed an expert watchmaker to inspect watches of its employees and Wesley Webb was given this position in 1898

The first Sacred Heart of Mary Church opened in 1850 and was turned into a three-room school in 1872

Bradford Street building opened as a YMCA on May 19, 1908 and provided accommodations to men working on the railroad in Allandale

Allandale Station was built in 1905 and had a majestic tower, columns, waiting room, luxurious mahogany-paneled dining room and lunch counter

Old images feature not only the event being documented, but also offer glimpse into the past with surrounding buildings in the background

East-end Barrie park was used for camping beginning in the 1920s and was also once the site of a speedboat regatta in the 1940s

Hints of the mill’s former life can still be seen in the painted-over brickwork at the front of the building, as well as in the old windows and possible loading docks at the back

The first electric blankets made in Canada were produced at the Barrie plant on Bradford Street