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PID: ourstories:50010
Title: Geoff Dawney - Cost of Living
Date: 2015-07-21
Subjects: oral history--interview--price--money--goods--car, oral history--interview--price--money--goods--car
Description: Cookstown resident Geoff Dawney describes the cost of staple items like bread and gasoline in Innisfil as well as

PID: ourstories:50014
Title: Geoff Dawney - His First Job
Date: 2015-07-21
Subjects: working--labour--employment--road--county--interview--oral history, working--labour--employment--road--county--interview--oral history
Description: Lifelong resident of Cookstown Geoff Dawney describes his first job and the wages he received for a day's work.

PID: ourstories:50016
Title: Geoff Dawney - On Meeting his Wife and his '59 Chevy
Date: 2015-07-21
Subjects: interview--wedding--marriage--couple--family--vehicle--transportation--oral history, interview--wedding--marriage--couple--family--vehicle--transportation--oral history
Description: Lifelong Cookstown resident Geoff Dawney tells the story of how he met his wife as well as his memories of one of his

PID: ourstories:50011
Title: Geoff Dawney - Dump Truck Business
Date: 2015-07-21
Subjects: oral history--interview--local business--operator--owner--hauling--vehicle--equipment
Description: Lifelong Cookstown resident Geoff Dawney recounts some memories of owning a dump truck and operating in the Cookstown

PID: ourstories:50012
Title: Geoff Dawney - Family Home
Date: 2015-07-21
Subjects: building--oral history--interview--architecture--house--construction, building--oral history--interview--architecture--house--construction
Description: Geoff Dawney describes the reconstruction of the Dawney family home, barn, and outbuildings after a fire in 1936.

PID: ourstories:50008
Title: Geoff Dawney - Baling Straw
Date: 2015-07-21
Subjects: oral history--agriculture--farm--farming--labour--machinery--equipment--community--interview, oral history--agriculture--farm--farming--labour--machinery--equipment--community--interview
Description: Lifelong Cookstown resident Geoff Dawney describes the process of baling straw in the mid-twentieth century. Interviewed

PID: ourstories:50015
Title: Geoff Dawney - Highway 400 and Working as a Mechanic
Date: 2015-07-21
Subjects: interview--employment--labour--vehicle--transportation--cottage--vacation--summer--tires--oral history, interview--employment--labour--vehicle--transportation--cottage--vacation--summer--tires--oral history
Description: Geoff Dawney, a lifelong resident of Cookstown, describes his experiences working as a mechanic and fixing the cars of

PID: ourstories:50009
Title: Geoff Dawney - Businesses in Cookstown
Date: 2015-07-21
Subjects: supplies--interview--oral history--local business--family--shop--store, supplies--interview--oral history--local business--family--shop--store
Description: Cookstown resident Geoff Dawney recalls his memories of the businesses located in Cookstown and the families that ran

PID: ourstories:50013
Title: Geoff Dawney - Farmers on the Marsh
Date: 2015-07-21
Subjects: oral history--agriculture--farming--labour--equipment--interview, oral history--agriculture--farming--labour--equipment--interview
Description: Cookstown resident Geoff Dawney recounts his memories of the first farmers on the marsh lands near Cookstown and the

PID: ourstories:50017
Title: Geoff Dawney - The Dawney Family
Date: 2015-07-21
Subjects: childhood--oral history--interview, childhood--oral history--interview
Description: Innisfil resident Geoff Dawney discusses his family including his mother, father, and siblings, and their life in

PID: ourstories:50022
Title: Geoff Dawney - Threshing
Date: 2015-07-21
Subjects: interview--agriculture--farming--neighbour--labour--equipment--tools--barn--harvest--oral history, interview--agriculture--farming--neighbour--labour--equipment--tools--barn--harvest--oral history
Description: Lifelong resident of Cookstown Geoff Dawney describes labour intensive and community focused act of threshing the fields