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PID: islandora:4282
Title: Shirlie Toro-Fralick - Being a Woman in the Armed Forces
Subjects: Gender--World War II--WWII--Armed Forces--Army--Entertainment--Inequality--Discrimination, Gender--World War II--WWII--Armed Forces--Army--Entertainment--Inequality--Discrimination--Europe--1939-1945
Description: Shirlie Toro-Fralick discusses her time in the armed forces as a member of the entertainment unit during World War II.,

PID: ourstories:31431
Title: Barclay House Tea Room and Craft Shop
Date
Subjects: promotion--advertising--advertisement--local business
Description: Scan of the front cover a promotional leaflet for the Barclay House Tea Room and Craft Shop including a drawing of the

PID: ourstories:31478
Title: Portrait of John Barclay
Date
Subjects: man--portrait--facial hair--fashion
Description: Portrait of John Barclay sporting a moustache as an early to middle aged man. The collar of his shirt and jacket are

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:31433
Title: Barclay House Tea Room and Craft Shop
Date
Subjects: promotion--advertising--advertisement--local business
Description: Scan of the back cover of a promotional leaflet for the Barclay House Tea Room and Craft Shop. This side features a map

PID: ourstories:31424
Title: Exterior of Barclay House in 1977
Date: 1977
Subjects: exterior--building--architecture--couple
Description: Colour photo of Ken and Kim Sharpe standing in front of the Barclay home, which was originally built in 1860 and burned

PID: ourstories:31456
Title: Dee Barclay and his nephew Jack Sharpe
Date
Subjects: family--uncle--baby--child--building
Description: Photo of David "Dee" Barclay posing with his nephew, Jack Telford Denis Sharpe, as a toddler. Dee is holding Jack in the

PID: islandora:464
Title: Ross Wallace - the High School Experience
Date: 2015-04-20
Subjects: oral history--interview--education--student--pupil, oral history--interview--education--student--pupil
Description: Ross Wallace discusses his memories of attending high school in the Innisfil area.

PID: ourstories:31419
Title: View from the road of Barclay House
Date
Subjects: building--house--home--outdoor--architecture
Description: Photo showing the exterior of the Barclay House located near the intersection of Yonge St. and Innisfil Beach Road. The

PID: ourstories:31447
Title: Barclay Family posing with dogs
Date
Subjects: family--outdoor--building--house--animal--pet--parents
Description: Photo of the Barclay family posing with their dogs on the front stoop of the Barclay home. Pictured from left to right

PID: ourstories:31304
Title: Bill Kell on the Marling House in Cookstown
Date: 2015-06-26
Subjects
Description: Bill Kell discusses Marling House in Cookstown

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: islandora:431
Title: Ross Wallace - Boarders from the City
Date: 2015-04-20
Subjects: community--education--pupil--learning--child, community--education--pupil--learning--child
Description: Longtime Innisfil resident Ross Wallace recalls how children from Toronto would come to the Innisfil area as boarders

PID: ourstories:31448
Title: Barclay Family posing with dogs
Date
Subjects: family--outdoor--building--house--animal--pet--parents
Description: Photo of the Barclay family posing with their dogs on the front stoop of the Barclay home. Pictured from left to right

PID: ourstories:31461
Title: The Constable Brothers
Date: 1944
Subjects: men--group--outdoor--snow--fashion--clothing--suit
Description: Photo of brothers Jack and Alexander Constable wearing dark coloured suits and posing in front of the porch of a house.

PID: ourstories:31460
Title: Constable Family Photo
Date: 1944
Subjects: men--woman--group--outdoor--snow--fashion--clothing
Description: Photo of Jack Constable (left), Beattie Constable (née Duncan), and her husband Alexander Constable (right) wearing a

PID: ourstories:31421
Title: Interior photo of Barclay House
Date: 1974
Subjects: interior--home--business
Description: Colour photo of the interior of Barclay House when it functioned as a tea room. The image shows a cabinet of drawers

PID: ourstories:31465
Title: Marriage Certificate of Agnes Beattie Duncan and Alexander Constable
Date: 1907
Subjects: document--record--registration--wedding--couple--family
Description: Scan of the marriage certificate for Agnes Beattie Duncan and Alexander Constable. The text reads: "Registered at

PID: ourstories:21384
Title: Nantyr Shores Team D-day and Mr. Pengelly
Date: 2014-10-02
Subjects: Donations--WWII--World War II--World War Two--Veterans--Normandy--D-Day, Donations--WWII--World War II--World War Two--Veterans--Normandy--D-Day
Description: 2014 marked the 70th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy during the Second World War.

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:31468
Title: Graduation Photo of Zeta Barclay
Date
Subjects: nursing--schooling--education--medical--medicine--nurse--uniform--career--woman
Description: Graduation Portrait of Eleanor Elizabeth Zeta Barclay, known as Zeta. She is pictured standing in front of a large

PID: islandora:21
Title: Adolph and Anita von Graffen on growing up in Germany
Date: 2013-11-15
Subjects: WWII--WWII, WWII--WWII--Germany
Description: Adolph von Graffen with his wife Anita discuss their childhood experiences growing up in pre-World War II Germany and

PID: ourstories:31438
Title: Women in Uniform
Date
Subjects: women--group--nurse--nurses--profession--career--medical--medicine
Description: Photo of eight unidentified women in nursing uniforms, with the first three women in the front row wearing caps. The

PID: ourstories:31450
Title: Barclay Family posing with dogs
Date
Subjects: family--outdoor--building--house--animal--pet--parents
Description: Photo of the Barclay family posing with their dogs on the front stoop of the Barclay home. Pictured from left to right

PID: ourstories:31418
Title: Barclay House
Date
Subjects: building--house--home--outdoor--architecture
Description: Photo showing the exterior of the Barclay House located near the intersection of Yonge St. and Innisfil Beach Road. A

PID: ourstories:31305
Title: Bill Kell and Party Lines
Date: 2015-06-26
Subjects: community--communications--telephones, community--communications--telephones
Description: Bill Kell discusses party lines and unsolicited advice for knitters.

PID: ourstories:31449
Title: Eleanor Elizabeth Zeta Barclay on a car
Date
Subjects: woman--clothing--fashion--vehicle
Description: Photo of Eleanor Elizabeth Zeta Barclay (later Sharpe, later Parker) wearing a suit, tie, and cap seated on the hood of

PID: islandora:437
Title: Ross Wallace - Churches of Innisfil
Date: 2015-04-20
Subjects: church--religion--building, church--religion--building
Description: Ross Wallace describes the history behind the establishment of various churches throughout Innisfil, including in Stroud

PID: islandora:446
Title: Ross Wallace - The Founding of Innisfil and its Pioneers
Date: 2015-04-20
Subjects: pioneer--settler--settlement, pioneer--settler--settlement
Description: Longtime Innisfil resident and local historian Ross Wallace describes Innisfil's early beginnings and the pioneering men

PID: ourstories:31440
Title: Margaret Armstrong McConkey (Barclay)
Subjects: woman--dog--animal--outdoor
Description: Photo of Margaret Armstrong McConkey (Barclay) in a white shirt holding a small puppy in her left arm. She is leaning

PID: ourstories:31444
Title: Eleanor Elizabeth Zeta Barclay
Date
Subjects: woman--outdoor--house--building--animal--fashion--winter--clothing
Description: Photo of Eleanor Elizabeth Zeta Barclay, known as Zeta, outside of the Barclay home. She is wearing a long wool coat and

PID: ourstories:31426
Title: Kim Sharpe outside of Barclay House
Date: 1977
Subjects: outdoor--business--sign post
Description: Colour photo of Kim Sharpe (née Beard) standing in front of the Barclay House sign. The sign reads: "Barclay House Tea

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: islandora:468
Title: Ross Wallace - Village of Craigvale
Date: 2015-04-20
Subjects: interview--settlement--school--community--oral history, interview--settlement--school--community--oral history
Description: Local historian Ross Wallace discusses the history of Craigvale prior to its annexation by the city of Barrie.

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

PID: ourstories:31445
Title: Eleanor Elizabeth Zeta Barclay with a pipe
Date
Subjects: woman--outdoor--house--building--fashion--clothing
Description: Photo of Eleanor Elizabeth Zeta Barclay, known as Zeta, outside of the Barclay home. She is wearing a white blouse and

PID: islandora:4199
Title: Elwood Webb in World War II
Subjects: Ernie Aikens--World War Two--World War 2--D-Day--Camp Borden--World War II--Training--Armed Forces--Military--Normandy--No Man's Land--Hospital--Shrapnel--Don Beatty, Ernie Aikens--World War Two--World War 2--D-Day--Camp Borden--World War II--Training--Armed Forces--Military--Normandy--No Man's Land--Hospital--Shrapnel--Don Beatty--London--Stroud--Scotland--France--1942-1945
Description: Elwood Webb, 89 years old, discusses his time in World War II. He joined the army in 1942 and mentions visiting his,

PID: ourstories:31308
Title: Bill Kell on Transportation
Date: 2015-06-26
Subjects
Description: Bill Kell discusses transportation.

PID: ourstories:31302
Title: Bill Kell and Life on the Farm
Date: 2015-06-26
Subjects: agriculture--farms, agriculture--farms
Description: Bill Kell discusses farm life in Innisfil. Interviewed by Marj Mossman and Kathryn Schoutsen on 26 June 2016. Full

PID: ourstories:2650019
Title: Friends of the Library Pie Making
Date: Oct. 11th 2005
Subjects: Pie--Baking--Community--Friends of the Library--Harvest--Thanksgiving
Description: A group of Friends of the Library making pies together. The women are wearing aprons and hairnets, and using orange

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