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POSTCARD MEMORIES: Abandoned Craighurst school was once bustling

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Abandoned Craighurst school was once bustling

After opening in 1844, S.S. No. 4 was attended by generations of students until it closed in 1963; it now stands empty
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POSTCARD MEMORIES: Bread baking tool unchanged after centuries

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Bread baking tool unchanged after centuries

Local pioneers baked bread with aid of a peel, a long-handled tool with a flat head
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POSTCARD MEMORIES: A steamship as industrious as its namesake

POSTCARD MEMORIES: A steamship as industrious as its namesake

The Peter Robinson was named for one of the area's wealtiest men
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POSTCARD MEMORIES: 'Mudhen's' final trip a sad day for local train aficionados

POSTCARD MEMORIES: 'Mudhen's' final trip a sad day for local train aficionados

In 1960, the final steam train left Midland station after 80 years of serving the town
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POSTCARD MEMORIES: 'Midland's photographer' captured town's enfance

POSTCARD MEMORIES: 'Midland's photographer' captured town's enfance

'J.W. Bald’s work is a complete record of the life, work and play of small-town Ontario,' notes Huronia Museum, which has large collection of his photographs, postcards and equipment
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POSTCARD MEMORIES: After 120 years, Knox congregration bids church adieu

POSTCARD MEMORIES: After 120 years, Knox congregration bids church adieu

In the 1920s, the congregation numbered more than 300 people as it was a dominant group for Christianity in the region. The current congregration is moving to a smaller location
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POSTCARD MEMORIES: Look up, way up! Midland once a ski jumping hotbed

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Look up, way up! Midland once a ski jumping hotbed

'At one time, Midlanders boasted that the town was the centre of ski-jumping activities in Eastern Canada,' museum points out
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POSTCARD MEMORIES: When the roaring game came to town

POSTCARD MEMORIES: When the roaring game came to town

Initially the club used natural ice, but in 1933 made the switch to artificial ice by having it piped in underground from the adjacent Arena Gardens
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POSTCARD MEMORIES: Icebreaker Alexander Henry once a Midland harbour regular

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Icebreaker Alexander Henry once a Midland harbour regular

Canadian Coast Guard ship built by Port Arthur Ship Building Company in 1959. It's now the centrepiece of the Transportation Museum of Thunder Bay
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POSTCARD MEMORIES: Christmas a special time, no matter the year

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Christmas a special time, no matter the year

Huronia Museum and Huron Ouendat Village photo collection shows some of the preparations involved prior to Christmas in 1960
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