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The former Glassford Hotel in Gilford. Built in 1853, it operated as a hotel until the late 1880s. Leonard and Maria Bell bought the house in 1925, and it became the home of their son and daughter-in-law Owen and Helen in 1942.
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The former Glassford Hotel in Gilford. Built in 1853, it operated as a hotel until the late 1880s. Leonard and Maria Bell bought the house in 1925, and it became the home of their son and daughter-in-law Owen and Helen in 1942.
Cottages in Gilford overlooking the lagoon going into Nesbitt's Marina.
Side view of the Gilford General Store. If you have any additional information about this photo please contact the library at 905-775-3328.
If you have any additional information about this photo please contact the library at 905-775-3328.
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Ball games were always popular at the Gilford School
Gilford Public School, S.S. #16
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S.S. #16, Gilford Public School, 1937. Margaret Canning was the teacher. Back Row, left to right: Walter Gravestone, Jim McDonnell, Gerard Gibbons, Margaret Canning (teacher), Winnifred Neilly, Eileen Kneeshaw, Helen Porritt, Jane Bailey. Middle Row: Dorothy Bell, Marion Jackson, Joyce McDonnell, Marjorie Horsley, Betty Bedford, Norma Bell, Lillian Courtney, Ethel Todd. Front Row: Alan McDonnell, Harry Jackson, Floyd McDonnell, Sam Neilly, Bill Neilly. Note on back of photograph reads: "Frank and I were absent from this picture as we were sick with the chicken pox."
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S.S. #16 Back Row (l-r): Teacher Mrs. Ethel Campbell, Nick Stam, Francis Sawyer, Ruth Simpson, Dianna Simpson, Art Stam, Carolyn Hughes, George Simpson, Debbie James. Third Row (l-r): Nancy Bell, Barbara Vanderpol, Patricia Vanderpol, Judy Neilly, Elsie Simpson, Mary Nesbitt, Louise Neilly, Brenda Hughes, Anne Sawyer, Jean Sawyer. Second Row (l-r): Robert Simpson, Gary Bell, George Stam, Bobbie Neilly, Eddie Russell, Ricky Townsend, Scott Neilly, Kenneth Simpson. Front Row (l-r): Shawn Simpson, Andrew Sandford, David Lee, Ronnie Russell, Tommy Townsend, Bobbie Kerr, Teddy Stam. "Five Grade Eight students, Doug Hughes, Jack Nesbitt, Joe Sawyer, John Stam and Arvid Allie attended Mount Pleasant School during this school year."
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Breard St. School, which was established in 1868. This picture was taken in 1891 or 1892. It came from the Blain family photos of Helen (Maconchy) Blain. The names were supplied by Ethel (Todd) Campbell during the summer of 2000. Back Row (left to right): Tess Gibbons, Maggie Nesbitt, Adelaide Keaney, Katie Keaney, Unknown, May Neilly, Mary Edith Coulter, Reba Rothwell, Margaret Hanna McBeth (teacher), Belle Neilly, Josephine McGarvey, Georgina Doolittle, Carrie Neilly, Ida Rothwell, Annie Doolittle, Grace Coulter, John Willie Gibbons, Unknown. Centre Row (left to right): Ethel Keaney, Sadie Neilly, Bertha Neilly, Lila Hines, Cassie Roberts, Hope Gibbons, Myra Neilly (baby), Maggie Coulter, Sydney Jennison (baby), Urmey Rothwell, Emma Coulter, Fred Gibbons (baby), Billy Blain, Lou Neilly, Unknown, Unknown, George Andrew McGee, Fennell Rothwell, Harvey Jennison. Front Row (left to right): Maggie Keaney, Lucy Keaney, Chester Jenison, Mable Coulter, Edgar Neilly, Mabel Todd, Unknown, Minnie Neilly, Katie Gibbons, Nellie Couch, Elmer Rothwell, Wilford Neilly, Bob Couch, Unknown, Ernest Gibbons, Lewis Gibbons, Tom Blain, Eddie McGarvey, Unknown, William John Doolittle.
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Owen and Helen Bell's family. Back Row, left to right: Harold Van Sickle, Alex MacPherson, Archie Peters, Art Bell, Owen Bell. Third Row: Elizabeth McPherson, Olive Bell, Helen Bell, Jessie Steers, Jean Bell. Second Row: James Bell, Rosemary Bell Norma Van Sickle, Maria Bell, John Bell. Front: Dorothy Peters.