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~Â¥ eventyâ€"twoâ€"yearâ€"old Robert S Barrington, the Austrianâ€"born war ! veteran who opened Barrington‘s, a downtown Oakville furrier business 43 years ago, died last Friday (May 7) of cancer. Barrington who‘d retired in February 1992 but still kept a hand in the busiâ€" ness, had suffered from intestinal and liver cancer for some time. 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Syuposium. Puease resenve CoNTACT Name: COMPANY/!ORGANIZATION: Aponess: PueasE rax BacK anD mait your ceaue serore May 14, 1993 to e Harron Inoustry Eoucation Councit, 5230 Soum Service Ro., Ontario L7L 5 PHONEFAX: For doâ€"itâ€"yourself information On May 19, 1993 at The Hohdalnn Burlington 3 South Service Managing The Transition To a Halfâ€"Day Symposium on Canada‘s Career Dilemma You‘re Invited Paul Barrington, took over Barrington‘s when his father retired, to operate both Barrington‘s and his own furrier business in Port Credit. The two "He was very much the life of the party. He was very generous and very outgoing. He was a real people person," remembered his 37â€"yearâ€"old son, Paul. end and early this week, out of respect for its founder. The store reopened for business again Wednesday morning. Call UNILOCK today to have an Authorized Contractor visit you: Since 1973, UNILOCK Ltd. has offered you quality guaranteed products. For more styles, more colours and more texture, call UNILOGCK: Paul Barrington remembered his father as a good conversationalist, and a good host. he aiso said his father was a man with great compassion, especially for those less fortunate at Christmas time, because of his own circumstances early in life when he fled to an aunt in Scotland with his brother Hans, to escape oppresion in Naziâ€"occupied businesses were amalgamated last autumn. * no obligation * FREE estimate * design assistance * dependable and reliable * GUARANTEED workmanship * financing available ABBEY LIFE INSURANCE 860 Harrington Court 429 Elizabeth St. 333â€"5898 Bailey Canada Inc. $ AVestelCredit Union 3027 Harvester Road NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA THE PEOPLE WHO PUT THE "PERSONAL® IN PERSONAL BANKING ggAlmdlnfl:somlSavice 1450 Headon Rd. : THOMSON METALS Aanp DISPOSAL "He had a terrific sense of humor right to the end and I mean that. The last night we saw him in the hospital he was joking and kidding," said Paul. Robert Barrington was born in Vienna, Austria in 1920. As a young boy he went through the traditional fourâ€" year apprenticeship to become a furrier. He was a fifth generation furrier and his son Paul is the sixth. Austria. 961 Zelco Drive 3315 Fairview St. 634â€"5528 Barrington‘s funeral was Sunday, May 9 at Shaarei Beth El Congregation and memorial donations made to the Rabbi‘s Discretionary Fund at Shaarei Bethâ€"El Congregation, 186 Morrison Road, Oakville L4J 4J4. Survived by his wife Helga, Barrington had three children, Paul and daughters Kim and Hope. He is also survived by his brother Hans and was grandfather to Paul‘s daughters Carly and Brooke. "He had a terrific capacity to make new friends and it‘s something I really respected and was almost envious of, not everyone has that ability," said Paul. His son Paul said when he was 15 years old, his father sent him to Austria for the same fourâ€"year furrier‘s apprenâ€" ticeship program that Barrington himself took. "My father really enjoyed working. We make all our own fur coats and he was very much involved in the design. He was quite a creative person, had a good eye for design and was able to creâ€" ate his own fashions. He really enjoyed his business," said Paul. Paul said his father was able to make friends throughout his life whether it be through business, entertaining or holiâ€" daying. The shop has moved around within the downtown Oakville/Lakeshore Road core over the years, but has always been there. First it was at the current Dock 16 site. Then it moved to Dunn Street where Barrington owned both his shop and the building which is now the site of a wellâ€"known sandwich shop. It later moved across from Lily‘s Fashions where a lighting shop now stands. Fifteen years ago it moved to its present location at 209 Lakeshore Road East. As Nazi | . Germany‘s |; oppression closed | ranks in 1939, | Barrington and his brother Hans |_ escaped from | i Austria just four | _ months before W World War II began. They got the proper visas and filed to an aunt in Scotland. Robert Barrington "He was more than happy to fight the Nazi oppression," said Paul Barrington, noting his father achieved the rank of sergeant in the British miliâ€" tary. He stayed on after the war‘s end since his ability to communicate in German proved helpful in the military government set up in postâ€"war Germany. The brothers left behind their parents and a younger brother, Paul, who was killed in the the Holocaust. In Scotland, Barrington, because of his Austrian citizenship was detained in an internment camp as an enemy alien before he was given the choice of remaining in detention or fighting against the Nazis. In 1950, after a couple of years with a furrier in Toronto, Barrington moved to Oakville and opened Barrington‘s. He later returned to Scotland where he "noticed a travel agency that had a sign in the window" about veterans going to Canada. In 1948, Barrington came to Canada. "He flew and he was always proud that he flew and didn‘t take a boat. In those days everyone was taking a boat," said Paul. "He came to Toronto on a Sunday and he had a fullâ€"time job by Tuesday. He never really looked back." At the time furriers were sought after. Consumers couldn‘t buy goods like automobiles, carpeting or washers and dryers because factories had been converted for the war effort. However they could buy fur coats for the cold winters.