Loyal Orange Lodge

    In this Orangemen's Parade, July 1953, we see people formally dressed in dark suits, and we see women. It even looks like two of the band members are children. Unfortunately, we have no information a

    The Loyal Orange Lodge, Hornby No. 165 was taken into the Oakville Orange Lodge in later years.

    Ontario archival histories show that the Loyal Orange Order came to Ontario with military men and others with Irish Protestant connections. The Lodges were an opportunity for men to socialize althoug

    Hornby Loyal Orange Lodge Hall was located on Steeles Avenue. A second photograph showing more of the streetscape can be found under "Pages Select" above in this record. The second photograph was tak

    Two unidentified men hold the banner of the Hornby Loyal Orange Lodge, No. 165. The man on the left also wears his personal badge with his awards and the Lodge identification.

    Dances, plays, concerts, oyster suppers, fundraisers, and a great many other social events happened at the Lodge. The L.O.L. No. 165 hall on Steeles Avenue didn't have a kitchen, so the Anglicans add

    Other photographs linked here in the group name, "Loyal Orange Lodge", show the Hornby Lodge building on Steeles Avenue, among other Halton images. The two photographs here were originally taken by t

    The young ladies wear their badges on straw hats that were likely made by themselves or their mothers. Bill Lindsay had lost his right arm in a steam thresher accident. The Laura Lindsay mentioned in

    James Cunningham was a member of Hornby Loyal Orange Lodge No. 165. He was also a member of the St. Clair Masonic Lodge No. 135, Milton. The Cunningham family had farmed near the Esquesing Township b