Photograph of Town Hall and Fire Hall also housing Police Office and the Public Library, Colborne, Colborne Women's Institute Scrapbook

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Cramahe Archives have four Women's Institute [WI] Scrapbooks in its collections. The WI scrapbooks contain diverse subject material about Colborne and Cramahe. All four WI scrapbooks have been scanned page by page. The scrapbooks can be accessed by going to the "Browse by Subject" option on the Cramahe Archives home page and scrolling to the bottom of the subject terms to locate "Women's Institute Scrapbooks" and then click on this link.

This image appears on page 113 in the Women's Institute scrapbook - the local identifier number for this particular scrapbook is 3sb. Original photographs included in this Women's Institute scrapbook have had individual records created for them, greatly increasing their accessibility for searching under general keyword terms.

To access the WI scrapbook by using its local identifier number go to - "Advanced Search" (on the Cramahe Archives home page), enter "3sb" in the keyword search box and then click the radial button on the bottom of the "Fields to Search: Local Identifier," scroll down and click "Go"

This WI scrapbook was created by Mrs. Gordon MacGregor and Mrs. T.M. Gresham.

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Comment submitted (April 2024): "The building next to the Town Hall is Bill Onyon's B/A Service Station and garage. He died in 1954 and the business was sold to Arnold and Mac Pettibone in 1955, who continued to operate it as The Pettibone Bros.

The Colborne Express of August 4, 1955 contains The Pettibone Bros advertisement as Pontiac, Buick and GMC Dealers."

Note the fire alarm siren tower behind the building.

Colborne Women's Institute, Founded March 1, 1932, Tweedsmuir History Started 1947 in Honour of the Women's Institute 50th Anniversary; Ellen, Mrs. Gordon MacGregor, Curator 1947; Amy, Mrs. T.M. Gresham

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Caption on p.113: "On the ground floor this building had space for the Fire Hall, the Police Office and on the second floor a large meeting hall with stage etc. At the rear of the building were police cells. For a short period the Library was housed in the Police Office. When the High School closed and the Village acquired the ground and building, the Masonic Lodge bought the old Town Hall. The Village uses the old Fire Hall portion to store maintenance equipment."

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