Lake Scugog Historical Society Historic Digital Newspaper Collection

Focus On Scugog (Port Perry, ON), 1 Mar 2011, p. 19

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April 1,2,7,8,9 pm show time - hs Ar. 2p Tickets: $: Group Rate oo) $15.00 _udeonal bax offer ees ppty Rodgers & Hammerstein \. presented by The Scugog Choral Sodety March 24, 25,26, 31 Evenjng Trophies, Awards, Corporate i We can help you find it, at Herder Sales QUALITY USED CARS All certified & emissi Pineridge Impress 905-985-2839 135 North Port Road, Port Perry www.pineridgeimpress.ca Your Name is Our Business OSU a Embroidery Graphic Design ‘Warranty available Engraving * Screen Printing Good, reliable vehicles Things go better with MILK! Family business leads to a very personal collection bein many collector’s, Tim English does not have just == thous lonsing 166 Reach Industrial page a Port Perry 905-985-: CASE 1H SCOUT™ MEET THE CASE IH SCOUT - HERE TO HELP YOU WORK, PLAY & EXPLORE MORE. HUB INTERNATIONAL 14795 Hwy. 12, Port Perry 905-982-1500 + 866-882-5271 12 Golden Mile Rd., Lindsay 705-324-6136 * 800-267-8665 24 FOCUS - MARCH 2011 MARCH. FOCUS.32.indd 24 that he focuses his time on, however, family history has shaped his biggest collection. Tim collects spe- cific dairy related items from the company that his great grandfather started in Toronto in the late 1890s. Tim and his wife Karen are new Port Perry residents, having moved to this area in June of last year. They came all the way from Uxbridge, where they lived for six years, after having spent nineteen years in Mount Albert. Tim’s family goes a long way back in this area that he now calls home. His great-great grandfather resided in Seagrave, where he died in 1867. He had a son Thomas, and it was Thomas who is responsible for Tim’s lifelong passion for family history and family collectibles. 1omas English and his wife Mary Blakely left this area in the 1890s, moved to Toronto and bought Green’s Dairy which, ina short time, became the T. English Dairy Company. Tim comes alive when he starts talking about his great grandfather’s dairy company and how it led him to collect the remnants of a bygone era. He proudly states that the T. English Dairy started with a one horse-drawn cart plying the streets of Toronto. This was before the days and peopl ply walked out their front doors to thee cart and, ladle in hand, drew the fresh milk they needed. In 1909 Thomas was kicked by a horse and died of complications. It was probably soon after this, Tim be- lieves, that the company changed its name to Olive Farm. The Olive Farm slogan was “You can whip our cream, but Please turn to page 26 Tim English, of Port Perry, has been collecting for most of his life. In fact, he admits collecting is his passion. Among his most prized Dairy, which was started by his grandfather in the early 1900s. Tim is seen at right with just a few of his prized possessions. J. Peter Hvidsten

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