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.W. Pe entland: = tchmakek 5 Jeweller inhi | XH ends Watch G. W. Pentland je store sign, uncovered itions of the Emmerson Insurance building, in November 2011. SIGH OF 7 BYGONE ERA he Emmerson Insurance building, 193 une Street, Port Perry, has been undergoing a metamorphosis over the last few months and is now reflecting an image much closer to its original 1885 design. While undergoing renovations last Novem- ber, construction workers uncovered the faded old G. W. Pentland sign, which had been buried under the building’s former blue facade. We're certain a num- ber of Port Perry residents will remember Pentland the jewellery store from Mr. i I.R. Bentley. Mr. Bentley had owned and operated his popular jewellery busi- A section of the north side of Queen Street, taken about 1974, shows Emmerson Insurance and George W. Pentland jewellery store. Emmerson Insurance moved into the Pentland location at 193 Queen St, in 1975. ness from this location for 40 years, before selling to Mr. Pentland. Pentland Jewellery operated successfully from this location until about 1974, when he moved to the south side of Queen St. into the building now occupied by Brock’s On Foot. Pentland’s continued in business until 1996. George Emmerson, owner of Emmerson Insurance, operated his business in the build- ing east and adjacent to the former Pentland Jewellery store. After Pentland’s moved, Mr. Emmerson renovated and moved into that building. The family insurance business, now oper- Emmerson Insurance building at 193 Queen Street as it looked ated by Larry Emmerson, has run its business in late 1950, when it was occupied by jewellery store owner I.R. Bentley. from that address since 1975. FOCUS - JANUARY 2012 7 01. JANUARY Revised.indd 7 441248 10:20AM