Barrie Archive

The Barrie Historical Archive is committed to capturing Barrie’s rich history in an archive where photos, videos, stories & events are promoted and celebrated.

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https://t.co/tFw5GzQAd5 The Barrie Archive's historian and storyteller Mary Harris, visits the site of 5 historic hotels in downtown Barrie, recounting incidents and tales from the past.

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Do you eat ice cream in the winter? What is your go-to Barrie spot for a sweet-tooth hankering?

Mary Fletcher Harris explores a sweet old Dunlop Street staple in her latest column for https://t.co/Z3B1ls7N2I. https://t.co/wMoF87m25Y

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IS THIS THING ON? WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT

Brick and mortar? No way. Not for us. The Barrie Historical Archive is online only. We live on that thing called the Inter...Inter...well, it's Inter something anyway. As a matter of fact, it's Barrie's... https://t.co/9bY2SNxoHc

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Friends who joined us on our Places in Time walking tour in September could probably teach their own history lesson about the Glebe Block. But here's another one from Mary! https://t.co/oApKvuIbGY

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LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH...ON THE BARRIE HISTORICAL ARCHIVE

Bring your photo albums, old Barrie-centric documents, stories, memories (and don't forget yourselves) to Barrie City Hall January 26 from 3 to 6 p.m.

At the very least, come for the... https://t.co/MZ7LcY5fYq

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Like so many in this city, the Barrie Historical Archive owes much to Willard Kinzie and Ross Archer. https://t.co/yK3SemBh7c

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The brave Borden McCutcheon is one of many brave Canadians who made the ultimate sacrifice so we could be free.

But his sacrifice said more than a million photo albums ever could.... https://t.co/EnNfOOeEnC

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The Barrie Historical Archive could use a hand!

Are you interested in an exciting volunteer group that promotes and preserves Barrie's rich heritage? Do you want to contribute to our archive? Write in... https://t.co/3CNcs32dp3

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The Barrie Historical Archive is thankful for all who joined and supported us during the Places In Time: A Nostalgic Walking Tour of Downtown Barrie on September 29.

Learn more about it and email... https://t.co/Efh4d2QnxX

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EXTRA! EXTRA! Two days remain until Places In Time: A Nostalgic Walking Tour of Downtown Barrie!

We're willing to bet on some turnover in... https://t.co/tIlsFOP5kl

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Here it is, the view from Homestead Artisan Bakery + Cafe, where we will start Places In Time: A Nostalgic Walking... https://t.co/xq9MQRSfWG

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Come by sailboat, if you must! Just don't miss out on Places In Time: A Nostalgic Walking Tour of Downtown Barrie, led by our very own Mary Fletcher... https://t.co/0BoDGoAoOM

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When was the first time you really stopped and took a look at this city? When was the last?

Picture the evolution of our downtown core at Places In Time: A Nostalgic Walking Tour of Downtown Barrie on September 29. Tour starts at Homestead Artisan... https://t.co/KqfR85AT0c

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FINAL ENTRY, FROM BARRIE WITH LOVE

Read as a maturing Peggy Newman copes with the casualties of war in these last letters home to her family in... https://t.co/VToLEK1IGe

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Were you in Barrie when Terry Fox ran his marathon of hope through our city's borders? Do you continue to support to his legacy in the Terry Fox Run 2018 - Barrie to this day, nearly four decades later?

More amazing memories at https://t.co/R3DXo27sg8.

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CHRISTMAS 1941 FAST APPROACHING FOR PEGGY NEWMAN

Ready for another read? Miss Peggy Newman enjoys a Sadie Hawkins dance and a moving Remembrance Day memorial assembly at Barrie Central Collegiate as her parents await her letters back home in Britain. https://t.co/lN69gXdX8m

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The Glebe Block, on the south side of Dunlop Street East, is one of several areas we will explore during Places... https://t.co/SmhmYXbOSk

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READ ANOTHER LETTER FROM MISS PEGGY NEWMAN

Catch the fifth instalment in this exciting Barrie Historical Archive blog series, From Barrie with Love, as Peggy goes... https://t.co/IMpZ4PgXFp

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Chilling as it is, our own Mary Fletcher Harris is attracted to death.

Check out the latest mysterious tale Mary spins for https://t.co/Z3B1ls7N2I this week, detailing deaths in the Hinds family. https://t.co/wPbH3iDuJZ

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READ THE FOURTH INSTALMENT, LETTERS FROM MISS PEGGY NEWMAN

It's summer 1941, and Peggy Newman is in a noisy, smoky officers' mess on Camp Borden, selling cigarettes... https://t.co/7nESaAN1st