-What is this ??
- worked there but the name is escaping me. Maybe Varian or something like that. Think they put together electrical parts.
-Not Varian at all. It’s the Papermill
-Provincial papers. On the north side of the train station.
- Ohhh. What became Abitibi?
-It shows the rail line that went past Smith and Stone and up to Terra Cotta and the Cheltenham brick works.
- Domtar?
-This brings back some memories. I redesigned some of the trackage in the foreground for the GO layover facilities when I worked for CN’s Engineering Dept in the mid-80’s.
-Abitibi! So many local men were employed there and never complained about it. :)
-Abitibi my uncle Don loved working there
-My uncle Don working in the boiler room, under that big big smoke stack.
-I think mine ran something called the calendar
-ya a calendar takes the curl out of coated paper..
-So many worked there over the yrs, the list would be endless...
-I remember the giant rolls of paper they would unload from the train siding at the front.
-Could have been something else Glen Malchin. It wasn't the cas coater or the other tall machines
- I think they called the basement the yard.
-And everyone's favorite the bailer
-Everyone could go and get free small rolls of paper.
-My dad "The Gov" worked there for many years as did Uncle Hughie.
-didn’t Ross work there too?
-No Glen, Ross & Jamie worked across the road at Domtar
- ya right on Paul, I knew Ross was at one of the paper mills before he worked at the hospital..
-Worked often with the Gov and Hugh :)
-My dad worked there for over 40 years
-My Dad, Lorne Gawley worked there for years!
-And every kid within walking distance got free paper if you asked.
-Both my parents worked there...Jack and Maxine (MacDougall) Lowin. Dad worked there 20 years. As kids, we always had lots of scrap paper for crafts :)
-The first house you see on the road on the left side was my home 6 St Michael Street until I was 23 :)
- wow the good old days. Thanks for showing me. Miss our days back there.
-I lived on Rosetta Street, but doesn’t look like it was built in this picture.
-I really enjoy these pictures Bonnie. I didn't come to Georgetown until 1988 so it is so interesting. Thanks for posting them!!
-I love all these pics from Georgetown, brings back such fond memories Thank you for posting them
-Where is this?
-River Dr. and Rosetta St. Across the tracks from GO station parking lot.
-Who remembers the gold paper?
-I see the house we grew up in! I’ll be darned.
-Wow! My parents house was built in 1948 across the street. Still there since 1977 when they moved in Pat Morey. My brother and I would get big sheets of paper to draw on and play hide and seek around the building. Crazy..thanks for sharing
-Your parents bought that house from me.
-The photo doesnt show how steep the John Street hill really is.
-oh yes it was steep and gravel. We moved in to the McCartney house in the early 60’s. My parents picked up lots of kids from the front of the house who spun out on the gravel coming down the hill on their bikes.
-The brakes on bikes did little to slow you down coming down that hill, if you had brakes!
- worked there but the name is escaping me. Maybe Varian or something like that. Think they put together electrical parts.
-Not Varian at all. It’s the Papermill
-Provincial papers. On the north side of the train station.
- Ohhh. What became Abitibi?
-It shows the rail line that went past Smith and Stone and up to Terra Cotta and the Cheltenham brick works.
- Domtar?
-This brings back some memories. I redesigned some of the trackage in the foreground for the GO layover facilities when I worked for CN’s Engineering Dept in the mid-80’s.
-Abitibi! So many local men were employed there and never complained about it. :)
-Abitibi my uncle Don loved working there
-My uncle Don working in the boiler room, under that big big smoke stack.
-I think mine ran something called the calendar
-ya a calendar takes the curl out of coated paper..
-So many worked there over the yrs, the list would be endless...
-I remember the giant rolls of paper they would unload from the train siding at the front.
-Could have been something else Glen Malchin. It wasn't the cas coater or the other tall machines
- I think they called the basement the yard.
-And everyone's favorite the bailer
-Everyone could go and get free small rolls of paper.
-My dad "The Gov" worked there for many years as did Uncle Hughie.
-didn’t Ross work there too?
-No Glen, Ross & Jamie worked across the road at Domtar
- ya right on Paul, I knew Ross was at one of the paper mills before he worked at the hospital..
-Worked often with the Gov and Hugh :)
-My dad worked there for over 40 years
-My Dad, Lorne Gawley worked there for years!
-And every kid within walking distance got free paper if you asked.
-Both my parents worked there...Jack and Maxine (MacDougall) Lowin. Dad worked there 20 years. As kids, we always had lots of scrap paper for crafts :)
-The first house you see on the road on the left side was my home 6 St Michael Street until I was 23 :)
- wow the good old days. Thanks for showing me. Miss our days back there.
-I lived on Rosetta Street, but doesn’t look like it was built in this picture.
-I really enjoy these pictures Bonnie. I didn't come to Georgetown until 1988 so it is so interesting. Thanks for posting them!!
-I love all these pics from Georgetown, brings back such fond memories Thank you for posting them
-Where is this?
-River Dr. and Rosetta St. Across the tracks from GO station parking lot.
-Who remembers the gold paper?
-I see the house we grew up in! I’ll be darned.
-Wow! My parents house was built in 1948 across the street. Still there since 1977 when they moved in Pat Morey. My brother and I would get big sheets of paper to draw on and play hide and seek around the building. Crazy..thanks for sharing
-Your parents bought that house from me.
-The photo doesnt show how steep the John Street hill really is.
-oh yes it was steep and gravel. We moved in to the McCartney house in the early 60’s. My parents picked up lots of kids from the front of the house who spun out on the gravel coming down the hill on their bikes.
-The brakes on bikes did little to slow you down coming down that hill, if you had brakes!
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