In March 2020, during the great COVID-19 lockdown, television producer Craig Colby’s work disappeared. He marked the time by wearing a different baseball hat every day, posting a picture with a story about each one on social media. A community of friends started sharing their hats and stories, too. After 125 days, Craig ran out...
The point is often made that our world of instantaneous communication through the internet was foreshadowed by the telegraph in the nineteenth century. Graeme Roy, a docent and board member of the Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario, will give us an intimate glimpse of “How the telegraph connected Canadians in the early years of Confederation”. He will reinforce...
Stayner Heritage Society Annual Meeting will be held on May 17th, 2023, at Stayner Community Centre, 269 Regina Street commencing at 7 p.m. Our guest speaker will be Brian Pounder. Brian was an original founder of our Heritage Society and we look forward to his SHS reflections over the past 25 years.
Join us and author Ron Brown as we travel back to a time when the railway ruled the economy and the landscape. Based on Ron’s book, Rails Across Ontario, this presentation will take us to places in Ontario that retain vestiges of our railway heritage, including old stations, roundhouses and other often forgotten railway structures,...
Join us for a program in the galleries once a month when we discuss the life and times of a famous or infamous person or event from the past. Free admission. No reservations required.
