Résultats

      This video shows George C.R. Hall playing baseball in the early 1920's. He is the player that is up to bat. A copy of this video was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      This barn raising video takes place at the home of one of Dr. George Wesley Hall's brothers near Zion Church in the 1920's. A copy of this video was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      The plane landed north of Little Britain. Notice the hockey rink.

      Video shows the flood of Little Britain and surrounding area in March 1917. The white building shown early in the video is the Blacksmith's shop which flooded quite regularly each spring. The boy in the video is riding the ice. The ice jam under the bridge was freed by using …

      Little Britain Public School SS No. 8 which was built in 1913 and opened in 1914. It was destroyed by fire in 1928. It was located beside the current Baptist Community Church on Eldon Road, north of the four corners.

      This open air rink was located at the site of the current Little Britain arena.

      Location was at the current site of the Little Britain Arena.

      Located beside current day Little Britain Community Baptist Church on Eldon Road. The school was re-built after the fire in 1928. Today the school is an apartment complex.

      The video shows Dr. George C.R. Hall's wife (Doris Marie Knight) at the beginning. Dr. George C.R. is pictured throughout, and the women at the end are his mother and grandmother in the 1920s. A copy of this video was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on …

      The first game was between the Oshawa Generals and the ORHA League All Stars.

      Dr. George C.R. Hall’s snow car, was a 1925 Ford truck with skis on the front and wheels covered with chains on the back. This allowed the doctor to travel over the snow drifts. Dr. Hall promised his wife the snow car would never tip over but it did, with …

      The trip took four hours.

      The following comment accompanies the photo in the presentation: “I believe the first moving picture I saw was Charles Chaplin in One A.M. While my parents were shopping in Toronto at Eaton’s, I would sometimes go across Yonge St. to The Red Mill theatre and spend an hour watching motion …

      This is a photograph of Dr. George C.R. Hall, taken in 1916 or 1917, accompanied by two friends. Names were not provided for the friends. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      During the summer months George C.R. Hall worked at his uncle’s 200-acre farm, located four miles away. He rode his bicycle back and forth daily, starting at seven A.M. and finishing by six P.M. or later. “All the grain on a 200-acre farm was pitched by me onto the wagons …

      The following comment accompanies the photo in the presentation: “This job took up much of my time for the next several weeks. Threshing would require two or three days, and this was done by the threshing gang, who operated a steam engine and used wood which had to be prepared …

      "Whether its insides and churning parts were ever washed I do not know, but we licked every part clean and ate huge amounts during the evening (a modern ice cream brick would just be a few spoonfuls in comparison). About 5 A.M. we would be up to watch the steer …

      Dr. George Wesley Hall had been practising medicine at this home since 1896.

      This photo shows George C.R. Hall as an infant. He was born September 5, 1901 at his parents' King Street South (renamed Eldon Road) home in Little Britain. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      This photo shows George C.R. Hall as an infant. He was born September 5, 1901 at his parents' King Street South (renamed Eldon Road) home in Little Britain. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.