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      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.

      Built 1913, originally as a two room school, but due to high attendance an extra room was added. Described as “a modern school, with new equipment and an excellent library.”

      Destroyed by fire in March 1928, at a cost of $13,000. Cause of fire unknown. Newspaper clipping revealed that an individual ran into the building and brought out 1500 rounds of ammunition and rifles used by the cadets at the school.

      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 school was located beside the current Baptist Community Church (Eldon Road, north of four corners.) It was built in 1913 and destroyed by fire in 1928.

      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 …

      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.

      Video was filmed at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto by Dr. George C.R. Hall in the 1920s. A copy of this video was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      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 trip took four hours.

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

      "Finally a new school of two rooms was built around 1913. By then I was in the senior room and we had washrooms in the basement." George C.R. Hall's words.

      “Our teacher was a renowned character throughout the area, very strict but fair. Ink spots on the floor or desk were not left for the janitor. The unlucky one who did the mischief cleaned it up and kept at it until Mr. Charles was satisfied. Carving initials on furniture was …

      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 …