Do you have a good place for a sign?

We are working on many more locations related to the Meaford Tidbits History project. Meaford – Historical tidbits about the town of Meaford

We are looking for property owners willing to display a sign on their building, or on a post on their property. If you have a publicly visible location that relates to any of the following topics, would you like to host a plaque?

Town Life

• Sykes Street Apartments
• Deliveries
• Bright’s Drug Store (now the Bank of Nova Scotia)
• The Starlight Hotel
• The Armoury
• The Military
• Earthquakes and Meteors
• Horses

Places

• Meaford’s History
• Meaford Hospital
• Beautiful Joe Park
• The Meaford Museum
• Churches
• The Catholic Church
• The Anglican Church
• The Capitol Theatre and Blue Water Hotel
• The Old Meaford Library
• The 1883 fire of Meaford Express’ Newspaper Office

Schools

• Meaford Elementary School
• Meaford District High School
• Georgian Bay Secondary School
• Teachers

Recreation

• Kids Recreation
• Swimming
• Teen Town Dances
• The Citizen’s Band
• Band competitions
• Market Square

Specialized Days

• Fowl Day
• Farm Implement Day
• The Grease Pole
• Donkey Baseball
• Scarecrows

Famous People

• Harold and Wallace Brown
• The Bird (Guy Sparrow)
• The Knight Clan
• John Muir
• W. F. Riley
• William Dixon
• L. E. Shore
• Melville “Sparky” Vail
• Lyman Duff
• Chuck & Margot Finley
• Frederick Haines
• Andrew Gawley

Work and Industry

• Mail delivery
• Phone operators
• Factory workers
• The Nighthawks
• Bovell Brothers Ltd
• Factory Operations
• The Apple Industry
• Amerock
• Seed cleaning

Trains

• Station Hill
• The Freight Train
• Train Station Accident
• Immigrating to Meaford by Train
• Special trains: The Ski Trains
• Special trains: The Bunny Trains
• Special trains: The Smalls
• Special trains: Fishing Trains

Shipping and Boats

• Ships
• Dredging the Harbour
• Ships and Coal
• Pilings

• Richardson’s
• Fishing
• The Colours of the Harbour

Stores

• Cleland’s Hardware, Jo Walker’s Hardware, Clint Erskin’s Hardware, McDonald’s Hardware, Kerr Hardware
• The other Hamley’s
• Bardeau’s Emporium

Mischief

• Pennies on the Rail Lines
• Halloween
• Halloween and Farmers
• The Police
• The Car on Ice
• Jail cells and Teens

If you think you can help by hosting a sign on your property, let us know!