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Pickles and packing part of the lore behind Newmarket's newest heritage house

Pickles and packing part of the lore behind Newmarket's newest heritage house

HIstory Hound Richard MacLeod provides highlights of the once prominent local family, as well as a primer on heritage designation, following council's initial decision to designate the Charles Denne House
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Remember This, Newmarket: AGO's The Grange has links with 2 prominent Newmarket families

Remember This, Newmarket: AGO's The Grange has links with 2 prominent Newmarket families

In this week's column, History Hound Richard MacLeod highlights the Boulton and Robinson families' connection to the Toronto estate
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Remember This, Newmarket: When women fought for the right to vote

Remember This, Newmarket: When women fought for the right to vote

In this week's Remember This, History Hound Richard MacLeod —whose grandmother was a suffragette — focuses on the history of the suffrage movement close to home and across Canada
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Remember This, Newmarket: Your memories, photographs vital to preserving our heritage

Remember This, Newmarket: Your memories, photographs vital to preserving our heritage

In this week's column, History Hound Richard MacLeod is appealing to readers to share their stories, as well as photos and documents stored in basements and attics
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Remember This, Newmarket: When a little village became a bustling town

Remember This, Newmarket: When a little village became a bustling town

In this week's column, History Hound Richard MacLeod highlights the transformative years of 1850 to 1990 in the town's evolution
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Remember This, Newmarket: When a runaway wife was a man's stolen property

Remember This, Newmarket: When a runaway wife was a man's stolen property

In this week's continuing series, History Hound Richard MacLeod turns to an 1877 case to meet a reader's challenge that he show a local example of the inequality experienced by women
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Remember This, Newmarket: When women fought to be 'persons'

Remember This, Newmarket: When women fought to be 'persons'

In this week's column, History Hound Richard MacLeod begins the first of a three-part series on women's fight for equality in Canada
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Remember This, Newmarket: When soldiers came from across Canada for training

Remember This, Newmarket: When soldiers came from across Canada for training

In this week's column, History Hound Richard MacLeod continues his review of the pivotal years of 1939 and 1940
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Remember this, Newmarket: When workers fought for a 9-hour workday

Remember this, Newmarket: When workers fought for a 9-hour workday

In this week's column, History Hound Richard MacLeod recalls the origins and meaning of Labour Day
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Remember This, Newmarket: When hundreds of prominent 'old boys' returned for reunion

Remember This, Newmarket: When hundreds of prominent 'old boys' returned for reunion

In this week's column, History Hound Richard MacLeod highlights two pivotal years in Newmarket's history, 1939 and 1940, following the Great Depression
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