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Curry's Funeral Parlor..... I had heard at one time that this was my granduncle, Senator Wm Mac Donald's, estate. Now I am beginning to disbelieve that info. His property was called Brooklands and it consisted of 30 acres at the corner of George Street and Trinity Avenues. His son lived there until the 1950's. Senator's Corners in Glace Bay was named after Senator "Billy" as he was known.........William Norin
Curry's Funeral Home is still in business under the direction of descendants of Wm. Curry. It is still a local family business. They have moved the business to the old MacRae (his wife a MacIntyre relative of mine) estate on Main Street. The old residence on King Edward Street is now the Will Bridge B&B, operated by a grand daughter of William and Bridget Curry. Ann Capstick
I'm not sure this counts as nostalgia quite yet, but my best recollection is that both Woolco (now Walmart) in Sydney River and K-mart (now defunct, building being used as a call centre) on Grand Lake Road opened in the spring of 1964, within a few weeks of each other. I had just returned to Glace Bay after my first year in university to work at the Seaboard Power Plant at the end of Lake Road, and a lot of the people one or two years behind me in high school were hoping for summer
work at the newly opened stores.......Doug Grant
The one in Sydney is indeed located at George and Trinity, across George St. from Wentworth Park and across Trinity Avene from Christ Church Anglican. Brookland Street is the next street north of there, on the other side of the church. I'm not sure who the original owner of this magnificent old home was, though. ........ Doug Grant"I believe that Senator Mac Donald was the original owner of this property. His address was 755 George Street and his letterhead read, "Brooklands", George Street at Trinity Avenue.
I would still like to know if this sounds correct. I would also like to see the picture in Owen Fitgerald's collection which supposedly shows the house overlooking the town of Sydney. It consisted of 30 acres with a brook running through it....... Bill Norin
I know Curry's is still there. They are related to me, or so I've been told for years.
Just a little story about the funeral home. This happened when my Dad, was in his late teens in the late 1920's. Dad, one of the Curry boys, and another friend, more than once were in the back room where bodies were prepared, and would soak their feet in a bucket of formaldehyde. They must have had the windows opened as its a wonder they didn't gas themselves.
There was a homeless man that use to come to the funeral home to warm himself up and often spent the night. This particular night they decided to have some fun with him. So Dad was prepared as if burial. His friends powdered his face and hands to look like his was deceased. He climbed into the casket, laid down and pretended to be dead, just as the homeless man came in. Dad friends pretended they were grieving for him and the man went over to pay his respects to my father. All was quiet, as the man leaned over to peer at Dad, at which time my father slowly sat up in the casket. The man got such a fright he turned to run and put his foot in the bucket, as he made for the door and his escape.
I asked Dad what they did than. He said they knew they were in trouble because Mr. Curry was coming on the tear to find out what all the commotion was about.
Dad and his friend dove out the window, and Mr. Curry's son stayed put, explaining to his father that the man was tipsey and he had to chase him out. I asked if they got caught and he said no but he and his friend darn near froze to death waiting for Mr. Curry's leave......Juanita MacDonald
Curry's Funeral Home is still in business under the direction of descendants of Wm. Curry. It is still a local family business. They have moved the business to the old MacRae (his wife a MacIntyre relative of mine) estate on Main Street. The old residence on King Edward Street is now the WillBridge B&B, operated by a grand daughter of William and Bridget Curry..... Ann Capstick
I've enjoyed all the memories of Cape Breton as my grandmother, Catherine Ferguson grew up in Glace Bay. It was interesting reading about the funerals at home, as this was what my family did for many of my grandparents. I remember the wreaths with their colored ribbons - purple for adults and white for a child. Thank you all for your shared "memories"....... Annabelle
I remember those wreaths hanging outside doors when I was a child.....and its strange, even now, at Christmas Time..... when I see the many Christmas Wreaths hanging beside doorways .....I think of the previous meaning a Wreath hanging outside the doorway..... Agnes Wilton
I think of my Da's story of when he was a boy and when his parents took them on a " trip" to Sydney from New Waterford. I chuckled much when he said Granda made them go to bed early as they had a " big" trip ahead of them. [This would have been in the 40's]
Nanny would pack a huge lunch.....and bring a few blankets along , Granda brought extra gas and a spare tire!...
Da says the car was loaded down for their all day trip..... I laughed and said...isn't Sydney about 12 or so miles from New Waterford????...His reply....." Yep!"..... and the two of us laugh!
" But it was a big thing in them days...." He says.... " you wouldn't believe the commotion over us going to Sydney for the day."......Ann{ MacDonald } Batten
In response to a comment I saw on another message, the tram tracks left the terminal at Reserve, and travelled along the right side Dominion Street, through Steel's Hill, Passchendaele (#11), until it reached Brookside St., turned left and then proceeded the length of the right side of Brookside to the foot of South St., turned left and proceeded up the length of Commercial St., left onto Lower Main, and right onto McKeen St., and from there more or less followed the present main road to and through New Aberdeen. It then followed Connaught Ave. to Bridgeport (Main St. again), turned right and on through Dominion.
From the lower end of Dominion it turned left and made its way to the terminal in Reserve.
A single track also ran from the terminal into Sydney, but I cannot remember the exact route it took through Sydney....... Jim Roberts
There are still traces of this track in the area of the Sydney Glace Bay Highway...Robert McNeil.
I remember, faintly, one day when my brother, Jack, and I decided to find out just how far the tram actually went. We got on the tram on Commercial Street and continued on until it got to Dominion when the conductor said"Ok boys this is the end of the line! We had thought that we could just do the complete circle and end up back in New Aberdeen. Wrong. We had a long walk back from Dominion to the Hub.
Speaking of the Hub. How many remember the terrible smell of the stone dump at the Hub burning. It burnt for a long, long time.
In the Bay we had an even worse smell! How about the odors coming from Cadigan's Fishmeal cooker at the Wharf.
There used to be boxing matches at the Miners fourm at one time. However; after the boxing matches was when the real fights began either in the forum or on Main or Commercial Streets.
As well in that area was where one could get the best hotdog ever for only a nickle--Steve's poolroom. The area on Main Street was taken over by Iggey's Tavern--a real downhomer memory place. Steve and John then moved into the basement of the Marcodonis building which they owened. Quite a number of us boy's whiled away a few hours there in our misspent youth. And who can forget the fantastic Bay Boys ball teams. And the "Bucket of Blood" at the Hub where the boys from New Waterford would come looking for the best looking girls on the Island!!! ..........Tony McNeil, from the Hub living in Ottawa
Of course there is other places on CBI.... such as "Waterford" and I remember the cab stand owned and operated by "Boozer Gillis" the phone number was 501.....
My brother Cec Wilton worked the phones at night and played poker all night long and also bottlegged at the same time from the stand at 14 and 15 yrs of age ...... of course unknown to our parents..... I remember many 3 and 4 digit phone numbers... Agnes Wilton
I don't remember any other Gillis' living on Plummer Ave.....I knew many other Gillis' families tho.... There was a Gillis (Bernie) family who lived down 14 around 13th Street..... There was also Gillis' who lived across the street (West Avenue),(known years before that as Victoria Street) He was Angus (the moose) Gillis.... Then there were Gillis' I knew in the square ..... none of these families were related ...
I know "Boozer Gillis "came from New Waterford. Cape Breton... as I do, and his name I am not too sure of... it would take me a day or so to find out.... as my brother knew him very well. I remember him, he owned and operated Town Taxi.... ps...I also remember Boozers little boy had the same nickname...and he was no more than 5 or 6.....He was "Little Boozer" and was always in the car with his Dad...... Agnes Wilton
Let me correct myself so there is no confusion. When I say on the corner of Plumber and King it is not exactly true. Poirier's lived right at the corner and Boozer lived in the next house down Plumber...for clarification.
Agnes, Alexander "Boozer" Gillis did live on the lower end of Plumber Ave in the 1960s, at the corner of King and Plumber (across from where the KFC currently is) and the house is still there. .
Boozer also had a son, Ronald, who drove the bus between Sydney and New Waterford..... Thom McCabe.
The following Glace Bay memory is not mine - but rather from the memoirs of Flora Hallie MacQuarrie Marsh, my great-aunt. The following was written in the early 1920's. I hope you enjoy this......When I was two years old Father (Archie MacQuarrie) built a large house on what is now known as Commercial Street and which is now the very center of the town. At that time there were just three houses on the street: Henry McArelis, then ours, then up at the corner was Senator MacDonald's, and that is still known as "Senator's Corner".
We had a nice comfortable house: 14 rooms; a large garden; lots of flowers; a big barn with always two horses, sometimes four cows, and a lot of chickens; and just before Christmas my Father always got a couple of turkeys and geese to fatten up for the Christmas feast. Behind the barn was a lovely big field with a pond on it, on which we all learned to skate in the winter.
... my Father, who all these years had been manager of the Company's store, built a store and went into business for himself. My oldest brother (Bert) was in business with him and he married Belle Morrison and Father built a very nice home near us. I remember well the first telephone that was installed was in my grandfather Hitchen's drugstore. Anyone who wished to phone came there and paid the toll. Later they installed several phones in business places in town and one of my sisters was the "central" for a while. Later on we had electric lights installed and it was a great event when Mayor Burchell first turned on the power. I remember that I used to be afraid the lamps would explode; but we soon got used to them as we do everything new. The electric tramway next followed and that was a wonderful thing to be able to go to Sydney every hour day or night instead of only twice a day as previously.... Ellen Ingraham Giglia
Today most of us think of going to the funeral home to view the remains, and pay our respects. This was not always the case. The remains of the deceased were prepared at the funeral home and than brought to the family home. The remains were set up in the livingroom for the wake. Curtains were drawn and candles lite and it took on a very sombre effect. The family dressed in black to show they were in mourning. Once the final preparations were done the wreath was hung on the door. This was the sign that the family was prepared to receive those wishing to pay their last respects. For the next two days and nights someone would sit with the remains. The decease was never left alone during that time. Burial was on the third day. During this time no meals were cooked in the house. All was prepared by neighbours, friends and other family relatives. All the family's needs were attended to by others, during this time of the family's grief. Children weren't shielded from death like so many of them are today. We were expected just like the adults to pay our respects. If we were considered to young we were with our parents, as we grew older we may have went alone or with a friend and someone would lead us to the casket to say a pray and than quietly leave. Even as small children we knew not to play anywhere around the home, during this time. If we were just walking by the house we were to walk quietly. The whole street seem to pay homage to the deceased by becoming quiet. Even to this day I can still remember how quiet and still the street seemed to be at this time.
Years before undertakers were available the body was washed, and dressed, laid out on a covered board with a pillow beneath it's head. Some were laid out in their bed. This was not done by family members but by the women neighbours. A local carpenter would build the casket, at no cost to the family and the body would only be placed in the casket when it was to be taken to the church and burial. Pallbearers were never family members, but friends of the deceased.The dress code was black for the family of the deceased. The women were dressed in black, and a widow was expected to wear black for two years after the death of her husband. The men wore black suits, ties, and white shirts. If a black suit wasn't available, the suit would be dark in colour with a black arm band. Young boys wore dark pants, white shirts, and black arm bands.
In most communities there would be a local carpenter who was regularly called upon to build the casket. My husband's grandfather Murdoch MacDonald of Dunakyn (Glencoe District) was one of those men as was his father Roderick before him. Stories would abound that the casket maker would know when he'd be called upon to build a casket. The night or two before a death occurred, lights could be seen in his workroom and sawing of boards and hammering could be plainly heard. In the morning the work tools would be found to have been moved.....Juanita MacDonaldMy grandparents were married at St. Paul's Church in 1909. My grandmother was the organist and lead the choir there before her marriage......Ellen Giglia
Dr. Cyril Dooley - Dentist in New Waterford was my granduncle. He had to give up his practice. He later opened a candy store in North Sydney on Purves Street across from his family home. I used to love to go in to visit him on my way home from school. He died in 1959. I remember him as a kind and gentle man..... Irene (Lionais) McArthur
Most stores that sold TVs at that time would have one in the window. It was not unusual to see a a dozen or so people standing around watching a show. A speaker was usually hooked up outside. That is how I saw my first TV program in front of Sammy Karrel's Furniture Store.. Of course some times you had to wait for a program and only the test pattern was on. These test patterns were apparently important for repairmen to properly tune in a TV.... Robert McNeil
My dad used to tell us that when TV first came to Cape Breton his very old great-uncle from "up the country" would insist on getting cleaned up to watch. He figured that if he could see all those people on TV maybe they could see him too! .... Linda McLean
My mother remembers when TV first came to the town and watching a favorite program that the whole family gathered in front of the TV to watch..... "Plouffe Family", ...she loved that show. Does anyone recall it?........ Ann MacDonald Batten
I certainly remember watching the "new thing" TV..... It was called the Plouffe Family....... and also watching the very young Liberachy on Sunday night...... another she well watched was Lawrence Welch. Wow... that's a long time ago.... Agnes Wilton
One of my favorites, I am not sure of the spelling either, think it might have been 'Plouffe'. It was about a French family and I remember watching it back in the 50's. If I remember correctly the family lived above a store and most of the show was based in their kitchen. Much like Jackie Gleason's show the 'Honeymooners.' T.V. in those days didn't start till either 4 p.m. or 5 p.m. Your parents will also remember Ann Terry's show, and Don Messer Show. It was quite a treat to watch the Barn Dances. Where each week they'd have 'square sets' performed by dance teams from different communities around the island. In those days there were competitions all over the island and the best would appear on T.V. ..... Juanita MacDonald.
The show was the PLOUFFE Family and was about a French family who lived somewhere in Quebec and it was hilarious. The things they got involved in were funny.... Rita Offer
I remember the Plouffe's; It was from Quebec and was also on the french channel. There was mama and papa and Guillium and Cecile who finally married the "Bus Driver "Onusime". The brother was a "hockey player" for the "Canadians" They spoke with french accent's and it was probably classed as a sitcom soap. I was very disappointed when it was canceled.
I also remember that the first night of T.V. was a set in "Thompson and Sutherland" hardware store on Plummer Ave and the first night everyone gathered but all we saw was the test pattern. It wasn't too many days before we actually saw a news cast or something but it was an exciting time..... Rita Cashin
One time that my Dad had a contract to paint a Light House in "Christmas Island" area and he came home on week-ends and after the first week he came home and was killing himself laughing. Apparently the two gents who ran the light house were quite comical and made for some cute stories but the best one was when "The Don Messer Show" came on and the guys would get all excited when the "Buchta " dancers came on the screen with their crinolines full short skirts. Dad noticed that the two guys would get right close to the screen and would kind of look up under the skirts. He watched this with interest and then asked them what they were doing. The were trying to see up under the skirts. I guess Dad had to leave the room rather than embarrass the guys by laughing.
I remember the radio shows, running home at lunch to listen to "Laura Limited, and Pepper Youngs Family and then dash back to school. The other shows we listened to were "Fibber MacGees Family, The Gillans (from Halifax), The Happy Gang, I was a Communist for the FBI (with Dana Andrews), The friendly Undertaker Digger O'Dell, Boston Blackie, The Gilder Sleeves, Amos & Andy and The Inner Sanctum. Anyone else remember them. There was also one about an Invisible Man but can't remember the name. Those were the days when your imagination could really take flight...... Rita Offer
The dancers were the Gunta Buchta Dancers -- my oldest step-daughter was one of them!
Yes, their crinolines and skirts were short for that time period -- but great to watch! ....Muriel M. Davidson
We were one of the first in out neighborhood to get have a TV and all the kids in the area used to come and watch it with us... and also those first TV's were black and white and you could but a bluish colored clear plastic that you could stick on the screen to make it look colored ...... wow....... you are really opening up my mind..... Agnes Wilton
Here's one that ought to get you laughing...... Now, let me say up front , with all honesty...my Da can b.s. with the best of them, and likes to keep me laughing, so I don't know if he's pulling a fast one on me or what? but......he says he recalls when the tv first came to Waterford and the signal wasn't up for some time and all that was seen on the screen was the test pattern!...He claims the TV was in the window of Schwartz's on Plummer Ave., with only the test pattern and people would stop to look at it!! ..... Ann Batten
But , you guys think you were filling me in on the piece of colored paper like cellophane that was stuck on the black and white screen to make the show be in color!!! Aha!!!...Da told me about that too, but I wasn't about to admit it to the list as I thought he was really having me on that time!! .... I'd say life sounds like it was way more fun back then.... Ann Batten
When T.V. first came to Dominion. They got one in the Legion and the kids were allowed in to watch T.V. till 6:30 or 7 p.m. Many of us sat there mesmerized by the test pattern waiting for the no. count down till the show began. Needless to say we had to be quiet or get kicked out.
There were a lot of groans if the signal didn't come in right and we missed our favorite show. Just imagine it was all in Black and White. No color back than. I remember a friend of my dad's who got a T.V. and he got a sheet of plastic and tacked it across the screen and told everyone he had a color television. ......... Juanita MacDonald The Carlton Show Band that played on the T.V. show "Pig & Whistle" were an Irish band with Cape Breton ties. Original ban members SEAMUS CREW, Ireland; JOHNNY PATTERSON, Ireland; CHRISTY MCLAUGHLIN, Ireland; MIKE FEENEY, Ireland; SEAN MCMANUS, Ireland; CHRIS O'TOOLE, Ireland; BOBBY LEWIS, Cape Breton; and FREDDIE WHITE, Cape Breton.
They especially loved coming to CAPE BRETON and NEWFOUNDLAND to play, their music and everyone loved them....... Juanita MacDonald
What ever happened to the 'Pig 'N Whistle'? Wasn't that a Cape Breton show? I really liked that show, and was disappointed to find it was not on the air after I moved back East. The Cape Breton content was excellent, I thought..... George Sanborn
It was during Jimmie P. MacNeil's term as mayor that the New Waterford Consolidated Hospital was built. The building was commenced in 1961 and completed in April of 1963. They officially opened on the occasion of the town's Golden Jubilee.
My uncle Russell Wilton also was engineer at the hospital when it was built, he was also involved with getting an arena (skating, I believe)built....another uncle Rannie (my Dad's twin) had race horses ..... and many many years ago, the same, Rannie Wilton had a "gas station/garage on the corner of Plummer ave and King Street.... I remember going there as a kid and he'd let me use the cash register..... and give change to customers..... my Wilton family were a very prominent family in Waterford and Cape Breton ........ Agnes Wilton
D.V. MacDonald, aka.. "Pithorse MacDonald", was my great Uncle, now Deceased, ...Daniel Vincent was taken in and raised by my great grandparents, Alex. S. & Isabell (McDonald) MacDonald when he was a toddler. I have never found out who his birth parents were, but it seems he was born in Bridgeport -Glace Bay area as he joined the family when they were there, just prior to their move to New Waterford in abt. 1921. I suspect he was indeed somehow related to them..
Early in his councilor career he had somehow got into a tiff with the mayor Jimmie P. when they were inspecting a sewer project. The Mayor was charged by my Uncle Danny and had to attend court on charges of assault. He pleaded guilty and was fined $10 and court costs for "tweeking" my Uncle's nose!!! ..... Ya have to have humor! ...... Ann Wilton
Do you remember "yeast bombs" in the outhouse on Halloween?
I do remember the out houses being tipped over....... and I won't go on..... Halloween night was great..... as we also had fireworks on the same night...... after we would get home from getting our treats, the neighbourhood parents would build a bon fire and have marshmellows and watch the fireworks...... Agnes Wilton
My grandfather Rannie (Ronald Sandford) Wilton, was a rum runner.... does anyone know anything about this line of activity..(so to speak)to St Pierre Miquelon from either Sydney or Glace Bay Harbor..... Agnes Wilton
Oh the memories.!!!...without giving out names, another friend and member of the list was telling me quite awhile back of her great memories when she dated my Uncle Ledger Roach, from the Roach's above, ....She had quite a crush on him , and talked of dances , and the fun had by all way back then in New Waterford. ...... Ann MacDonald Batten
You are so subtle...... and yes I dated Ledger........ oh and what a crush I had on him......I can still see him in my mind... was the most handsome guy in Waterford... and the dances at the strand...... and the roller blading at the Army & Navy Hall..... oh my.... sittin here with a smile on my face, thanks Ann.... by the way..... have you heard any more of Ledger, how is he..... I do still think about him often.... This is kind of funny..... there is a soap called General Hospital, and there is an actor called Sonny Corrinthos... check it out...... that is a carbon copy of Ledger, they say we all have doubles.... well there is his....~~~swooning ~~~ hehehe .... Agnes Wilton
How about some good old humour memories as the Capers have a great sense of humor.? My Da had quite a few stories of the shenanigans he and his brothers got up to as kids in the 40's etc....
Or some coal stories......like my Da sending his brother to Sydney to take the medical for him because he was so small and you had to weigh so much to be hired, how ridiculous is that, and then he laden down his pockets and in the inside of the hem of his jeans with some iron to add weight to himself?........ Ann MacDonald Batten
Oulette's Meat and Grocer was owned and operated by my great Uncle and Aunt, Andrew and Janie {MacLeod} Ouelett ...... Ann MacDonald Batten
I also remeber Oulette's store on plummer ave. You could phone in your order and have it delivered to your door. My sister bought their house and lived there for over twenty years. I remember when Oulette's lived there they had a player piano, that is the one that was also able to play a scroll of music and the keys would move up and down by themselves. it was spookey! until I caught on to the workings of it. ... Rita Cashin
There was at least one Leonard family in Bridgeport around this time--lived above the railway station with several daughters--possibly station master? ... Ann Capstick
King Edward St. ran from McKean St. to Reserve and there is a listing for a Leonard. I don't know which end of King Edward St. the numbers started at though. GLACE BAY EXCHANGE w.p. 44, LEONARD RODGER RODGER, r 12 King Edward .... Juanita MacDonald
When New Waterford was in corporated as a town in 1913 there was a Restaurant there called "Gillis Restaurant" and there was a bakery at Low Point called 'Gillis & MacDonald...... Juanita MacDonald.
Cadegan Drive
I noticed on a map of Cape Breton that there is a Cadegan Drive off of Rt 28 (Kings Rd or Main St.) in between Dominion and Glace Bay. I have also seen reference to Cadegans Brook in this area. As my GG Grandfather, Patrick Cadegan was from the Lingan and Bridgeport area between 1820 and 1871, I am curious as to if this was where he lived. He and a partner named McLeod opened up what eventually became Colliery #8 in Bridgeport in 1858 before selling it in 1863. Would this mine be at the end of this street? Also does anyone know why or how Cadegan's Brook got it's name. ....... Gene Lambert
The name Cadegan was a prominent name in Glace Bay. There was also a large fish plant operated by Cadegans. I can't tell you more than this. I also know that there is a Mc/MacNeil connection to the Cadegan name. I recall my father telling me this many years ago, however, I have never made the connection in my Mc/MacNeil research. I have not followed this discussion so perhaps these connections have already been mentioned..... Robert McNeil
Cadegan Dr. is located on the property that was granted to William Cadegan (Bk.P. p.93, 200 acres) and the grant 7706 (129 acres) to Patrick Cadegan was in the area of where Neville St. is today....... Gene Lambert
My mother who is from Glace Bay remembers some of the following about the Cadegan family. She left Glace Bay in 1947, so these are history notes of her memory. Mother knows that P.J. Cadegan, owner of the fish plant, was about the same age as her own mother who was born in 1885... P.J. Cadegen at one time courted one of the Roach sisters, either Delia or Amelia, who are sisters to my maternal grandmother.
P.J. Cadegan owned the P.J. Cadegan Fishing Plant in Glace Bay, operated from the Glace Bay Harbour. P.J. Cadegan had sons Perry, Donald, Pat and daughter Carmella. They resided on Reserve Street in Glace Bay. Pat was the youngest of the children. Perry, Donald and Pat worked with their dad at the fish plant.
Pat married a girl from Sydney, and had one son Pat Jr., now a doctor practicing in Glace Bay. Pat Sr. was in the Airforce, a pilot in WW II. Pat worked for some years for his father after the war, it is questionable that he moved to central Canada. He took up flying again and was killed in a plane crash. Unkown if this death was in a private or military plane. Perry married a Jean MacLean from South Street in Glace Bay. Lived and died in Glace Bay. House is still at the corner of Reserve and Union Streets. Mother think's that Perry might have been an engineer. Perry was in the Army during WW II. Donald (aka Donnie) married a girl from Glace Bay. Lived and died in Glace Bay. Donnie graduated from St. X. Donnie always wore dark lenned glasses, possibly due to an eye / light problems, as he was not in the military. Carmella married an American. Carmella was back and forth between Glace Bay and the States, but mostly lived in Glace Bay.
Also note: The Louis Frost Notes 1685 to 1962
Dominion No. 8 Colliery, International Mine, Harbour Seam This mine, located at Bridgeport, was originally opened in 1858 by Messrs. Cadegan and MacLeod, who sold it to the International Company in 1863. This mine was in operation on the formation of the Dominion Coal Company in 1893 and was continued in operation by the latter company until July 1st., 1914.
The mine was first opened by driving a level from the shore along the strike of the seam, from which bords were worked at right angles up to the outcrop, the coal being taken off in scows to vessels at anchor in the open bay. Later the International Company sunk a shaft 80 feet deep on the original level. This shaft was located 1200 yards from the shore. This company also built a railway and shipping wharves near the Town of Sydney for the shipment of the coal, and from 1870 the coal was transported to Sydney for shipment to the United States. The mine was worked on a pillar and room system, with pillar extraction. The coal varied between 5 feet and 5 feet 6 inches in height.
In 1906 a pumping shaft 373 feet deep was sunk on the barrier between this mine and No. 9 Colliery. No record is available of the coal produced prior to 1871, but between thatdate and 1914 the colliery produced 5,259,118 long tons of coal...... Carol MacLean
With Ann and Agnes mention of New Waterford, memories flow back of trips to New Waterford which were more plentiful for me than trips to Sydney. It was home to my mother's family. I remember my cousin Carol and I going on a shopping trips with Aunt Belle to downtown NewWaterford. The main shopping district was PLUMMER AVE. which was the heart of NewWaterford.
This post is "special for a dear friend", and may she experience her own memories, and her parents also. No doubt they enjoyed dancing the night away at the STRAND. My own parents thought they held the best dances anywhere around. They were partial to the Strand as that is where they met. Many a lad from Dominion met his sweetheart at the dances at the Strand, in New Waterford.
Jimmie P. MacNeil was mayor of New Waterford from 1954-1965. He also served as councillor 1938-39-41-52
Other councillors who served with him during that time period of being mayor were:
ARTHUR DEWAN - 1963-65
COLIN GRAHAM - 1961 (he also served during 1930-33)
ALVIN D. HOLMES - 1953-60
JAMES KAVANAUGH - 1953-63
CLARENCE KEARNEY- 1947-54
WILFRED MAILLET -1950-51 and 1954-61
PETER W. MURPHY- 1952-53 and 1955-62
LOUIS MERCER- 1962-63
ANGUS MCDONALD - 1963
D.V. MCDONALD- 1950-51 and 1954-55-56-63
MICHAEL MCDONALD-1961
CHARLES MCDONALD-1961
GORDON MACINNIS 1955-57
D.A. MCISAAC 1953-54
N.A. MCKINNON -1952-56-63
WM. A. MCLEOD- 1945-49-52-53
ELI SIMMS- 1946-52 and 1956-63
Glace Bay Exchange
BURCHELL GARNET r. 74 Bridgeport435-1
BURCHELL J.R. r 1 Yorke...843
BURCHELL MARGARET, r 677 Sterling...425
HITCHEN JOHN Mrs. r Dominion No. 6...1206-22
MCAREL DAVID r 5 Yorke...282
MCAREL HENRY 52 Commercial...38
Several INGRAHAM in the Sydney exchange
INGRAHAM B.A. Lieut. Col. r 549 Charlotte...728
INGRAHAM M.L. r 225 Park...2092
INGRAHAM R.J. Mrs. r Westmount...1486-3
INGRAM WALTER W. r 78 Rigby Rd....1554
PLUMMER AVE, NEW WATERFORD
ALLEN, ISSY r Plummer Ave...328
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, Plummer...4
BEATON, J.A. r Plummer Ave...171
BEATON & CAMERON Pool Rm, Plummer Ave...8509
BOLDEN, THOS. L. r Plummer...120
BOUDREAU JOS W. Restaurant Plummer Ave...108
CAMERON DUNCAN r Plummer...80
CANDN DEPT. STORES LTD, Plummer Ave...258
CANADIAN PACIFIC TELEGRAPHS Hamburg Blk, Plummer Ave...46
CLEANER JOSEPH Grocer, Plummer Ave...48
COADY, PETER W. Grocery Store, Plummer...74
CRIBBS BOOK STORE Plummer Ave...42
DICK'S MARKET Plummer Ave...54
DIELTGENS CLAIRE Miss, r Plummer Ave...220
DOOLEY C.J. Dr. Dentist, Plummer Ave...275
EPSTEIN BENNY, Plummer Ave...228-1
ESPTEIN BENNY, r Plummer Ave...228-2
FAVRETTO PETER, Plummer Ave...159
FEINSTEIN DAVID General Store, Plummer...133
FORREST ARCHIBALD r Plummer...27
FRASER, RAYMOND H. Dr. Office Plummer Ave...2
GAUMS MARKET, Plummer Ave...58
GORELICK LOUIS, Gen Merchant, Plummer Ave...196
GRAHAM ALLAN r. Plummer Ave...38
GREGOR JOHN C. Men's Wear Plummer Ave...441
HAMBERG ISAAC, Dry Gds Boots etc. Plummer Ave...16
HARRISON THOMAS Fruit & Confect. Plummer Ave...81
IDEAL TEA ROOM, Plummer Ave...8507
JOHNSTON JAMES Meats & Groc. Plummer Ave...60
KURTIN JOSEPH, Plummer Ave...8518
LEDREW JOHN r Plummer Ave...134-2
MCASKILL KATHLEEN, r Plummer Ave...19
MCDONALD R. R. r Plummer Ave...127
MCDONALD W.J. Groc.& Prov. Plummer Ave...12
MCKINNON J.L. Real Estate Plummer Ave...8
MACLELLAN M.E. Nurse, Plummer Ave...114
MACLEOD GEORGE C. Dr. Plummer Ave...115
MACMILLAN WALDO r Plummer Ave...32
MCNEIL JAMES R. r Plummer Ave...204
MCQUARRIE WALTER S. r Plummer Ave...278
MCQUARRIE W.S. Plummer Ave...278
MCVARISH JOHN r Plummer Ave...41
MARVEL BEAUTY PARLOR, Plummer Ave...213
MEDJUCK MORRIS r Plummer Ave...73
MILLER A.V. Dr. Office Plummer Ave...35
MILLER B.F. Dr. Office Plummer Ave...88
MORRISON J.C. Dr. Office Plummer Ave...49
NATHANSON'S Ice Cream Parlor, Plummer Ave...8511
NEW WATERFORD GEN. HOSPITAL Plummer Ave...170
NEW WATERFORD Town, Major's Office, Plummer Ave...139
N.W. Town, Town Clerk's Office Plummer Ave...5
NICHOLSON D.R. Diary, Plummer Ave...427
OULETTE ANDREW Meats &Groc. Plummer Ave...36
POLICE OFFICE CHIEF, Plummer Ave...24
POST RECORD, Laurence Doucette Rep. Plummer Ave...214
RADIO CAFE Plummer Ave...8512
REXALL DRUG STORE, Plummer Ave...76
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA Office Plummer AVe...15
ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE, Plummer Ave...318
SCHAWARTZ & CO. Clothing, Plummer Ave...112
SPISAK WLADYSLAW, r Plummer Ave...77
SUPORIOR CHAIN STORES
Johnson James Meats & Groc, Plummer Ave...60
McDonald W.J. Groc & Prov. Plummer Ave...12
STRAND FILLING STATION, Plummer Ave...8505
THOMPSON & SUTHERLAND Hardware Plummer Ave...8505
WALKER G.D. r Plummer Ave...174
WEATHERBEE LLOYD, Hardware, Plummer Ave...87
WOOLWORTH F.W. Co. Ltd. Plummer Ave...149
WONG'S CAFE, Plummer Ave...8503
YOUNG FRANK M. Plummer Ave...229
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