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POSTCARD MEMORIES: Strapping was common form of discipline

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Strapping was common form of discipline

Teachers could even purchase straps in catalogues
POSTCARD MEMORIES: For whom the bell tolls

POSTCARD MEMORIES: For whom the bell tolls

By the 1960s, the sound of school bells no longer rang over rural hamlets as students were bused to larger, more modern central locations
POSTCARD MEMORIES: Doctor kept busy with teaching, politics

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Doctor kept busy with teaching, politics

Francis Rae took on many responsibilities in addition to being a father of five
POSTCARD MEMORIES: Faded sign marks ghost town of Glenville

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Faded sign marks ghost town of Glenville

Once busy main street resembles a country lane today
POSTCARD MEMORIES: Dr. Clement still held in high 'esteem'

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Dr. Clement still held in high 'esteem'

The Dr. Clement House, as it’s known, serves as a tangible reminder of the life, career, and service of notable Bradford physician
POSTCARD MEMORIES: How did eggs come to represent Easter?

POSTCARD MEMORIES: How did eggs come to represent Easter?

In many pre-Christian societies, people associated eggs with spring, new life, and rebirth
POSTCARD MEMORIES: Longtime teacher left mark on community

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Longtime teacher left mark on community

Ethyle Breedon spent 34 years teaching in Simcoe County schools
POSTCARD MEMORIES: Longtime teacher left mark on community

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Longtime teacher left mark on community

Ethyle Breedon spent 34 years teaching in Simcoe County schools
POSTCARD MEMORIES: Steele's Corners — a 'vanished community'

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Steele's Corners — a 'vanished community'

Area named for blacksmith John Steele once thrived with business, school, church
POSTCARD MEMORIES: The threshing machine revolution

POSTCARD MEMORIES: The threshing machine revolution

North America’s first settlers would have done threshing by hand until the 19th century when machines were invented