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      View of the drop boxes at Whitby Central Library during the COVID-19 lockdown in June 2020. From March until June the Central Library was closed and drop boxes were locked as returns were not being accepted.

      The Central Library was closed from March to June 2020.

      The good news : No crowds. The bad news : Many parks closed.

      119-121 Brock Street South were built in 1880 following the Great Fire of 1877 and known as the Glasgow Warehouse. The building was owned by R. and J. Campbell and they sold groceries in 119 and clothing in 121. They operated the store until 1892 when 119 was purchased by …

      Richard Snow was born in Yorkshire, England on October 8, 1825. His wife was Ellen Ann Harrison, born at Whitby Township on October 7, 1836. They had 6 children. Richard Snow opened a bakery and confectionery business in Whitby in the 1850s. In 1893 he moved to Parkdale where he …

      244 Brock Street South was originally constructed sometime between 1919 and 1934. It was the location of James Sawdon's coal and fuel business until 1967 when the building was sold to P. Sorichetti & Sons. This building was demolished on September 13, 2016.

      This is a hand coloured portrait of William Dow, made in 1854 or 1855 by Hoppner Francis Meyer in Toronto. Dow came from Banffshire, Scotland, in 1832 and settled in Whitby at Glen Dhu farm. It is a copy of a b&w image already in the Whitby Archives collection. I …

      Augustus Barrett was born in Germany in 1830. He married Sarah Ann Edwards and they had two children. Augustus opened his photography studio in Whitby in 1872 and operated a studio and gallery until 1884. He later opened a studio in Toronto and died in 1902. Sarah died in 1919. …

      The Whitby Main Fire Hall was built at the corner of Brock and Colborne Streets in 1964/65. It was officially opened on May 26, 1965 by Mayor Warren Mowat. Before the fire hall, the Hopkins' Music Hall (1877-79) and Town Hall (1879-1960) stood on the same site.

      Lillian Kirk sitting on running board of Whitby PUC truck with one year old Ron, and me, 2 year old Bob inside playing with the door handle. James Kirk, my dad, worked for the Public Utilities Commission, sometimes driving this truck, nicknamed (The Rocket). Picture taken in 1949 at 1710 …

      James & Lillian Kirk about to leave for their honeymoon in July 1945. Picture taken on Perry Street in Whitby. The car was a 1931 Ford Model A. The plan was to honeymoon in Niagara Falls, but too many flat tires forced them to go only as far as Toronto …

      Picture of Bob & Ron Kirk taken in 1950 at 510 Green Street, Whitby. I am on the right and my younger brother Ron is on the left.

      Wedding picture of my parents James & Lillian Kirk in July 21, 1945. Married at the First Baptist Church on Colborne Street in Whitby. My Father was wearing his Irish Regiment of Canada uniform, while serving his Country in WW2.

      Wedding of Robert & Lorraine Kirk of Whitby, on Dec. 2, 1967. Married at the Salvation Army Church on Kent Street in Whitby. Robert is a life time Whitby resident, born June 24, 1947 to parents James & Lillian Kirk. Lorraine has lived in Whitby also for many years, born …

      My Mom Barbara Foster...who was the daughter of Carman and Evelyn Foster, who lived on Byron St. N. at the time of this picture. She worked at Snelgrove’s Drugstore circa late 40’s to 1951 until she married Donald Cochrane of Orono 1951.