Ann Gardhouse

Ann was born in 1898 and raised on a 100 acre farm in the HIghfield area. She talks about life on the farm and school at a the room HIghfield P.S. near Hwy. 27 which was a dirt road. They got their first car about 1916 and did their shopping in Weston. In the village of Highfield there was only a post office and a Baptist church. Ann describes social activities such as “chivarees”, barn raisings, and going to Shea’s Hippodrome in Toronto. She also describes life in Thistletown where they moved in 1918.

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Ann Gardhouse is an episode from Etobicoke Historical Society Oral Histories by Etobicoke Historical Society.

This episode is 00:51:30 long.

This episode was published on Nov 1, 2021.

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