| So You Think We Have a Lot of Snow? Take a look at the winter of 1948 and consider yourself lucky! |
| These are photos from Norman & Doris Pyper's family album. They were taken in the winter of 1948 near their farm on Bowesville Road, just north of what is now Mitch Owens Road. Click on any photo to get a larger picture. Use your browser's back button to exit the big photo. |
| Our thanks to Norman and Doris Pyper for making these photos available to us. Enjoy the rest of the winter, folks, spring is just around the corner. |
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| Young Doris Pyper looks down on the family Ford |
| Norman Pyper stands on the drift |
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| Ploughing the Bowesville Road. The men on foot used shovels to cut through the snow crust to aid the plough to maintain a straight path up the road. |
| That's Norman & Doris Pyper's farmhouse in the background on the left. The trees in the background on the right were on Tomkins Farm, south of Mitch Owens Road, which is now part of Emerald Links Golf Course. |
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| Memories and Comments |
| If you have comments about this feature, or memories of snowstorms past that you would like to share with us, send us a brief email and we'll post it below. |
| David Nolan wrote: Jim, I believe that the snowplough operators were Ken and Stan Johnston of Johnston's Corners. Barry Pyper wrote: Well done Jim, That puts things in perspective. What shocks me the most is that Norman was driving a Ford!!! Meredith Brophy wrote: Thanks Jim - very interesting! Norman & Doris would also remember the storm I was born in - my family lived in Kars at the time, and Mom had to deliver me at home because it was impossible to get anywhere by road, and that was at the end of MARCH, 1955). Jim McNeice brought Dr. Dowd to our house by horse & sleigh, so at least Mom & I had some medical attention! So this winter of ours is not without precedent. Another interesting note about "my" storm - Ross Taylor (Brent's Dad), was out and about during that storm, because he had chosen that particular time to go over to Woodroffe Avenue and propose to young Joyce Mulligan! (She said yes). |
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