Weather closure
Grey Roots is closed to the public today, Tuesday January 21, due to weather.
Owen Sound City Hall Clock
Recently I was downtown in Owen Sound and looked up at the City Hall clock. It was working again!
1910 Canadian Pacific Railway Diorama now at Grey Roots
In the spring of 2011, Grey Roots was approached by Clive Morgan on behalf of the Bluewater Modellers, with a proposal to build a diorama (a three-dimensional miniature scene) representing the east side of the Owen Sound Harbour circa 1875. We were excited to work with these keen and talented volunteers. They began research in earnest during the summer of 2011 which included many trips to our Archives and they liaised with our local Marine & Rail Museum. The group decided to represent the year 1910 in the diorama as they were not able to find the historic photographs needed for the earlier proposed date. We met several times throughout the years and the progress has been amazing. There are 5 modellers: Clive, Tom, Stan, Mike and Brian. Together they have contributed more 6,000 hours of work on the diorama!
Last week Monday, the CPR Diorama was delivered and installed in the visible storage area, behind the glass wall in the Community gallery. It is a work in progress. Throughout the summer and into the fall, members will be here working on the model. It will be visible to visitors and yet safe beyond touching hands. For now it is on a temporary base – we will have the permanent display base and cover built. When the diorama is finished, the plan is to have it on display in a gallery, complete with interpretive panels and rail artefacts, which will explore the CPR and rail history in Grey County.
We are so excited to have the opportunity to display the diorama for Grey County and beyond, the hours of hard work and dedication certainly show in this fascinating diorama.
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100th IPM this week!
The 2013 International Plowing Match, which is being held in Perth County near Mitchell from September 17-21, marks 100 years for the IPM! In honour of this centennial occasion, Grey Roots takes a look back at the four occasions when the IPM was held in Grey County.
An Obsolete Iron
Recently a collector came to Grey Roots to see me, as he had a cast iron, two-piece item that he had recently purchased at auction.
A 1909 Beauty Parlour Business
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An Immortal in Our Midst
Almost every day at Grey Roots, the Collections Department’s staff work near a large carved sculpture, that has become somewhat of a “friend” to me, over the years, and has intrigued many others as well. When I was a child, and visited the County of Grey-Owen Sound Museum, where it wa
