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Local History
School days at the community of Pinkham began back in 1912, according to information obtained from the history book Echoes of Pinkham Pioneers.
Mrs. Beryl English had recorded memories of teaching at Antelope Park School during the 1945-1946 school year in the history book entitled ‘The School Beneath the Hill’.
These two Kindersley girls performed a flute and violin duet at the carol festival in December of 1980, performing “Little Town of Bethlehem.”
This photo was posted on Historic Saskatchewan’s page by Muriel Campbell, who grew up in the Oyen area. “This picture was in my mother’s photos.
Kindersley’s Community Choir has been singing and entertaining Kindersley and the area for 45 years! What an accomplishment!
This Prairie West Historical Society photo was taken at Secord’s Hill near Eston. It wasn’t dated but may have been taken during the historical blizzard of 1955.
This wonderful photo of Brock Consolidated School from 1930 (Brock, D’Arcy and Fiske) was brought into our office to share. Look at all the kids!
Do you know anyone who was a Kindergarten kid at Elizabeth School twenty-five years ago? This group of Kindersley Kindergarten kids from 1989 were on stage performing…
This photo of students at Merrington School was posted by Historic Saskatchewan. It is estimated it may have been taken some time during the 1930s, however that is merely a guess.
It was November 1967. I was seven years old and in town after school one day for a little girl’s birthday party.
If you take a short drive in the country, heading southeast from Kindersley, you’ll spot an old one-room school which remains standing at its original location.
This photo from the Saskatchewan Archives shows the town of Kindersley as it looked in 1959. Notice the angle parking and the park on Railway Avenue…
Ralph Hodgson (1895-1948) lived by the motto inscribed on his tombstone: “It’s not what you have lost that counts but what you have.”
The village of Stranraer is located on the CPR line that runs from Rosetown to Dodsland. The railway was built in 1911 and the post office at Stranraer opened in December of the same year…
The 1956 book A Wheatland Heritage by E. Armstrong offers a glimpse at the pioneer way of life. In March 1910, John Littlejohn and his wife and four children sailed…
The week of October 20 to 26th is designated as Small Business Week and a time to acknowledge entrepreneurs who serve our communities.
We’ve all heard pioneer stories about children working on the farm at very young ages. This photo is just one example of children who began operating equipment before they were ten years old.
The Royal George Hotel has been in business since 1913. During all those years it has been serving food and cocktails, and providing entertainment at its location on Pacific Avenue.
This postcard of the town of Kerrobert was mailed from Superb, Sask. to its destination in Kingston, Ontario in September of 1915.
This photo from 105 years ago was taken at Kerrobert during the “Peace Celebration” to mark the end of WWI.
Tim Patterson posted a photo of his old Luseland Mallards Bantam team from the 1966-67 season on the Historic Saskatchewan facebook page.
A contributor to the Historic Saskatchewan facebook page posted a photo of this 1930 postage stamp.
These Plenty grad students celebrated their graduation in September of 1974. Check out all the men in plaid!
This photo, taken a decade ago in 2014, captures a memory from the Luseland Bible Camp. It was the second year the camp had held their Princess for a day activity.
Even though this photo was taken fifty years ago, in 1974, you may still recognize some of these members of the Kindersley Lions Swim Club.
Does anyone remember celebrating “Freshie Day” at their local high school? It was a time when every Grade 12 student was assigned a younger student who had graduated into the high school realm.
A long-time Kindersley area resident shared her stories about growing up near Beadle, Saskatchewan. Bea Cooke celebrated her 90th birthday last month at Caleb Village...
You just never know what you’ll find in the newspaper archives. Twenty-five years ago these individuals were four of the entries in the “Sexiest Businessman Contest”.
The Prairie West Historical Society has this photo from the past, which was given to them by Jack Scott, formerly of Eston.