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49 High Street — Community Notes About The Findlay Guest House

Carleton Place and Beckwith Heritage Museum

photo Greg Nephin

This is the THIRD house we as a community have put information together about a building. This the 1000 + th time we as a community have put local history together. We have close to 5,500 blogs about our area thanks to all of you. I bow my head in thanks– Linda

David Findlay House, 49 High Street

In 1862, David Findlay started…

Friday’s Message About the Findlay Foundry and Whistle

In case anyone missed it at the opening of Carleton Junction

    On June 2 1972 the last stove to be made at the Findlay plant rolled out and the Carleton Place factory doors closed forever and the Foundry whistle went silent.

  Douglas Brownwas quoted in the Carleton Place and Beckwith Heritage Museum files that he and his friends learned to swear from the mouths of the Findlay Foundry workers…

Looking for Names- Findlay Foundry

    Hi Linda

Would you post the attached photo and see if I can get some of them identified.  This is a picture of employees of Findlay Foundry that celebrated 35 years working there.  The only ones I can identify are:  4th standing from the left is Moff Blaine; my father – Hilton Dorman is standing 7th from the left and the 11th from the left standing is Tom Labron.  That’s all I know in the…

The Findlay Foundry Ltd. Closes—- The Video

  Go see the silent movie of the Findlay Plant at the Carleton Place and Beckwith Heritage Museum

  Hear me read about the closure!!

    The Carleton Place Beckwith and Hertiage Museumis open SEVEN days a week: Monday through Saturday 1 – 4pm and on Sundays from 1 – 4pm. So yes, visit us this afternoon and also come see the…

Where Did you Learn to Swear in Carleton Place?

  Douglas Brown was quoted that he and his friends learned to swear from the Findlay foundry workers. They earned enough to merit a bar full of soap as they walked by on their way to school. It got so bad that there was a basin with a bar of sunlight soap at school for the offending parties. Anyone caught swearing at school would have their mouths washed out with the soap. Not that stopped…

The Stolen Air Conditioners in Carleton Place -- Unsolved Mysteries

in August of 1974 the employees of the Findlay Foundry in Carleton Place had to battle heat in their Townline plant because someone had made off with three air conditioners. The air conditioners were apparently stolen sometime during the night and polic believ entry was gained through their resting position through the opened windows. Constable Wayne Drummond was investigating the incident. Now…