Sweat Equity – The Grimsby Homebuilding Co-operative 1953-1956 Sweat Equity – The Grimsby Homebuilding Co-operative 1953–1956 Grimsby Museum
This is a portrait of Father Jimmy Tompkins taken in Canso, Nova Scotia circa 1923, where he was posted and lived for 12 years. His Parish included 3 […]
At a single meeting, over 500 people showed up to hear about building a home of their own. Not all would continue once they learned of the mandatory […]
Father Sherlock (later Bishop) and Father O’Brien (later Monsignor) gathered with small groups in Hamilton to discuss co-op homebuilding. After visiting Marrocco’s flagship co-op building group in Ottawa, […]
Barb, who was living in a noisy location in Hamilton, was thrilled to think she would be living by the lake. Barb: We used to walk right […]
Charlie recalls the crowding and the carpooling that they didn’t anticipate but certainly learned reliance on each other. Charlie: Yeah, a lot of people backed out when […]