Male & Female Archives | Sweat Equity – The Grimsby Homebuilding Co-operative 1953

Co-op daughter celebrates the 25th anniversary

Carolin celebrates as her Dad, Walter, happily burns his paid-up 25-year mortgage. Hurray!

Father Marrocco and fellow priests blessed each of the 14 homes.

On the completion of their neighbourhood, Father Marrocco and fellow priests blessed the 14 homes of the Family Home Builder Co-operative on Marysfield Dr. near Brampton. With the […]

50th Anniversary of the Sherbrien, Cathedral Heights and Lakedale Co-op Homebuilders.

As they had on the 25th & 30th Anniversaries, they organized a gathering for their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. They supplied and served sandwiches. It was a […]

ISA students as co-op builders

It’s important to note that the students of the ISA were motivated by social action, not by the building of houses. The ISA night courses encouraged thought, discussion […]

Marrocco Homebuilding Co-operative Society at a gathering with Father Marrocco

Gerald Clarke, was the chief editor of A Guide to Co-operative Housing, which was researched and created by the adult night school students of the Institute of Social […]

Co-op Families on opening day of the “Sweat Equity” Exhibit.

After 2½ years of preparation by co-op daughters and sons and the efforts of the Grimsby Museum staff, the original builders were grateful for a lovely day at […]

Co-op sons collaborated as their fathers had done six decades earlier

The exhibit was designed to create the sense of being on a worksite in an unfinished house. Some of the wood was donated, and the framework sections were […]

Ingenuity and co-operation applied

With volunteer design and construction skills completed, others added their labour to build the exhibit. This echoed the tasks undertaken by their parents 60 years earlier. The magnitude […]

Working together to piece it together

With volunteer design and construction completed, others added their labour to build the exhibit. The tasks echoed those undertaken by their parents 60 years earlier. The magnitude of […]

The Fireside Chat in November, 2014

Within months of reconnecting, the Co-op at 60 Working Group had, by word of mouth and family connections, gathered over 100 people for their first event, A Fireside […]

The original co-op families, 1989

While many of the original builders still lived in the neighbourhood, others travelled from around the province to participate. This effort was a testament to the esteem in […]

Dominic and Rita Marrocco

Dominic was the brother of Francis Marrocco. Rita had worked with the Father Marrocco (later Bishop) in Ottawa at St. Patrick’s College, and there she met her husband, […]