Go back

Homes and neighbours

Black and white photograph of some people at a housing construction site

Courtesy: The Hill family

A sense of community had begun when they first gathered in 1953. The culmination of their study, work and co-operation was a well-built home and a fine community in which to raise their families. After three years of working toward their dream of having a home, the satisfaction was deep and lasting.

We had a telephone pole just off, so I had a nice long line for clothes drying and in the winter time… And our three yards there were never fences between us.

Black and white photograph of an ariel view of Hamilton's densily built centretown

City of Hamilton, Ontario, 1950s

Black and white photograph of an aerial view of Grimsby showing rows of single family dwellings with large yards near the lake front.

Aerial view of the final build, of all 3 homebuilding co-operatives Sherbiren, Cathedral Heights & Lakedale