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1946 Dominion Woollens Picnic

1946 Dominion Woollens Picnic

Apr 17, 2020 | Marty Lachance

1946 Dominion Woollens Picnic At 6:00a.m. on August 23rd, 1946, the ‘banshie’ screamed out in Hespeler. The air horn on the Dominion Woollens & Worsted building was normally used to signal work starts, stop and breaks. This day, it was used to call the...

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