Published in The BANAR November 1999 The City of Gloucester has commissioned a work of art, “Faces of the Community” by Karl Ciesluk for the Blackburn Hamlet Community Hall. Mr. Ciesluk will work with children from Emily Carr Middle School in Blackburn Hamlet to produce
Published in The BANAR November 1999 The whole section of land known as Blackburn, records tell us, was sold by the Crown around 1790 to lumbermen for timber. When the choice timber was cut, the land must have been sold to our pioneer settlers. Names
Published in The BANAR April 1999 by Al Ross On March 26th we had a “Grand Opening Weekend” of our new Community Hall. The opening ceremony took place Friday evening with Mayor Cain, wine & cheese, 1 r delicious punch, and a special cake donated
Published in The BANAR February 1999 Eleven chairmen of past funfairs gathered, on behalf of all the volunteers of Blackburn, to dedicate the new signs to the community. Blackburn volunteers have unselfishly given their time and talents to make the community one to be proud
Published in The BANAR December 1998 by Al Ross Work is progressing on schedule for the Community Hall, and construction may even be completed by the end of December 1998. We have been working on establishing rates and policy, and these should be ready by
Published in The BANAR December 1998 by Lois Kemp At the BCA General meeting of March 1997 a motion was passed to erect entrance signs to the Hamlet at a cost of $24,000 for two signs. The funds for this project were the Fun Fair
