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If You’ve Got It… Flaunt It!!!

Published in The BANAR April 2000 Gardeners of Blackburn, don’t be shy…we want to show the world your gardens at the Third Annual Blackburn Hamlet Garden Tour on June 25th, 2000. This fun event raises funds for community landscaping projects, awareness of our beloved hamlet

Hall Mural 2000

New Wall Mural in Community Hall

Published in The BANAR April 2000 by Al Ross As we have reported in the past, the Arts Council for the City of Gloucester commissioned a wall mural for the Community Hall, which now has been completed. Students of Emily Carr under the guidance of

Blackburn Hamlet Map

Blackburn . . . in the beginning

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