CLACHAN

The Clachan Women's Institute was founded on January 29, 1914 and disbanded in October, 2014.

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Volume One: The first volume of the Clachan Tweedsmuir History was compiled between ca. 1950 and 1984. The book covers the history of the Clachan Women's Institute and the Clachan village itself, as well as the Thames Valley Red Cross Society,Oak Grove School No. 10, the Aldborough Plains Baptist Church, the Knox Presbyterian Church at Kintyre, the Purcell-McLean Cemetery, the Fleming Pioneer Cemetery, and the village of Cashmere. Many valuable photographs grace the pages documenting the rich history of this community.

Clachan Vol 1.pdf

Volume Two: The second volume of the Clachan Tweedsmuir History was compiled between 1985 and 1999. The book covers the history of the Clachan Women's Institute, farm and house histories, information about community members, community services, community facilities, industry, trade, commerce and lifestyle

Clachan Vol 2.pdf

Volume Three: The third volume of the Clachan Tweedsmuir History was compiled between 2000 and 2006. The book covers the history of the Clachan Women's Institute, farm and house histories, information about community residents, community services, community facilities, industry, trade, commerce and odds & ends from the past. Includes records dating back to 1944 and photographs dating back to 1977.

Clachan Vol 3.pdf

Volume Four: The fourth volume of the Clachan Tweedsmuir History was compiled between 2007 and 2010. The book covers the activities of the Clachan Women's Institute as well as community residents and events. Also found in this book are newspaper clippings relating to the history of local churches and businesses. Includes records dating back to 1967.

Clachan Vol 4.pdf

Volume Five: This volume of the Clachan Tweedsmuir History was compiled in 2009. The book includes photographs of Clachan-area farms (especially barns which were at risk of being demolished). Underneath the photographs, the location of the farm is listed, as well as the type of farming undertaken on that property, and list of current and former owners.

Clachan Vol 5.pdf

Volume Six: The sixth volume of the Clachan Tweedsmuir History was compiled between 2011 and 2014. The book covers the activities of the Clachan Women's Institute as well as community residents and events. Includes records dating back to 1950, and photographs dating back to ca. 1970.

Clachan Vol 6.pdf

CRINAN

After spending the war years in volunteer work for the Red Cross, women of the community of Crinan formed their Women's Institute branch on Apr. 24, 1919. They have produced two Tweedsmuir volumes.

Volume 1: This first volume was compiled between 1947 and 1974 and has many farm, church and school histories. There are a number of anecdotes about life in this community in both pioneer times and later.

This branch was organized in June of 1906 and remained active until 1977. The Rodney Tweedsmuir History is a single volume containing over 320 pages and contains a large collection of vintage and contemporary photographs, as well as histories rich in detail about life in Rodney.

This branch was organized on Jan. 29, 1913, and remains active. To date, there are thirteen volumes for West Lorne, all which have been scanned.

Volume 1: The first volume of the West Lorne Women's Institute Tweedsmuir History books was coordinated by a committee of five members between 1945 and 1955. The book covers the history of the village, library, churches, schools, pioneer farms and families, Gillies Cemetery and the Eagle Store. Many valuable photographs grace the pages documenting the rich history of this community.

Volume 2: This volume was started in 1947. Many pages have been beautifully hand decorated, by Alice Meek RN, who has also hand-tinted a number of the black and white images presented in the volume.

Volume 4: This volume presents information and photographs regarding more contemporary community life.

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