Blyth
The Citizen put together a keepsake commemorative edition highlighting the history of Blyth from its founding in 1877 to 2017.
A special pull-out section of The Citizen dedicated to the Blyth Lions Club, its 70 years of service in the community and its anniversary celebration.
First hand memories of the beginning of the Blyth Festival
It would be hard to imagine from the excitement that greeted the arrival of the first passenger train arriving in Blyth on July 8, 1907 on the new Canadian Pacific Railway line that the whole venture could disappear...
There s a new housing development in Blyth s east end around Anne Street and Drummond Street East that fills the land that was once the site of one of the village s...
Today Blyth Memorial Hall is not just a centre for Blyth, but for all of Huron County with people coming to enjoy professional theatre in summer and top name Canadian...
When Blyth celebrated its centennial in 1977, the Eastern Star Lodge was strong with 35 charter members and a total membership of 90.
By the village s 125th...
Begun in Morris Township (now Morris-Turnberry), in 1852, St. Michael s congregation moved to Blyth in 1876, when the congregation...
Every now and then, says David Sparling, a piece of Blyth s history surfaces in the pond on the Sparling Propane property south of the village.
Two ponds, Sparling s and one near the Station House Bed and Breakfast...
Once it was the busiest place in Blyth but now people turn to the former London-Huron-Bruce Railway lands for a place of peace...
There was a time when many fields in the Blyth area turned a gentle blue in July as flax blossomed.
There was a time when exotic native Indians arrived in Blyth each year to help with the pulling of the mature flax plants in preparation of turning...
After several years of itinerant preachers and services held in various homes, barns or in the out of doors, a church was built in 1858 and, a year later, dedicated as Canada Presbyterian Church by...
Salt is such a visible part of Goderich s industry today that many people don t realize Blyth once had its own salt industry. In fact Blyth s salt...
The Citizen, the newspaper that now serves as Blyth s hometown paper (shared with Brussels), is at least the fifth newspaper to serve...
The first ice surfaces in Blyth were outside and privately constructed. At one point there was one across from the Blyth Public School...
When Blyth Women s Institute celebrated its 80th anniversary on May 3, 1990, members knew the end was near.
The once strong Branch had still been an integral part of the community, but...
Before electricity was installed in the rural areas, coal oil was the common fuel that lit the lamps and lanterns in every farmhouse and barn. Coal oil was at best oily and dirty to handle, as well as...
In September of every year, each town had its fair, complete with horse races, cattle shows, pigs, poultry, teams of horses with fancy harness and driving horses with fancy rigs. The fair was...
Number 4 highway, south of Blyth, originally went west of the village on what became Huron County Road 25, then followed the winding...
There was a band of gypsies which came through Blyth from the north every year. We do not know where they originated...
While other industries have come and gone, rutabagas which have long played a part in Blyth s history are bigger than ever.
Today, the sprawling G. L. Hubbard rutabaga plant on Dinsley Street East, stores up to 200,000 rutabagas waiting to...
In the beginning, Blyth students attended schools located in Morris or East Wawanosh. Unfortunately, it is difficult to tell...
Blyth s first water lines were installed in 1906 for fire protection only. Steam pumps...
The first indication of electricity in Blyth comes from an article in The New Era newspaper, Nov. 4, 1892, which stated that electric lights...