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Merlin, Ontario

Merlin, Ontario, Canada
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Les 30-May-2016 02:10
The red brick building, formerly a school. The original burnt down in early 1940s and this one was built to replace it. .... As for the "Willins" block ... it was named after the "Willan" family. edgacres10@yahoo.ca
Guest 11-Aug-2014 18:04
I spent many summers here where my cousins lived. Love this town. Too many great memories to list.
Carl 10-Oct-2013 20:58
I livedin Merlin for 20 years. Top left is what we used to call the Willins block..dont remember any thing about it other than it being apts.
Karen McKellar 09-Dec-2012 05:04
I'm interested in the red brick building with the two double doors. I assume this was the school with elementary grades on the main level and highschool upstairs. Is this correct? My mother, Elizabeth Beun, a Belgian immigrant, attended grade eight here circa 1926. I'm writing her story and would appreciate any information about this school and the town in that era.
Guest 24-Jul-2012 13:45
Can anyone tell me what the building on the top left used to be? I was once told a restaurant - if so I'd like to know the name of it. Thanks
Betty Brown 23-Dec-2011 13:06
could anyone tell me what the zip code is for Merlin?
BettyBrown 23-Dec-2011 12:29
I had a friend who lived in Merlin, he was a farmer, and then I found out he worked at the bridge.. Looks like a very small community, kinda like where I grew up in Ohio.
Guest 22-Nov-2011 21:34
How is anything supposted to boom in this econmy? Its maybe the little towns that get hurt the hardest. The windmils were our biggest 'boom' and locals didn't even run them. And all that did was increase buisness at the Erie Cafe . So you grew up here, doesn't give you the right to put the town down when its been nothing but good and safe for us.,
Mrs. Peg Leithead 05-Sep-2011 22:03
Lived in Merlin for the first seven years of my life and I have a few memories. Mom & Dad brought me home to the apartment block pictured below (lower left apt). I attended the school for 1 1/2 years. I remember the bank (thought it was huge) and we attended Holy Trinity Anglican Church until we moved to Windsor in l956. One of the stores may be Ollie Abbott's, but I wouldn't know which one. I have pictures of all the men that worked for Ontario Hydro at that time, a picture of the whole school population and a picture of my Grade 1-2 class. Would love to give these pictures to someone who would appreciate them. Would love to drive to Merlin to donate these pictures and meet up with someone who could take me down memory lane and visa versa.
MattOKC 10-Feb-2011 06:28
I'd love to see more photos of Merlin, too--the grain elevators, the old houses (remember the one with the giant stone mill wheels in front of it?), the playground with the spinny-thing ride, the Penny's Place cafe...
Guest 21-Mar-2009 22:39
I was delighted to see a link to my old home town, but was sad to see how run down it all looks now. When I was a kid, Merlin was booming - several grocery stores, a ladies' and men's wear store, etc. Doesn't anyone have any pix of those times?
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