Twindmills joins Colborne celebration

This salesman's sampler was used in the late 1880's to demonstrate the latest technology in threshing machines.






While the committee to organize the Colborne 150th celebration has been busy making arrangements for this weekend's party, the staff at Twindmills Markets has been quietly creating its own activities to commemorate the big anniversary.

Marshall Gummer is promoting the weekend at 114 Purdy Rd at Big Apple Drive. His comments are below:

In early May we produced and distributed a tourist brochure featuring Colborne on the front and local attractions inside and promoting our 150th Anniversary. It is located in 170 tourist locations throughout Ontario.

Our Tourist signs for Twindmills Markets were recently installed on the 401. We are placing ads in local papers to highlight our weekend events.

In addition we will be featuring an extremely rare horse drawn Racing Sled circa 1880, probably the only one in existence. Entertainment on Sunday from 12-3 will be Frank and Dave of the Shelter Valley Boys and throughout the weekend Bianka Van Egmond and Andrew Keogh will perform.

We are launching our Farmers/Craft market. Our theme for the weekend is “Celebrating our Past and Looking to the Future”. Displays will feature blacksmith tools used locally, vintage newspapers, memorabilia, photos, a tractor, a cutter and a racing sled.

We are proud to have Bianka Van Egmond and Andrew Keogh as our regular produce vendors and our representatives of the future of Cramahe Township. It is also appropriate that we have former Cramahe resident, Lawrence Massey, attending, signing his fascinating book which tells of rural life over several generations. “Aquadale, The Final Chapter” is his second book. Lawrence will also talk to visitors about our history.

Twindmills is still working on even more attractions to complement what the town is doing downtown.