Jan 21/20 email
Donald: My family home was moved from Stirling to Trout Brook Rd.
This is my family home (see picture above) being moved, I have several other photos as well, It was moved to Trout Brooke Rd. in Mira, by my father Lawrence (RENZO) Reginato and my mother Ann (Tootsie) Reginato. I have the exact date, as well, home, in my album but it was in the 50’s.
I believe that this house was taken from behind John G MacLeod's (right hand side going down the Mine Rd).
There was a Manager's house- Chisholm. It went to the Meadows Rd and then there was another house close by that wasn't as big but bigger than the others. I think that was your family home.
Jeanette
Telephone conversation with Donald Reginato Jan 21/20 4:30 pm
When my father and mother got married they brought that house down from Stirling when the mine closed. My father was in his 20's at that time. He was in the wood business so he had the equipment available to him to move the house. He had a few people helping him. He used the bulldozer and the truck together (see picture above) to haul it down from Stirling through Gabarus to Trout Brook Rd. It took two days. He did his own foundation and it was all ready when they brought the house down. The whole house had hardwood flooring which was something in those days. My mother would have them gleaming and every few years she would sand them down and varnish them. The floors have kept up well even with ten kids growing up in the house. The windows you see in the picture were just replaced ten years ago. The house is in great shape and my mother still lives in it. There was a hot water heating system but no furnace. They used a warm morning at first. The house was the Vice President's. The President's house was the bigger one which is the one my mother wanted but was too big to take across the bridges on the way to Trout Brook. The house is in it's original condition with a few additions and a car port. It has a dormer on the back which you can see in the picture. I think that was the only one (of the mine houses) that had that. That's where my bedroom was.
Donald: My family home was moved from Stirling to Trout Brook Rd.
This is my family home (see picture above) being moved, I have several other photos as well, It was moved to Trout Brooke Rd. in Mira, by my father Lawrence (RENZO) Reginato and my mother Ann (Tootsie) Reginato. I have the exact date, as well, home, in my album but it was in the 50’s.
I believe that this house was taken from behind John G MacLeod's (right hand side going down the Mine Rd).
There was a Manager's house- Chisholm. It went to the Meadows Rd and then there was another house close by that wasn't as big but bigger than the others. I think that was your family home.
Jeanette
Telephone conversation with Donald Reginato Jan 21/20 4:30 pm
When my father and mother got married they brought that house down from Stirling when the mine closed. My father was in his 20's at that time. He was in the wood business so he had the equipment available to him to move the house. He had a few people helping him. He used the bulldozer and the truck together (see picture above) to haul it down from Stirling through Gabarus to Trout Brook Rd. It took two days. He did his own foundation and it was all ready when they brought the house down. The whole house had hardwood flooring which was something in those days. My mother would have them gleaming and every few years she would sand them down and varnish them. The floors have kept up well even with ten kids growing up in the house. The windows you see in the picture were just replaced ten years ago. The house is in great shape and my mother still lives in it. There was a hot water heating system but no furnace. They used a warm morning at first. The house was the Vice President's. The President's house was the bigger one which is the one my mother wanted but was too big to take across the bridges on the way to Trout Brook. The house is in it's original condition with a few additions and a car port. It has a dormer on the back which you can see in the picture. I think that was the only one (of the mine houses) that had that. That's where my bedroom was.