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Seven-year-old Heather Kelly, of Egmondville, checks out some antiques in Cardno Hall as part of Seaforth's Doors
Open on Sunday afternoon. Event organizers estimate that the 20 sites around Seaforth received close to 2,000 visits
during the two-day historical open house which allows people to visit places otherwise closed to the public.
Seaforth opens its doors
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really telling you about the
buildings," Sue said.
Andy and Margot Uyl, of
Teeswater, said that they
were impressed with what
they saw in Seaforth.
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"We like this idea," Margot
said of Doors Open.
"The Doors Open brought
us here, otherwise we
wouldn't have come," Andy
said, adding
he's driven
through
town but
has never
been
compelled
to stop.
The Uyls
stopped and
visited town
hall, Box
Furniture
and were
about to go
into Cardno
Hall and
have been so many preserved
buildings because
unfortunately in some towns
they are destroyed," Sue said.
The couple suggested that
more
business
owners
should
have had
their stores
open as
part of
Doors
Open to
attract
more
customers.
St.
Marys
resident
Paul King,
Quoted
'When you come
and see a place and
look at the
buildings, it tells
you a lot about the
past and the
families who lived
there,' -
Community Heritage Ontario
member
Paul King
they said that
impressed with
streetscape.
"It's really nice
they were
Seaforth's
a member of Community
Heritage Ontario, said that
the Seaforth Doors Open was
that there interesting because there
were five (former) townships
(all of Huron East) involved.
King was visiting the Van
Egmond House, a site he has
tried to visit on several
occasions before but found it
was closed.
After touring the Van
Egmond House, King said
that he was very impressed
with how it has been restored
and kept up. •
"When you come and see a
place and look at the
buildings, it tells you a lot
about the past and the
families who lived there,"
King said. "It's a good way
to get an introduction to a
place."
After visiting town hall,
King said it was a
remarkable site but said it
really needs to be preserved.
"It's all possible to
restore," he said.
Come Home to the Country
was a 'perfect weekend'
according to organizer
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Seili reminded residents at
the opening to say thank you
to the volunteers who made
the weekend happen.
"There are a great number
of volunteers behind every
single event," Seili said. "So
make sure you say thank you
to all of them you meet."
Among the highlights of
the weekend for Agar was the
high school reunion at the
Legion where 600 people
registered, while she
estimated an additional 200
did not.
At the dances on Friday
and Saturday evenings, Agar
estimated there were over
1,000, people who attended
the dances each night.
While ticket sales were a
little slow at the beginning of
July, Agar said that some of
the events had to turn away
people because they sold out.
Agar said that the weather
during the weekend helped
make Come Home to the
Country a bigger success.
"It was the perfect weekend
together to have a lot of fun,"
she said.
While she might not have
had control over the weather,
Agar said she went to church
on Sunday to thank the
person who did.
During the weekend, Agar
said that she met a lot of
people she hadn't seen in
Seaforth before.
"Even though I've lived in
Seaforth for 30 -some odd
years, I met more people,"
Agar said. "Something like
this is really good for people
to meet other people in
Seaforth."
"It's a great way of
mingling without going
through a dating service,"
Agar said.
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