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© @ 0 © 0 o & Brighton Digital Archives project launched at heritage centre bapeart? _ poepenpent â€"yjo J mtb [/S 3 . By John Campbell generation downsizes its possessions or die C e pks: 3 omm im 3 I off, "we could be losing a lot of valuable es {1\'?‘0 e h ty M e . fle E o > 0) Brighton â€" Don‘t toss out those photographs photographs, because no one knows what to 3 i Nn h > Pitmsocncs > ; cene M ; you found in the attic. do with them," Fletcher said. "If somebody [ T4 w4 ‘M O ~_ m‘“ 23. ho ’ 34 The Brighton Digital Archives Committee cleaning out an estate finds a bunch of old U y en vaithes "cre e . 1. > .? t _'»“‘\;-:“g? | ep & g is interested in seeing what you have. photographs they may not understand the > Nz en _ is ks o t ho( If they are photographs you want to retain, significance of some of them." Eit stt . e s 0E i © ; the committee will preserve them on a CD_ "Our fear is that too [many] valuable hisâ€" s Ne o â€" infoas." flfi@ @5 \ for just 75 cents a photo. torical photographs and documents are goâ€" :% % 5; i\ es : fi C But the committee won‘t charge anything ing to be thrown out in the next few years LA A :. Aoees se o en o e ce 39. â€" Ra en if you agree to lend or donate the picture to if there‘s not an avenue for that stuff to be g.â€"+2 .. _Â¥ moee aleal S e on e i ces en c o) have it appear on the website the committee collected." e t ie Oy e ols tae s( Nee l@“fl& o ; has created. Another concern is that "as the population P :Â¥ it cpaiae on _‘ ~> sn ooeemeaeeeena "We saw a hole in Brighton‘s history where ages the member of the family who could [\ f we\. V:o>> .l > .n . EW . there are photographs all over the place, some .go through that album and identify people" || f _ ~GA. ' P *at & e | in collections, some just in private hands, will no longer be able to and that informaâ€" | M § | (> d ‘fi eeof t and there‘s no permanent place to keep them. tion "could be lost to us soon." is s t ts 7dk ] : c 6 sai. t for safety," said Dennis Fletcher, a founding â€" Donating the photographs means the right 'qw\ c S oo Q«jnh-s‘, w4 C member of the committee along with his wife to use the electronic images is turned over ns M I h. :[,,‘?*‘" ‘~ M e t Dorothy, Ralph de Jonge and Catherine Stutt. to the committee, which can sell them if it C 4 “! is C214 B € All four belong to Friends of Hilton Hallâ€"wanted; lending prohibits their being sold or \ '~! & witeel "' o 'fi 4 1‘-5 ¢ Heritage Centre. loaned to a third party, Fletcher said. f! '-j,l ® m > -‘5\_;.3 R4 ghjrt&‘ 9 They‘re concerned that as Brighton‘s older _ In either case, the fee for scanning the picâ€" ‘:. uier..... . cummpacie" q o_ __â€"â€" s & ¢ % [ pe oi t e« oph sol ol npmmesernineek A ;i li ? id L& l;? ) véme.. ‘F::_g M‘ x ATYi$] '},'vfl.‘fl lulszélru fls i $ C 2. Fesd uS L Feel old d0 4 Popomoecees. 5080 Ome tier , 91 3 & o4 o9 % C191# 1y y Se C o d l a SW PV s Oe C a d m ( 2 e o Florence Chatten, whose husband Roy Chatten was reeve of Brighton Township and warden of Northumberland County, . e brought a sampling of her vast personal archives to help launch the Brighton Digital Archives project Nov, 21. ommunity assoCcIa@tIon â€" |~=maxs"SMeltooone messn i § f tures and storing them on a CD is waived, no longer exist also have significant archiâ€" ' C e f o "regardless of how many archival photoâ€" val value. | 2 graphs they have," Fletcher said. The committee launched its project last â€" I‘ en l es conc n The physical copies also remain with Sunday, Nov. 22 at the Hilton Hall Heritage the person who asked for the photos to be Centre. 1 o o e scanned. S The event was successful as individuals "Some people would be just as happy to and organizations came forward with phoâ€" â€" me tln WI counc‘ get rid of these photographs because they‘re tos and documents relevant to Brighton‘s B downsizing," while others might prefer to history. 1 pozéerrt Jw LpesDCui ud 24 )S keep them in the family, Fletcher said. "We are very encouraged by the level of By John Campbell tions after Friedrichkeit concluded his presenâ€" | _ "We wanted to address both situations." _ engagement and the quality of images, and MAOHL DNE L ARBicenttais S w tation but Mayor Mare Coombs offered some | _ The committee is only interested in picâ€" we‘re honoured to be part of sharing them _ _Cramahe Township â€" The newly formed Craâ€" encouraging words. _ | tures for which answers to three questions with a global audience," said Stutt, who mahe Community Association presented council _ "I‘m sure we can find some way of working | can be provided: when was it taken, who‘s thanked Xplornet for donating 4G Internet _ _ with a number of concemns it has which the nonâ€" together in the future," he said. in it, and what is the building shown. service in support of the project. _ profit volunteer organization will help the townâ€" â€" "They come across very positively that they Photos with tEuse basic details "can be of Many organizations "are enthused with the : ship address "In any way" it can. want to work together with the community, archlvalvvalui:‘, and if more mforn:atlon can prospect of having their collections â€" which ‘ ‘L Its concerns include "many businesses [that] there‘s nothing obviously wrong with that 50’; be_ provided, "so much the beiter," Fletcher some have‘ had for decades â€" prcselrved and are strugeling to survive" and "gaps in mainâ€" yeah, we would welcome them with open arms, said. : f _____ shared online. It was a very rewarding day." _ : taining infrastructure such as roads and railway. he said. "If they have suggestions or ideas that | _ As the website grows, the committee is inâ€" . One of the documents brought in was dated crossings," they think are workable that they want to bring terestqd in tackling spema_l projects, such as 1878 and "in really good condition," Stutt CCA president Burke Friedrichkeit told counâ€" to our attention, that‘s great." the railways or the apple industry that once_said. ' cil Nov. 17, However, the association‘s request that a comâ€" fig.urt!d prominently in Brighton‘s history. To.learn more about the project email the The downtown core of Colbome is finding it mittee of council be struck to work with it on | _ Pictures of buildings and landmarks that committee at HiltonHall@xplornet.ca. "hard to attract new business to the area," he "key issues" in the community will need to be said, and the rock terraces installed "some years discussed "a little bit more in depth [about] what (â€" remmmmmmnemmmmmmmmmmmmmmmzzâ€"_ ns _ â€"â€"â€" ago ... have been left to languish and the area they actually want with that," Coombs said. _ appears old and unkempt." The association is "committed to improving _ There are also concerns about safety because the quality of life and encouraging a sense of . the angle parking spaces make it "very difficult" .community for residents making Cramahe a betâ€" | for motorists backing out to see oncoming trafâ€" ter place to invest, work and live," said Friedâ€" | fic, Friedrichkeit said. â€"richkeit, the ownerof a bedâ€"andâ€"breakfast who‘s _ Also unsafe are the level railway crossings also the president of the local chamber of comâ€" | where there are "holes in the pavement and merce. : h rotted wood around the tracks," which will get "There is a sense that some newcomers Wlfl worse "if only stopgap repairs are made," he want to make changes that will have a negative | said. impact on Cramahe," he said, but "sustaining Friedrichkeit asked if it were possible for counâ€" / the status quo by raising property taxes stresses cil to get a commitment from CN as to when the. the local economy." | required repairs will be done. "We need to change attitudes towards new leyâ€" ; | _ ""We feel the best way forward is one of reâ€" ¢ls of community engagement that welcomes | invigoration and growth," based on "a strategic newcomers as valuable additions and does not | vision to expand the tax base and not rely only see them as threats or outsiders." | on the existing population base," he said. Coombs said the concerns raised by the CCA Shortâ€"term _ infrastructure . investments are. were not new. ; | needed "to encourage developers to build more _ "It‘s nothing I‘ve not heard before," he said. _ affordable homes for young families and retirees "They‘re all wellâ€"stated. I could quibble with who will in turn bring more disposable income a few of them but that doesn‘t solve anything. for goods and services purchased locally." They want to work together positively with Council members chose not to ask any quesâ€" council and I think that‘s a good thing." x [ 3 (x. sSa=)