by John Warren | Oct 6, 2019 | News
Janet Wilkinson is back with her third play for the Collingwood Gaslight Tour later this month. Photo by John KnoxAbout 130 years ago, Collingwood residents were preparing to open the town’s first hospital, thanks in part to the work of one local woman.The story of...
by John Warren | Sep 28, 2019 | News
Alex Pritchard is a new playwright to Gaslight Tours. Photo by John KnoxAlex Pritchard, a debut playwright for this year’s Gaslight Tour, has written a play about three women who graduated from the General and Marine Nursing program during the 1940s, when the Second...
by John Warren | Sep 28, 2019 | News
Melissa Shaw is one of this years’ four Gaslight Tour playwrights who have written about the history of Collingwood women. Photo by John KnoxMelissa Shaw, museum assistant at Collingwood Museum said she came across a photo of a women’s hockey team taken in...
by John Warren | Sep 27, 2019 | News
Dawn Hanley is a veteran playwright with Gaslight Tour, and has written this years’ script about Madge, a Collingwood-born women who helped start the British Women’s Institute. Photo by John KnoxA woman born in Collingwood helped start a movement that...
