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If you're a history buff, or even just a bit curious about the history of Timmins and area, TimminsToday has something we hope you're going to enjoy.

May 8, 1945 marked the official end of the Second World War in Europe. Crew members aboard HMCS Timmins were understandably happy.

Ankle-length dresses and black slacks were the order of the day back when this train arrived in South Porcupine in 1912. As were horse-drawn taxes.

Ma and Pa Potts' hotel burned down in 1915, but they made their mark such that the town of Pottsville was later named after them.

This week we bring you a look at the early Schumacher retail sector, courtesy the Timmins Museum: ************************* Caption: Two early merchants set up shop at Pearl Lake (Schumacher) in the winter of 1910.

It was the time of the Great Depression. It was a time of streamlined automobiles. It was a time when the Pizza Pizza at Third Avenue and Cedar Street was something else entirely.