Date/Time
Date(s) - 01/11/2022
7:30 pm - 9:15 pm
Categories
Tuesday, November 1st at 7:30 pm
Hybrid meeting – via Zoom or at Northminster United Church (basement meeting room)
Bomb Girls: Life at the DIL plant in Ajax – presented by Elaine Lievaart
Prior to the Spring of 1940, Ajax did not exist. This all changed when two government surveyors arrived in Pickering Township, looking for land upon which to build the largest munitions plant in the British Commonwealth. We’ll take a tour of this plant, learn about what life was like on and off the production lines and how it eventually morphed into the Town of Ajax.
Elaine Lievaart has worked for the Ajax Public Library in various roles for the past 18 years. She is currently a Community Engagement Associate who works primarily with older adults where she organizes programs which are designed to educate, enlighten, enrich and, mostly, entertain. The other hat she wears is looking after the Local History and Genealogy collections at the Library. Elaine has a love of history and received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto with a double major in Anthropology and History. She is never happier than chatting with people about the unusual story of the founding of Ajax or being let loose in the Town’s Archives to see what treasures she can find.
We will also be having our Annual General Meeting and celebrating our 40th Anniversary.
Kindly pre-register at the following Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rc-mqrjkrG9bu7PjhZUWhSrTMrn00dPto
