The house at 57 Pitt Street was once located on Douglas Avenue. During the thirties it was a rec. hall for the neighbourhood’s Polish community. After the War, the Credit Union bought the building and moved it to its current address. Miners deposited their pay cheques there until Caledonia pit closed in 1963.

I took this photo on Christmas Eve. I’m not sure if the girl peeking out the front door is waiting for Santa or trying to keep the dilapidated structure from collapsing.  She seems forlorn. The owner of 57 Pitt once told me that a ghost (a man dressed in camel colour pants and a wife beater T-shirt) haunted the house. I wouldn’t doubt it.