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stouffville suntribune thursday aug 4 2005 7 leaving stouffville to find good ole days yv ack to the future m 3 starring michael j fox was a top box jt j office attraction two decades ago so popular several successful sequels followed while farfetched they prompted people particu larly older people to long for the good old days many of us go down this road continually but never truly believing we can actual ly turn back the clock dont tell this to stouffville native bill keeping he and wife muriel not only believed it they did it they moved to a community called stirling population 2172 10 minutes north of belleville and they plan to stay except on the fourth thursday of each month when bill returns to practise his barbering skills at parkview home parkview village and buckingham manor seniors residences while here he invariably stops at stouffvilles tim hortons to catch up on local news during one of these stopovers we renewed acquaintances it was a step back in time bill claims likening stirling to the stouffville he knew 40 years ago but why stirling we were looking for a small town not too far from our bancroft cottage he explained i was preparing for retirement and wanted to be ready they checked out sites in several communities includ ing brighton madoc and campbellford but nothing quite met their require ments then one afternoon while passing through stirling muriel commented i always liked this place they stopped checked with a realtor and were directed to a property meet ing their needs they made an offer the very next day after moving in bill said to himself you know we can sit here and look out the window or we can become part of the community they selected the latter with amazing results bill became a member of the foxborough mens club the centre hastings community services the diners club the stirling theatre association a bible study and hymnsing group and best of all the golden spike club that meets every friday morning in a refurbished railroad station in nearby frankford here in this unique set ting george and lois thompson host a breakfast but the patrons dont just sit around and talk they sing songs and play musical instruments theyre the greatest group of people one will ever meet bill says i wouldnt miss it for the world while bill admits hes no roaming around with jim thomas luciano pavarotti he did agree on one occasion to do his vocal thing it was close to christmas and he sang away in a manger to a standing ovation you can do what you want says bill but mostly its country and gospel the atmospheres unbe lievable says bill were like one big happy family shortly after joining the club bill suffered a major heart attack he was declared clinically dead offers of assistance immediately flooded their home along with a card bearing every ones name word of bills brush with death soon circulated throughout the area prompting speaking engage ments everywhere this per sonal experience plus 30 years as a toronto para medic has given him immense knowledge in this field knowledge he cheer fully dispenses to eager audi ences in the area prior to this rewarding career bill worked with his dad arid brother dave in a stouffville family barbershop where stonehouse travels now located the arrival of the beades marked the end of my full- time barbering bill recalls mothers kept coming in requesting beatles haircuts for their sons instead of every three weeks it was every three months it was time for a change for bill and muriel keeping 2003 was for them selves a time for change he describes stirling as like stouffville in the 1960s we were looking for a small friendly community far from toronto he says we wanted to turn back the clock bill claims the move has worked to their advantage in two ways weve kept die friends we once knew in stouffville and have made many new friends in stirling weve no regrets two towns two welcome mats 200 miles apart jim thomas is a stouffville resident who has written for area newspapers 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