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	There is no record of when the first Post Office opened , It burned down and while the new one was being built, a temporary one was set up in Lloyd Leyden’s grocery store.

D Pelley Limited opened their first grocery store in 1920, on what is know today as Water Street South. In 1936 they built a new store and sold groceries, clothing, furniture, lumber and hardware. This store was built in the middle of Port Blandford. Pelley’s sold the store to Ted Parrot of Gander. He used it as a grocery store for one year, then renovated it into a club, which he named the Bivauac. Two years later he sold it to Charlie Harris, who is the owner today. Charlie changed the name to The Village Green. It is presently closed.
In 1942 Roland Greening opened his first grocery store, and in 1956 he opened a larger store,
R.E. Powell owned a grocery and hardware store but is now closed.

Hubert Davis built a hotel in 1955. It burned down in 1963. He later built a supermarket where the hotel was. A few years later his son Eric replaced it with a club. Today it is used by Gerald and his family. Another brother Laban started Davis Engineering and Associated Limited in 1985. It started as a small business and has grown steadily since. In 2000 it moved to Clarenville.

Davis Hotel

Pelley's store

The Village Green

formally Powells

A Radar Station was built and opened in the late 1950s and closed down in December 1986. The Royal Canadian Legion was built and opened in 1964.
A teen hangout was opened in the late 1950s and 1960s by Andrew Peddle and later run as a grocery store by his daughter-in-law.
Grace White owned a restaurant and gas bar in the 1960s and 1970s . Later it was renovated to a grocery store which closed in the early 1980s and the building was torn down. Today the White family are operating a dairy farm on the Bunyan’s Cove road.
There are two gas stations presently in Port Blandford ; The Corner Stop and Blackmores Ultramar and Restaurant. In 1982 Blackmores first garage and restaurant burned.
The first Beauty Salon was opened in 1982 and owned by Vicki Peddle.

In 1988 Leisure Time Cabins opened five cabins and in 1990 By-The-Bay opened six. cabins. In 1983 Twin Rivers Golf Course opened with nine holes. In 1991 the full 18 holes were opened . St. Christopher’s Resort was built in 1990 and opened in 1991. It closed again in the fall of 1991. In May 1993 it opened again as Terra Nova Park Lodge and Golf Course. In 1997 100 Pines Bed & Breakfast and Silver Maples Housekeeping opened. In 2000 The Serendipity B & B & Apts opened


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