A new book by a Palmerston area resident provides a glimpse into a bygone, but not forgotten, era of local history.
Though born in York County, David Turner has spent most of his 65 years on a farm at RR2, Palmerston, where his family moved in 1957.
Turner, who worked as a courier for the Ontario Ministry of Health while also tending the family farm, has been contributing “nostalgia” stories to magazines for several years and recently decided to publish some of his tales in book form.
In Search of Yesterday, is a 350-page collection of 38 stories “depicting a simpler time when one-room schools, family farms, steel rails and bustling small town main streets formed the fabric of our rural culture,” states Turner. “In few counties is this rich heritage more apparent than Wellington County and I feel this book captures and portrays that.”
Turner feels that if left unrecorded “these stories and, more importantly, those that lived them will be lost forever.”
Many of the stories in the book are Turner’s personal memories, but many are vignettes of characters and recollections he heard from his parents.
“Thus In Search of Yesterday is dedicated to the memory of my parents, who through their personal accounts provided me with not only the inspiration to begin to write … but more importantly the resolve to continue,” he states.
For information go to www.davidturnerstories.com.
