Not often do I get stirred about going to something, somewhere. But I feel that has all changed. It…
Love this Christmas
The tree is up. The lights are on. The little village on the shelf is lit with the Nativity scene.…
Palmerston council counted every penny in 1930s
The depression years of the 1930s were challenging ones for Wellington’s municipal councils.…
Harriston Pork Packing Company organized in 1898
A business fad in Ontario during the years before and after 1900 was the pork packing factory.…
Boxing Day now a distorted custom
Every so often something comes along that shows how much our economy and our customs have been…
Earning my wings
The predictions for 2012 are rather dire now, aren’t they? I confess there was a time when…
January 2012
Christmas comes and Christmas goes and the New Year is now upon us. It happens each and every year…
More details on the ill-fated Peoples Railway
Perhaps the most intriguing business venture proposed for this region of Ontario in the early 20th…
Stock market trading is going crazy
The recent wild swings in the stock market, not surprisingly, have unsettled many investors. Yet,…
Silence is bronze
It’s not nice to poke fun at your spouse. Never tease a spouse. Sometimes you have to keep…
History repeated
It may not go down in the history books, but it happened again, exactly as it did along about this…
Church union in 1925 caused turmoil amongst Presbyterians
In 1925, the Canadian Methodist Church amalgamated with the Congregational Church and most of the…
Retailers must learn to reconfigure themselves; and cater to less well off
For a change, the newly poor rather than the newly rich, represent a growing and huge market.…
In sickness, health
The greatest test of any marriage is the onset of flu season. One good bout of the flu can wreak…
Sound of silence
It’s only mid-January, but do the math; we are now in what is colloquially known as the dead…