Not enough I am so glad that three government bodies could work together long enough to install…
Opinion
Harmony’s price
The Carpenter is an avid reader of the Advertiser – partly because he likes to read…
Temperance worker T.E. Bissell found success in 1900s
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Sequins
Last week I relayed the true story of the annual holiday humiliation of a middle-aged woman…
Alarm
When I was about five years-old, a small fire started in the electrical panel in the basement of my…
Judged sports in the Olympics
Losing is frustrating The past several days have been a blur of activity on the Olympic front. The…
Popcorn
I may have a romantic soul, but I can kill a romantic moment faster than a room full of…
Bridge builder Richard Boyle had an inventive mind
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Speculators once owned Nichol, Pilkington townships
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Fifty-one
I did not forget the Carpenter’s birthday. Aug. 5 is forever etched in my mind as the day one…
Crime and punishment – and a second Morriston robbery
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Will of Rev. William Barrie disputed by sister
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Short notice
It’s that time of year when people take summer holidays. It’s the time of year…
The sky is falling, cried Chicken Little
I heard it first from my brother back in 1947, "The sun is dying," he said. "It will…
Worthless information
A great deal of “information” can be described quite properly as “noise.”…