This week’s excerpt from “As the Story is Told” is a poem called The Threshing Machine. ….previous section… The Threshing Machine (Marion Olson) When summer was ended and all down the lane The wheat fields are waving with ripe golden grain, When orchards are heavy with fruit on the bough And barns are o’erflowing with…
The most interesting thing about this letter was the discussion of the colour of leg bands for the hens, back home on the farm. It’s interesting to hear about these little details of rural life at the time. 23 McKenzie Ave., Fri. Nov. 17, 1939. Dear Folks, — Well at last this hectic week is…
This week in “As the Story is Told” we hear about Threshing in the early years of the Morpeth, Ontario, Canada area. ….previous section…. Threshing Gone from use is the old-fashioned threshing machine together with the crew of sweating men, who worked amidst great clouds of chaff and dust to separate the grain from the…
In this letter, we get a taste of a bus ride in 1939. I tried to find a picture of a bus from the period, and found the slideshow called “London, Ontario Through the Years.” These buses were photographed 6 years after this letter was written, but are probably quite similar to the one my…
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This post was originally published on my art journal blog, delightfilledart.wordpress.com, on September 29, 2013 Approaching her Great-Grandfather’s barn Six weeks have passed since we returned from our visit “home” to the farm where I was raised. I can’t believe how much time has elapsed and that I am…
This week’s excerpt of “As the Story is Told: A History of Morpeth and Community” (1986), was a poem on “A Farmer’s Life.” It is listed as “authour unkown” so I thought I would look around on the internet to see if I could find the source. I found a 1934 newspaper from Manassas, Virginia,…
Nov. 8, 1939 23 McKenzie Ave. Dear Folks, — I received your letter yesterday – also got one from Ethel so yesterday was my lucky day. She has been trying to do a little Christmas shopping but so far it has just been looking. She is finding it rather strange again to settle down to…
Every week, I share an excerpt from the book my Great Aunt helped write, As the Story is Told: A History of Morpeth and Community, which was printed in 1986. This week continues the story of “Farm Life.” Have you ever been to a ploughing match? I like the chipmunk story at the beginning, but…
I’ve had this old scrapbook in my old papers collection for a few years, its pages showing all kinds of great textures and nuances for collage art. Each page is labelled with the name of a plant, and here are traces of tape where my great aunt’s weed collection was once displayed. I found references…
Postmarked London, Ont. Nov 3, 1939 11 PM Mrs. Clarence Duck, Morpeth, Ontario Fri. Nov. 3, 1939 23 McKenzie Ave., Dear Folks, – As you will see by the above I am working backwards too. You still talk in riddles Ike. I got your letter today – was looking for it. Thought I should get…
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