The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn’t just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Most people got married…
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Historical Tidbit: Early School Transportation a School Barge or a Pung
The barge was a large wagon pulled by a team of horses or one large horse. The wagon would usually have a roof and sides with steps mounted on the back. The…
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Historical Tidbit: How Did a Fuzzy Caterpillar Become a Weather Forecaster?
According to the 2020 Farmers’ Almanac: “The banded woolly bear, also known as the woolly worm caterpillar, is one of the “signs of nature” that supposedly foretells what the upcoming…
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Historical Tidbit: Members of First Halifax Girl Scout Troop
I believe this picture was taken in the mid 1940’s as my aunt, Doreen (Bosworth) Kiernan is one of the girls in the photo. She was born in 1930 and…
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