Pieces of the Past

The Great War, spanning 1914-1918, may seem altogether an unrecognizable period, and in many ways this is true: the unimaginable events unfolding abroad is a glaring example. But as discovered through the ink of the newspaper, there are characteristics of community that have remained the same. 

Ten to sixty years of turning back the pages on what was happening in The Listowel Banner.

Remembrance Day is a time to reflect on the past and the atrocities and effects of war.

November is Aviation History Month. Let’s take a look back at a fascinating piece of local aviation history.

From Nov. 6, 1996: – Historic Hartley House turns 125; – Movie playing at Paramount in Hanover:…

While on a trip to Sault St. Marie in the 1920s, local newspaper publisher Charles O.J. Dingman…

Witches, ghosts, carved pumpkins, and scary black cats are what we think of this time of the year as Halloween approaches. Maybe you are going to get dressed up to go trick-or-treating or to host a party. 

Frozen turkeys $0.89/lb;

A recent donation to Stratford-Perth Archives from the Gordon family included this invitation from August 1942.

It’s October.  A season of falling leaves, cooler temps, cozying up with a good book and warm drink, and the Healthcare Heroes Radiothon.  Now entering it’s 23rd year, I thought this would be a fitting time to delve into a little bit of the history of healthcare and hospitals in North Perth.

One of the local newspapers that you can now access from home via the Stratford-Perth Archives Digital Newspaper Database at vitacollections.ca/s-pacollections/search is the Milverton Sun from 1891 to 1919. Later issues are available on microfilm in the Archives’ Reading Room.