Rodney’s Wish I was the 31st Wish for “We Are Young Association” Me (About 6-7 years old) After nearly 70 years of wondering and wishing what it would look like hovering in a helicopter over the city of Halifax a dream or wish has come. I have learned in life if you...
This article was in the Chronicle Herald May 27, 1970 Dream or Reality ?
Lieut.-Governor Visits Islands: Digby Courier July 31, 1969 Start of Garbage Collection: Digby Courier June 1970 When our orchards were started: Digby Courier May 17, 1895 First Book Mobile: Digby Courier May 14, 1970 The Belle of the Bays Astronomy Digby Weekly...
Covid-19 has changed our world as we once knew it. It is going to take many years before we get back to a normal world again. Leta and I did this comparison between Covid-19 and the Spanish Flu of 1918 to see what the differences were. This article was first published...
Temperance Hall School and Temperance Hall
ROOSEVELT SAILS DANGEROUS SEAS; Decks Awash, President Takes the Sewanna 30 Miles to Westport, N.S. SCORNS STORM WARNING Demonstrates Seamanship in Perilous Passage. New York Times July 1936 President of the United States at Westport Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the...
Temperance Hall Built July 1877 Painting Hall Sept 1904 Sold July 1936
The first Lobster License was issued in Feb. 1892. Anyone fishing lobster traps will need a license. The cost is .01 cent per trap. Each boat and buoy or other apparatus shall be stamped or branded as in the license. A fine of $20.00 for not having a license.
The reason I included this item is other Islanders must remember this factory and want to know more about it. I remember as a youngster traveling on Digby Neck passing by a large factory at Tiddville. Everyone called it the powder plant. The Digby Neck road took a...
This featured picture is where School Street Market is today.
Billy Smith