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At a Crossroads
My love for Hales Cottage is like a passionate love affair: one week I want to say “enough is enough, I can’t take this anymore- I must let you go.” Then other weeks I think I can’t bear to break … Continue reading
Posted in historical media, Kingston, old photographs, spirit, Thoughts
Tagged choices, Hales Cottage, rant
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The Boo Files
The first of many ghost stories about Hales Cottage revolves around Lord Sydenham and his untimely death, supposedly due to Hales Cottage. Lord Sydenham was the governor of Upper Canada from 1839-1841. As governor general, he was responsible for bringing … Continue reading
Posted in history and literature, Kingston, spirit
Tagged Alwington House, ghosts, Hales Cottage, Kingston, Lord Sydenham
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Entertainment in 1917…
Thurston the Magician: I found this in one of my gran’s scrapbooks based around World War One. He came to Kingston in 1917- four years into the war. According to my Web research, Thurston was the largest magic act in … Continue reading
Posted in Art, historical media, Kingston, old photographs, primary resource
Tagged 1917, Entertainment, history, Kingston, Magician, playbill, thurston the Magician
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Letter from the Front
Posted in Art, history and literature, Kingston, Uncategorized, World War One
Tagged censored mail, history, primary document, World War One
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Excerpt from Gran’s journal
Friday November 5th, 1920 This was such a mild day that I rode my byke to the bank ( of Montreal where she worked in Kingston). I forgot to take my purse with me, but it didn’t matter, as I … Continue reading
Posted in 1920s, history and literature, Kingston, primary resource
Tagged 1920s, journal, picture, Primary resource
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Brushed With Mystery 