Category: Life In Canada
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Going Shopping!
When I sit down at my computer to send off an order to Amazon I really do not consider much about my mode of ordering. But if we think about it, in my lifetime a lot has changed in the way we shop. I was born just before the Second World War so as a…
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Stratford Summer Festival
One of my favorite things to do every summer was go to the theatre in Stratford. By the time I was going there, in the 70’s and 80’s, it was well established. Prior to the theatre, Stratford had been a railway hub where steam engines were repaired and turned around. In the early 1950’s, with…
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The Fanny Hill…..(Any port in stormy weather)
We did not realize it, but our move to Peterborough in the fall of 1963 meant our joining a particularly unique type of Canadian culture. This was, ”We all go to the cottage in the summer,” and a hedonistic and happy time begins! On the whole, I found my fellow Canadians a remarkably law abiding…
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Working for the Young Women’s Christian Association
I think it must have been about 1974 when I started working for the “Y”. We had spent the year from 1969 to 1970 in America while my husband studied for his Masters in Social Work. The story of this epic is still to come!! Also, in a similar attempt to upgrade my education, I…
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First Days in Canada
I finally made it to Canada near the end of August 1962. My husband had gone ahead in June to look for a job and make plans for us to join him. At that time I had a two year old and a five month old baby. Our plan was for me to stay with…
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First Winter in Canada. 1962
By the time colder weather arrived we were able to move into our rented house for the winter. The older couple who rented us their bungalow went to Florida, and as soon as they departed we moved in. I was in some trepidation at moving in, as The Denton house had obviously been lived in…
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Finding the Petroglyphs
Our family moved to Peterborough from Coburg in 1964. We had not intended to move as we had already built a house on the shores of Lake Ontario. However, a job beckoned and we sold the house ( for a tidy profit) without ever having lived in it, and moved to the bigger city. This…
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Emigration to Canada 1962
Ever since we planned to be married my husband had been determined that we should emigrate to Canada. In 1958 I had actually visited relatives there in British Colombia. It is a beautiful, if enormous, country, and British Colombia had been in the background of my family’s history since the mid nineteenth century. After my…
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Memories of Driving with Michael!
My most vivid memories, among many, of Michael my son-in-law, are our frequent drives together. The first time I met Michael he needed to get from Peterborough to Ottawa, and as I was going that way he hitched a lift. I do not remember what car I was driving in those days but it must…
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Crossroads. The Beginning of a Women’s Shelter
I am sure many of us remember a time when a stray remark or a momentary thought sparked important and long lasting results. So it was with the decision to open a Women’s Shelter in the Young Women’s Christian Association in Peterborough. I have written elsewhere about the beginnings of the”Y” in the1920’s and how…