Corrie Street 27 Dec. 2020
Hens' Revenge The stars of the 60th anniversary episodes for me were Yasmeen's hens. Especially the overhead shot of them pecking around Geoff laying splat out on the ground. They…
Corrie Origin Story
Sixty years ago today, on December 9, 1960, the first episode of Coronation Street aired. Since then, its origin story has been told many times, many ways. Here is the…
General Jack and Warrior
Warrior was called "the horse the Germans couldn't kill." He was a war horse. The 15.2 hand Thoroughbred gelding was General Jack Seely's charger. Gen. Seely was a British career…
Canadian Triple Crown
Mighty Heart has a chance today to be the 13th Canadian Triple Crown winner. The three-year-old colt won the Queen's Plate at Woodbine, the Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort…
Glenwood Tannery
37 years ago this month, the Mi'kmaq band council in the central Newfoundland town of Glenwood began operating a smoke tannery. A Gander Beacon article about the official opening is…
After the farm
Final part of Marji Smock Stewart's Finding the Rivers. The years on the farm (1960-1969), the academic years (1968-1982), seven years in Henderson (1985-1992, then ten years moving from place…
Lady Ashburnham Pickle
A mustard relish, Lady Ashburnham pickle originated in New Brunswick. It is also called Lady Ashburn or Lady A relish. Whatever you call it, it's the best mustard pickle that…
Ohio County Farm
By Marji Smock Stewart, from Climbing the Hills and Finding the Rivers. This continues her story on from Just the Three of Us. The weather New Year's day in 1960…
Covid Corrie
Overnight, Covid-19 will hit Weatherfield. People who had been freely walking around Coronation Street without a corona care in the world will be masked and distancing themselves. Tonight in Britain,…
Just The Three Of Us
By Marji Smock Stewart, from Climbing the Hills and Finding the Rivers. This continues her story on from 35 Cent Grilled Cheese. I kept working well into my pregnancy. At…