Bond Family Chronicles Chapter Four People 0 24 min readWARNING: unbalanced footnote start tag short code found.If this warning is irrelevant, please disable the syntax validation feature in the...
Bond Family Chronicles Chapter Three People 2 19 min readThe Preston Chapter of the Bond Family Chronicles takes us back to William Bond’s parents, Thomas and Alice Bond who...
Bond Family Chronicles Chapter Two People 2 30 min readThe London chapter of the Bond family chronicles takes us back another generation to Laura’s parents, William and Jessie Bond...
Bond Family Chronicles Chapter One People 0 18 min readHardship, adversity and heartbreak can often serve as glue that binds families together. Such was the case with the ancestors...
The Women Went to Work Occupations 2 7 min readWhile there is no doubt in my mind that our earliest female ancestors worked, and worked very hard, their choices for...
Massarti, The Lion Tamer Occupations 20 5 min readOn Wednesday, 3 January 1872, Thomas Macarte gave his last performance as Massarti the Lion Tamer in front of a horrified...
Leisure in Historical Britain People 1 7 min readOver the generations, the ways in which our ancestors enjoyed their leisure hours slowly changed. Not only did the activities...
The Juice of the Poppy Community 0 8 min readIn the mid-nineteenth century, although officially part of British North America, British Columbia was a wilderness territory, effectively run by...
Early Motion Pictures Occupations 2 6 min readThe motion picture industry was in its infancy when my grandfather started working for General Film in Montreal. Although very new, dedicated movie...
Snow, Snow and More Snow Community 2 7 min readOn Monday, December 11, 1944, the forecast for Toronto, Ontario was for fresh to strong winds with some snow Monday...