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Preserving and researching Ontario rural history, with diaries from 1800-1960

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#OnThisDay in 1926: "Spent a dead day without the Radio. Was reading most of the time. At night Jack and Ernie came and that made up for the rest of the day. Saw the end of February and the beginning of March and to bed at 12:30." ~ Jean Barker #ruralliving
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#OnThisDay 1916: "The boys were at the Literary society meeting...taking part in a debate “Eastern Canada is more preferable to live in than Western Canada”. Rowand was the leader...(and) proved that it was preferable to live in the Eastern part". Elizabeth Oliver Burgess #rural
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#triviatuesday In his 1859 diary, David Martin describes the weather conditions as "drouthy". If this Scottish word is also used to describe a state of thirst, what did Martin likely mean? #ruralliving
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#OnThisDay in 1902: "I did a baking of five loaves of bread, patched father's clothes, peeled apples and canned them. In evening I read a paper and helped finish father's fur mittens. The day was cold down to zero but bright". Olive Esther Delmage #rural #countrylife
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#OnThisDay "Ernie came in the evening...we spent the last of 1926...in front of the fire-place and I had the pleasure of having the head of the dearest boy I know, on my lap. Yes 1926 was even more wonderful then 1920 and that is saying something." ~ Jean Barker #HappyNewYear
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#OnThisDay in 1878: "Christmas exceedingly cold and stormy the roads are blocked up, the boys went through the drifts on horseback to see the state of the roads. We had a goose and plum pudding" ~ Elizabeth Simpson
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Many thanks to volunteer Alison Gammage for transcribing Jean Barker's 1926 diary, a charming story of #countrylife and love, forever preserved for the enjoyment of future generations #ruraldiaries
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