by Patricia_Balkcom | Last updated Apr 24, 2023 | Family Collections, Stories
Contributed by Robert Hicks, Poem Author and Date Unknown See Robert's PDF here Click...
by Patricia_Balkcom | Apr 13, 2023 | Family Collections, Stories
By Robert Hicks March, 2023 See Robert's PDF hereJimmy’s Songs 1-combined Click...
by Patricia_Balkcom | Last updated Apr 29, 2019 | Family Collections, History of Valcartier
Eric Corrigan, on fiddle and Bernie Monaghan, on accordian The taste for traditional Music had declined among our young people to a point where they didn’t want to hear it anymore (it had reached its lowest ebb about 1980). About this time, there appeared on the scene...
by Patricia_Balkcom | Last updated May 4, 2019 | Family Collections, Stories
Milking During the early 1920’s, as I remember them, all the people were dairy farmers and had been following the same system for many years before my time. A herd of 14 milk cows at that time was considered a big one. Herds on the various farms would range from four...
by Patricia_Balkcom | Last updated May 4, 2019 | Family Collections, Stories
During the summer of 1914, there was a long, hot, dry spell of weather. In early July, the streams, wells and springs were low and some were almost dry. The earth was like a tinderbox. At this particular time in early July, the farmers had begun harvesting their hay....
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