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Christmas 1890 in July 2014 – Randall Posts
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Presenting Wolfville's Past. Christmas 1890 in July 2014. July 4, 2014. July 4, 2014. Graphic by Devon Thomson for Randall House Museum. With scorching temperatures, paint-peeling humidity, and a tropical storm bearing down on Wolfville, it seems a good time to cast thoughts back to the chilly joys of a Victorian Christmas. Today, collections assistant (and in-house graphics guru) Devon Thomson brings us the post of Christmas past…. Card cut in the shape of a frame. WHS Collection. Enter your comment here.
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Acadians and Americans, the W&A.R. and War: Ferries in Wolfville – Randall Posts
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Presenting Wolfville's Past. Acadians and Americans, the W&A.R. and War: Ferries in Wolfville. July 9, 2014. July 9, 2014. Today project assistant Alex Porter-Muntz continues his look at Wolfville’s remarkably rich maritime past with a brief history of ferry service on the Minas Basin…. In the late nineteenth century, E. Churchill and Sons, a prolific Hantsport shipbuilding firm, operated two tramp steamers small vessels available to ferry goods or passengers to any nearby port for a fee called the.
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Randall House’s Afternoon Teas are More Specific than you Think. – Randall Posts
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Presenting Wolfville's Past. Randall House’s Afternoon Teas are More Specific than you Think. July 16, 2015. July 16, 2015. Posted in Community Museum. Welcome to the middle of July, frequent readers! At this point,we at the museum have been hosting our famous Saturday Afternoon Teas for a few weeks now, and for those of you who are regular guests, you may have noticed that we follow a very particular routine, right down to the way we build our. 8211; scones with cream and jam and a variety of different ...
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Wolfville, Main Street, August 1912 – Randall Posts
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Presenting Wolfville's Past. Wolfville, Main Street, August 1912. June 27, 2014. July 9, 2014. Main Street decorated for the Vice-Regal visit, 1912. WHS 03.1.134.4. The Duke and Duchess of Connaught in an open carriage, Wolfville, August 1912. WHS PH.89. Acadia at War 1914-1918. Shipping and Shipbuilding in Wolfville. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). Notify me of new comments via email.
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Randall Posts – Page 2 – Presenting Wolfville's Past
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Presenting Wolfville's Past. Randall House Remembers Wolfville’s First Murder, Prepares for Murder Mystery Event. July 2, 2015. August 30, 2016. What shadows haunt this ancient house? A mad physician from the past. Still shoots in rage his shuddering spouse. Because his bed she shunned aghast. 8211; “The Ghosts of ‘Kirkconnell House'” by W. K. What sort of spooky happenings could inspire a poem as sinister as this? At some point before that fateful summer night, two years after he parted ways with Harris...
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About – Randall Posts
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Presenting Wolfville's Past. Detail of unfinished linen cross-stitch sampler, n.d. WHS 75.L.17. Randall Posts is a blog maintained by the curator of the Randall House Museum in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. Drawing on the Wolville Historical Society’s collections of artifacts and historical photographs, Randall Posts aims to share the fascinating pasts of present-day Wolfville and surrounding region, from Mi’kmaw summer camps to the stylish restaurants of today’s Main Street. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Shipping and Shipbuilding in Wolfville – Randall Posts
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Presenting Wolfville's Past. Shipping and Shipbuilding in Wolfville. July 2, 2014. July 2, 2014. Alex Porter-Muntz photo/Harris Wharves, Wolfville, n.d. WHS 75.C.37A. Alex’s most recent research examines Wolfville’s seemingly improbable experience as a busy shipping and shipbuilding centre…. In 1814, Charles Randall petitioned along with 12 other locals to have a new wharf built north of Mud Bridge. Why? Because ships were unloading their cargoes directly onto the bridge, holding up traffic!
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Links – Randall Posts
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Presenting Wolfville's Past. Detail of Mary E. Payzant,. Sampler Worked in the 13th Year of Her Age,. Cross-stitch sampler, 1857. WHS 87.04.01. I’m keen to curate an expanding list of web resources relevant to the Wolfville region’s history and culture–resources of all kinds relevant to all periods. Please send along links to sites you feel should be more widely known. Return to watch this page grow. Http:/ fundyrocks.blogspot.ca/2013/01/new-blomidon-rockhounding.html. Harriet Irving Botanical Garden.
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