All Entries in the "Margaret Haylock-Capon" Category
Famous and infamous lie within Glenwood Cemetery’s gates
Gone But Not Forgotten By Margaret Haylock Capon In the Victorian era, burial grounds such as Picton’s Glenwood Cemetery, consecrated in 1873, were known as Cities of the Dead. Street names were assigned to roadways, to further perpetuate this community concept and prestigious “neighbourhoods” for interment of the socially prominent were mapped out. In death, […]
Dr. Currie was one of County’s best known physicians
Gone But Not Forgotten By Margaret Haylock Capon In the Victorian era, burial grounds such as Picton’s Glenwood Cemetery, consecrated in 1873, were known as Cities of the Dead. Street names were assigned to roadways, to further perpetuate this community concept and prestigious “neighbourhoods” for interment of the socially prominent were mapped out. In death, […]
Happy memories of downtown Picton in the 50s
by Margaret Haylock Capon Time has taught me that Thomas Wolfe was right – you can’t go home again, but the occasional trip down memory lane is always a possibility. Often, while walking down Picton’s Main Street, in my mind’s eye I see it as I remember it from the 1950’s. I remember the sights […]
Sales of LHS fundraising ‘paws’ best in the district
Sponsored by A Sheltered Life – stories as told to Maggie Haylock-Capon, by Liza, resident greeter at the Loyalist Humane Society. (Photographs by Alan R. Capon) (If you are unable to adopt a cat or kitten, there are many other important ways to help the LHS. Donations of Javex and other household cleaning products, garbage […]
Pet day raises $2,500 for Loyalist Humane Society
Pet Appreciation weekend at Pet Valu raised approximately $2,500 for the Loyalist Humane Society through the sale of “paws”. Cats were brought to the store by the LHS for adoption. Alan R. Capon photos
Doctors Lighthall and Allison, Gone but Not Forgotten
Gone But Not Forgotten By Margaret Haylock Capon In the Victorian era, burial grounds such as Picton’s Glenwood Cemetery, consecrated in 1873, were known as Cities of the Dead. Street names were assigned to roadways, to further perpetuate this community concept and prestigious “neighbourhoods” for interment of the socially prominent were mapped out. In death, […]
Wallace Earle, William Bedell – Gone But Not Forgotten
Gone But Not Forgotten By Margaret Haylock Capon In the Victorian era, burial grounds such as Picton’s Glenwood Cemetery, consecrated in 1873, were known as Cities of the Dead. Street names were assigned to roadways, to further perpetuate this community concept and prestigious “neighbourhoods” for interment of the socially prominent were mapped out. In death, […]
Blasts from the past. You know you’re old when…
by Margaret Haylock Capon Recently, I received a “Remember When” e-mail from an old school friend, who was one of my classmates at Picton’s Mary Street School, in the 1950’s. It contained illustrations of approximately 30 items described as blasts from the past. Among them were ice cube trays with levers, Studebaker cars, juke boxes, […]
Globe Hotel proprietor ‘did the best he could’; Picton man a victim of an experiment gone wrong
Gone But Not Forgotten By Margaret Haylock Capon In the Victorian era, burial grounds such as Picton’s Glenwood Cemetery, consecrated in 1873, were known as Cities of the Dead. Street names were assigned to roadways, to further perpetuate this community concept and prestigious “neighbourhoods” for interment of the socially prominent were mapped out. In death, […]
George’s excellent adventure the talk of the shelter
Sponsored by A Sheltered Life – stories as told to Maggie Haylock-Capon, by Liza, resident greeter at the Loyalist Humane Society. (Photographs by Alan R. Capon) (If you are unable to adopt a cat or kitten, there are many other important ways to help the LHS. Donations of Javex and other household cleaning products, garbage […]
