Monthly Archives: August 2014

This Week in Peterborough: 1867

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Patrick Conway

“The new Dominion of Canada was ushered in, at Peterboro, by the discharge of heavy guns, musketry, &c., the ringing of bells, and various other marks of the general rejoicing of the citizens.  To many the ringing of the bells … Continue reading →

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This Week in Peterborough: 1866

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Patrick Conway

This week we take a look at mid- to late- August of 1866, and we will find one story dominating the headlines in this neck of the woods.  It will also, of course, be the last time we talk of … Continue reading →

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This Week in Peterborough: 1865

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Patrick Conway

I invite to pay special attention to the source of that image of the S.S. Pewabic, which will give you a bit of a clue as to the vessel’s eventual fate.  Mid-August, 1865, was indeed an awful and tragic period … Continue reading →

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Peterborough on the Eve of War

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Patrick Conway

You probably do not need to be told what was dominating the headlines in Peterborough in late July and early August of 1914, one hundred years ago.  The First World War, which Canada officially entered on August 4th of that year, … Continue reading →

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This Week in Peterborough: 1864

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Patrick Conway

This, as it turns out, is an all-North-American edition of “This Week in Peterborough.”  Things were fairly quiescent in Europe in the Summer of 1864, and although the 14-year Taiping Rebellion was in its final throes in China, little mention … Continue reading →

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Peterborough Elsewhere

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Patrick Conway

As you are probably aware, our own Peterborough is not the only one out there.  A quick consultation with Google reveals that are five: one in Cambridgeshire, U.K., the familiar one in Ontario, one in New Hampshire in the U.S.A., … Continue reading →

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