Monthly Archives: November 2015

At the end of last week’s post, we wondered if 1932 would bring better news to the people of Peterborough.  The answer to that, as we will discover, was a blunt “no.”  In fact, things were arguably worse by that … Continue reading →

It was tough times, around Peterborough and elsewhere, this week 84 years ago.  War in the Far East, with ominous possibilities of escalation, and potential British Empire difficulties regarding India were the stories from abroad, while at home the Great … Continue reading →

“This Week in Peterborough: 1931” will be up tomorrow Friday evening.

“Surrounding the cenotaph, the citizens of Peterborough and the war veterans in particular, gathered on Sunday afternoon to do honor to the memory of those legions who sleep their last sleep on the battlefields of Europe and elsewhere…” So wrote … Continue reading →

Early November of 1929, and that means that we are officially a week or so into the Great Depression — at least if we accept the traditional starting date for that sad era of October 29th, when the New York … Continue reading →

…so the regular blog post will occur tomorrow evening (we’ll be looking at 1929)! Update: Almost done, but I need to check a couple of things — post will go up Saturday evening!