Monthly Archives: December 2015

First, a blog scheduling note: our look at the tail end of 1937 will be along in the next couple of days, and next week we should be back to the regular Wednesday schedule. However, the cartoon above should give you … Continue reading →

I hope you all have been enjoying a very pleasant holiday week!  The folks of Peterborough certainly were, in 1936, although given the state of affairs in the world, it was not a time completely free of cares.  so read … Continue reading →

“Preparations looking forward to the day when airplanes will fly the Atlantic Ocean on fixed schedules are progressing past the stage of mere planning,” wrote the Peterborough Examiner on December 18th, 1935, and I must say that it is always … Continue reading →

The second week of December, 1934, saw winter arrive in Peterborough — The December 8th Peterborough Examiner noted that “the thermometer went to seven below” the previous night — and that is in degrees Fahrenheit — and that it had … Continue reading →

On to December of 1933, and it must be said that the news in the local papers remained dire.  Of course, the Great Depression was still in full swing, but there were also sinister developments in German politics to worry … Continue reading →