Driving on the ice in P.E.I. s Bygone Days
Driving on P.E.I. s frozen rivers was often the best way to get around by horse and sleigh and later by car on Prince Edward Island 100 years ago or more.
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A man named Bill Nelson in a horse-drawn sleigh on P.E.I. circa 1918.(PARO) comments
Reginald (Dutch) Thompson s column The Bygone Days brings you the voices of Island seniors, many of whom are now long-departed. These tales of the way things used to be offer a fascinating glimpse into the past. Every few weekends CBC P.E.I. brings you one of Dutch s columns.
Memories of Christmas from P.E.I. s Bygone Days
The Christmas wishes of many children have probably not changed for centuries they love dolls, toys, ice skates and candy.
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Posted: Dec 20, 2020 7:00 AM AT | Last Updated: December 20, 2020
Ella Newbery with her daughters Adele, left, and baby Marion, centre, as well as a Croskill girl, right, in Charlottetown sometime between 1885 and 1910. They are having a tea party and there are dolls, doll clothes hanging on a clothesline, toy dishes, wagons, carriages and other toys. (PARO)