Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for April 7, 2025 Back in early 2020, I wrote a blog about my frustration in seeing a Washington Township treasure, the 1840 Thorington primary school, sit at the side of the road, at Mound and 31 Mile and slowly deteriorate as time went on. Many people would comment onContinue reading “The Thorington School Part 2”
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‘The Narrows’ Halifax 1917
Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for March 4th, 2024 After steaming out of New York City on December 1, 1917, filled with a staggering three thousand tons of TNT, benzene and gun cotton, this munitions ship the Mont-Blanc found its way up the Atlantic coast, through waters filled with enemy u-boats. After colliding with anotherContinue reading “‘The Narrows’ Halifax 1917”
“Loneliness and Monotony”
Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for February 5, 2024 The words most used by light keepers in their diaries and letters to describe the existence during their time at lighthouses are “loneliness” and “monotony”. A great deal of a keeper’s life centered on the mundane duties of keeping the station and its equipment clean. Lighthouses wereContinue reading ““Loneliness and Monotony””
‘Romeo Observer Christmas’
Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for December 4, 2023 This is a repeat of a blog from Christmas of 2020. I felt it was well worth posting the information yet again for any newer blog readers who might not have seen this article from that point in time. With this being the Christmas season, myContinue reading “‘Romeo Observer Christmas’”
Thorington School – Part Two
Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for August 7th 2023 Today, is the National Lighthouse Day, so it is a day to give some thought to these giants of maritime navigation that are still trying to survive. While not technically needed to do the jobs their were first intended to do, their historical significance in teachingContinue reading “Thorington School – Part Two”
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