Weekend Highlights – July 25 & 26
Posted on June 23, 2022
Hey you’ll, welcome back to another post of Weekend Highlights! We hope everyone had a great Father’s Day last weekend, and stayed cool in that blistering heat. This weekend we’ve […]
Tag: life in the talbot settlement
Podcast Episode 34-Food Preservation
Posted on June 15, 2022
In today’s episode we’ll be talking about the preservation of food throughout the ages! Canning is a process where food is placed in cans or jars and is heated to […]
Podcast Episode 33 – The Hardware Business, West Lorne
Posted on May 18, 2022
West Lorne’s first hardware store seems to have been established during the 1870’s by William Potts. It was situated north of the railroads track (The Canada Southern Railway having been […]
Podcast Episode 28 – Crime & Tragedies of the Talbot Settlement
Posted on March 30, 2022
Today is a rather intriguing episode. We’ll be talking about the crimes, scandals and tragedies that have occurred in the Talbot settlement. Before we begin, I’d like to acknowledge funding from the Department […]
Podcast Episode 27 – A Grave Situation Part 3
Posted on March 9, 2022
Welcome back to the third and final part of a Grave Situation cemeteries in Dutton Dunwich. In October 2021, the Dutton Dunwich Municipal Heritage Committee hosted an outdoor Doors Open […]
Podcast Episode 26 – Textiles
Posted on February 23, 2022
Welcome to the 26th episode of the Life in the Talbot Settlement Podcast, today we will be talking about the production of textiles Flax/linen and wool processing. Weaving, sewing, Spinning, […]
Podcast Episode 25- A Grave Situation Part 2
Posted on February 9, 2022
We’re back with part 2 in the 3 part series of A Grave Situation from our podcast Life in the Talbot Settlement! In October 2021, the Dutton Dunwich Municipal Heritage Committee hosted […]
Podcast Episode 24 – Red River Downfall
Posted on January 25, 2022
Today’s episode is about the Selkirk Settlers -A group of Scottish Highlanders who arrived at the fork of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers in Manitoba, led by Lord Selkirk and […]
Episode 20-Tobacco Industry in the Talbot Settlement
Posted on December 15, 2021
The cultivation of tobacco has been in Canada for over 1000 years and was likely the earliest form of agriculture in North America, long before crops such as corn, beans, and […]