Part Sixty-Six ~ It happened this week

Part Sixty-Six ~ It happened this week

Way, way back in 1914, the following entries were recorded in Nell McCann’s diary: “Moved our Bed upstairs & Started house cleaning May 12th 1914 Noah Whitmarsh died of Plura Pneumonia. Nursed by Miss Lynn May 14th 1914 Ernie Botting & Nettie De Wolfe...
Part Sixty-Four ~ Continuing with class…

Part Sixty-Four ~ Continuing with class…

Need I say more. We’ve had such great comments and so many views, that we are going to keep going with our vintage class photos of local students. How great is it that the museum has so many great pictures of our children over the years! “Westport School Fair...
Part Sixty-Three ~ Here We Go… Again

Part Sixty-Three ~ Here We Go… Again

Who doesn’t love looking at class photos from the last century? Hopefully not you, because here we go again! Because The Rideau District Museum has a plethora of photos of citizens of the village from the 1900s, it seems a shame not to share them all on Vintage...
Part Sixty-Two ~ Continuing with the Trend

Part Sixty-Two ~ Continuing with the Trend

Last week we took a look at the pupils of Bell’s School, Salem, and Ardmore, and, not surprisingly, that was our most popular Vintage Westport post ever. For those who don’t follow The Rideau District Museum on Facebook, we had over 1,800 views of that particular...
Part Sixty-One ~ A Look Out of Town

Part Sixty-One ~ A Look Out of Town

This week, Vintage Westport is venturing out of the village and taking a peek at some of the outlying schools in the district. Back in the days of the one-room schoolhouses, children would walk for miles every day to class and some would even hop on the B&W and...