Past Times & Sidelines
Falcontry, baseball, ox team driving, bicycling and more. These stories highlight the interests and hobbies of rural dwellers.
Ox Team Driver Dakota Ryer
7 year-old Dakota talks about working with oxen, carrying on a Nova Scotian tradition that dates back to the earliest days of farming and forestry here.
Gran Fondo brings woman back to her roots
Last year when Charlotte Rogers retired she couldn’t have imagined that doors to the past would open, and be constructed – nor that the key would be a bicycle.
Guysborough Softball in the Earlier Days
In the 1950’s, the only person who had a glove back then was the catcher and pitcher. No one else had a glove, just a bare hand. Next, the first baseman started getting a glove.
Where Have The Old Cabins Gone?
Twenty-seven years ago, Lancelot Press of Hantsport published a little book called Backwoods Cabins of Nova Scotia. It was written and illustrated by Bud Inglis, who was then writing nature columns for a Halifax newspaper. Inglis traveled through all 18 counties,...
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