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Tighsolas House of Light.
Tighsolas Floor plan as drawn by Norman, most likely. If anything HASN’T changed much, since 1910, it is the way houses look on the outside. If you flip through the pages of a 1910 magazine your… more →
My Montreal Stories - by Dorothy Nixon
Cheek by Jowl and Tighsolas
wrote 11 months ago: This is Tighsolas, or House of Light (or Peace) in Gaelic, a Queen Anne Revival Style Home that stil … more →
Loonies and Louise Penny
wrote 11 months ago: The book, booze and sunscreen combo. Canada Day 2012. I spent the Canada Day long weekend in cottage … more →
The Dionne Quints, Dominion Park and Social Networks
wrote 1 year ago: An ad for the Dionne Quintuplets in Marie Claire’s fourth issue, 1937. Before the sad story of … more →
Husband hunting 1910
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wrote 1 year ago: Sophia Nicholson, Norman’s niece gets married in October 1912. I don’t know her story, b … more →
War and Prices, the Cost of Living 1914-1918
wrote 1 year ago: A page from Oct 1914 House Accounts, Norman Nicholson of Richmond, Quebec. I have 50 years of Househ … more →
Edwardian Oxymoron.
wrote 1 year ago: An Edwardian club chair. Marion Nicholson Blair used this chair. (You can read all ab … more →
Edwardian Oxymoron.
wrote 1 year ago: An Edwardian club chair. Marion Nicholson Blair used this chair. (You can read all ab … more →
Titanic Era Life of Women
wrote 1 year ago: Coats from Eaton’s Catalogue, winter 1913-14, range 12.00 to 25.00. Mid range. The catalogue o … more →
Home Sweet Home - About our house (no pictures yet)
wrote 1 year ago: Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself ha … more →
Tighsolas House of Light.
wrote 3 years ago: Tighsolas Floor plan as drawn by Norman, most likely. If anything HASN’T changed much, since 1 … more →
