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1830s-1913: In Darkest London
1914-1920: The Noise of War
1919-1930s: The Forest City
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Flu Pandemic 1918
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The Insulin Soldiers
Red Cross Neighbours
Woodwriter
Part 5: The Mystery Baby
Part 4: The Mystery Baby
Remembrance Day
Part 3: The Mystery Baby
Part 2: The Mystery Baby
Part 1: The Mystery Baby
Solace: a father-and-son story
A Halifax Man
A 1950s winter: new Canadians
Part 3: A WW1 Barnardo’s Boy
Part Two: A WW1 Barnardo’s Boy
Zoom presentation: Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society
Part 1: A WW1 Barnardo’s Boy
WW1 in the Junction Triangle
Flu Pandemic 1918: Cars, chauffeurs & transit
Flu Pandemic 1918: Fashion, Masks & Flu Veils
Flu Pandemic 1918: “It has swept over the earth like a cyclone…”
In search of toilet paper, or whither the wipes?
Flu Pandemic 1918: dainty tablets & unseen heroes
Flu Pandemic 1918: Smiles are contagious
Flu Pandemic 1918: “I love to get your letters so much…”
Flu Pandemic 1918: “trying times test us”

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The elusive Ellen, discovered in the Stone Asylum casebook at the London Metropolitan Archives (City of London). This image appears with their permission.

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