by admin | Dec 13, 2016 | Local History
The year is 1929, the tail end of an era that has since been anointed as the “Roaring Twenties”. While that specific descriptor was used to symbolize an overall sea-change that took place within the overall culture of the time, it is a term that can also be applied...
by admin | Nov 29, 2016 | Local History
Businesses of Palmerston in 1938, as found in the Knox Presbyterian Church Cook Book in 1938. J. Fred. Edwards Rexall Drug Store – Phone 2W Zurbrigg’s Grocery – Phone 29 K.M. Henderson (Funeral and Ambulance Service – Furniture –...
by admin | Nov 15, 2016 | Local History
Recently there has been much discussion surrounding the Town of Minto’s ongoing discussions in regard to moving the War Memorial Cenotaph in Palmerston from its current position in front of the Palmerston Library to the newly developing Lions Heritage Park. We...
by admin | Aug 26, 2016 | Local History
The Palmerston Brewery was owned by L. H. Clarke, Brewer & Maltster and located on Norman St. The company is listed in an 1882 directory and was awarded first prize in September of 1884 at a Dominion Exhibition in Montreal. It consisted of a two-storey brick...
