Beneath The Alders Newsletters
In the May 2024 Newsletter
About Lorna Dueck and the Recording of The Mending Click Here
From Serialization to Audible - The Evolution of Fiction Click Here
The History the Early Recording Industry and His Master’s Voice Click Here
The Piano Player Click Here
In the February 2024 Newsletter
Ask Colleen - Dolls of the Early 20th Century Click Here
A History of the Colour Pink Click Here
Jessie’s Pink Party Dress Click Here
Special Surgeries Click Here
In the December 2023 Newsletter
Eaton’s Christmas – 1922 Click Here
The Christmas Truce of 1914 Click Here
Christmas performance at Grace Church, Brampton 1914 Click Here
Joyful Old Christmas Click Here
In the February 2023 Newsletter
The Flowertown of Canada Click Here
Aren't We a Little Naughty Click Here
A Guide to giving roses Click Here
Roses are Red and Other Famous References Click Here
Love Stories in the Beneath the Alders Series and other Fiction Click Here
In the December 2022 Newsletter
The Christmas Dinner - Now and Then Click Here
Nuts, Nutcrackers and Nutcracker Ballet Click Here
Christmas performance at Grace Church, Brampton 1914 Click Here
Traditional Christmas Recipes Click Here
In the November 2022 Newsletter
Jessie on CBC Radio on November Click Here
Ask Colleen - The History behind those serving as Chaplains and Padres Click Here
The Brampton Cenotaph and its history Click Here
Poignant Words Click Here
Honour Roll and Order of Service Click Here
In the August 2022 Newsletter
Who is William Gage Click Here
Ask Colleen - The Long and Winding Road to TB Sanitariums in Canada Click Here
Peel County Connections Click Here
Excerpt from The Beleaguered Click Here
Dedication poem on the opening of Gage Park Click Here
In the June 2022 Newsletter
Ask Colleen Fashion Trends in the Late 19th and 20th century Click Here
Evolution of Ready Made Click Here
Brief History of Hats Click Here
Emily Post's Hat Etiquette Rules for Men and Women Click Here
In the April 2022 Newsletter
Ask Colleen - Reading in the First Decades of the 20th Century Click Here
T. S. Eliot: The Readings of Henry and Jessie Click Here
John Lynch: Pioneer, Politician, Essayist and Directory Compiler Click Here
In the February 2022 Newsletter
Interview with Lorna Dueck Click Here
Special Valentine's Card Circa 1912 Click Here
Will Kissing be Prohibited? Potions, Elixirs and Drugs Click Here
Ask Colleen - The Movement to Ban Kissing Click Here
In the December 2021 Newsletter
Joyful Old Christmas 1907 Click Here
Eaton's Christmas 1922 Click Here
The Christmas Truce of 1914 Humanity in the face of horror Click Here
In the November 2021 Newsletter
Jessie Current on CBC Radio November 11, 1999 Click Here
War Letters Home as Printed in Brampton's The Conservator Click Here
About Letters from the Front Click Here
Ask Colleen - The Writers of the Letters from the Front Click Here
Surplus Women Click Here
In the October 2021 Newsletter
2021 Ontario Culture Days video (on Jesse Perry) Click Here
The Life and Times of Jesse Perry Click Here
The old Brampton churches Click Here
Ask Colleen - Canada's Postal Service Click Here
In the September 2021 Newsletter
Back to School ... in 1912: A view of Ontario's Primary Schools of Time Click Here
The Evolution of the Brampton High School: A comparison of School Life in the 1890s and 1920s Click Here
Ask Colleen - Transformation of Education in Ontario Click Here
In the August 2021 Newsletter
Ask Colleen - Post WW1 Travel Click Here
The Melita, the Montnairn and the Magic Click Here
The Diary Dilemma Click Here
Interview: A Journey to Remember Click Here
In the July 2021 Newsletter
The Mighty Etobicoke Click Here
Ask Colleen - Hurricane Hazel Click Here
The Heart Lake Mystery Click Here
Video - Etobicoke Creek Click Here
In the May 2021 Newsletter
Life at Victoria College in the Early 1920’s Click Here
Ask Colleen: Nursing in and around World War 1 Click Here
Perkins Bull Convalescent Hospital for Canadian Officers Click Here
Author bids farewell to beloved historical fiction series set in Brampton Click Here
In the April 2021 Newsletter
Demobilization: A Logistical Challenge for the Times Click Here
Dependants in Demobilization Process Click Here
Brampton as the County Seat Click Here
Open Book Interview Click Here
In the March 2021 Newsletter
Lessons from the Spanish Flu Click Here
Questions to Colleen: About The Spanish Flu Click Here
Railway Fever Click Here