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Shoal Lake August 19, 1889
Reid Dickie Shirtless, Rainer Slate stumbled through the open front door of Batter’s Apothecary in Shoal Lake, fell face down onto the oiled wooden floor and passed out. Borden Batter paused at his mortar and pestle, peered over his round … Continue reading
Filed under Fiction, Local History, Pioneers
12 Days of Christmas Day Two
St. Josaphat’s Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Shoal Lake, MB Illustrating my hometown bias, here’s a second church in Shoal Lake. Located across the street from yesterday’s church, this white wooden Catholic Church has three modest onion domes dominating the façade. … Continue reading
Filed under Churches, Day Tripping, PRAIRIES
12 Days of Christmas Day One
In 2005 Linda and I began sending out Christmas greetings in the form of an email a day for the 12 Days of Christmas with a new theme each year. We sent churches, schools and houses. Instead of emails, this year … Continue reading
Filed under Churches, Day Tripping, PRAIRIES
Finding My Audience – ReadReidRead.com First Anniversary
Reid Dickie It’s hard to believe a year has passed since I started this blog. A year ago I had several intentions for ReadReidRead: as an ongoing celebration of beautiful Linda, as an outlet to share my enthusiasm for local heritage in its many … Continue reading
Filed under BEAUTY, Blog Life, Linda, Local History, Music, Prairie People, shamanism, Soul Building
Early Refrigeration – The Icehouse
Reid Dickie Until rural electrification reached small towns and farms via Manitoba Hydro in the mid to late 1930s and refrigerators became available, the icehouse played an important role in keeping perishable foodstuffs from spoiling. A small building, often wood frame … Continue reading
Filed under Heritage Buildings, Local History, Manitoba Heritage, Pioneers
Art Moderne Texaco Filling Stations
Reid Dickie This article, minus the Dauphin update, originally appeared in Crossroads This Week in 2004 under the title The Treasure in the Middle of Town. Today it also appears on my blog about my hometown’s history www.shoallakehistory.com What do Kodak … Continue reading
Filed under Day Tripping, Manitoba Heritage, Roadside Attractions
Summer Mobility
Reid Dickie On the road again! I picked up the summer car from Enterprise Car Rental on Monday and the tradition of the Mighty Avenger continues. Last summer I rented Avengers from ECR and drove 27,000 kms between the two … Continue reading
Filed under Blog Life, Day Tripping, Roadside Attractions
Mom
Reid Dickie Often, when Mom, Dad and me would go for drives to visit relatives, usually never more than an hour and half away, Mom would regale Dad and I with a spontaneous story. Her imagination was so quick and … Continue reading
The First Time I Heard “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles
Reid Dickie It was a Friday, August 5, the day after my 17th birthday, 1966. My after-school and summer job at the Shoal Lake Locker Plant mostly consisted of stocking shelves and sweeping up. Once I turned 16, my … Continue reading
Filed under Music
