tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post8822502040700415938..comments2024-02-29T06:03:35.483-05:00Comments on Canada's Anglo-Celtic Connections: Just Jam and Jerusalem? The Women’s Institute Centenary: JDRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06471656063812824731noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-36693150217787482082015-09-27T00:28:44.766-04:002015-09-27T00:28:44.766-04:00Yes, the WI movement started in Stoney Creek Ontar...Yes, the WI movement started in Stoney Creek Ontario in 1897, then spread across Ontario, Canada, and the world. The OGS e-library did not materialize. The WI in Ontario is currently looking at other methods to have their Tweedsmuir Community History Collections and other information digitized and available for viewing. In the meantime there is a chart on the website (fwio.on.ca)under the Irene, FWIO Digitizing Coordinatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-59416053855267413342015-09-25T20:33:35.701-04:002015-09-25T20:33:35.701-04:00me again.
We just watched another BBC ex-pat show...me again.<br /><br />We just watched another BBC ex-pat show, and, to our surprise, it included the Centenary of the WI's, which the moderator said started in Canada, and then moved to the U.K. That is, it gave Canada the nod for starting the organization.<br /><br />So the Centenary, and Adelaide Hoodless, should be much celebrated here.<br /><br />Gail B in St. C.Gail Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03786397886314480515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-13147340180406828422015-09-25T13:50:20.571-04:002015-09-25T13:50:20.571-04:00Recently my husband and I watched a BBC TV show on...Recently my husband and I watched a BBC TV show on the beginnings of the WI. Historian Lucy Walmsley was the creator of the programme and it was fascinating as they mentioned the first WI's were in England, Wales and Canada. Not elsewhere. Canada,eh?<br /><br />Perhaps TV Ontario might pick up that programme as it was about the Centenary. We receive ex-pat TV, so that is why we have seen Gail Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03786397886314480515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-25920794472930911832015-09-25T11:08:50.679-04:002015-09-25T11:08:50.679-04:00Due to the foresight of a recently deceased Specia...Due to the foresight of a recently deceased Special Collections Librarian, the St. Catharines Public Library holds many Tweedsmuir History scrapbooks, some now on microfilm. These include, naturally, many Niagara and Hamilton area ones ---- (St. C., Port Dalhousie, Grantham, Decew Falls, Welland, etc) but also one from West Lorne.<br /><br />Love the new photo too, John Reid.<br /><br />Gail B Gail Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03786397886314480515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-11693016961622113342015-09-25T08:11:17.236-04:002015-09-25T08:11:17.236-04:00Thanks for posting this.I have been told that the ...Thanks for posting this.I have been told that the WI info is very useful for Ontario Genealogy, but at present one has to search for it in various libraries.One library I called in the Ottawa area did not know where their Tweedsmuir writings were located.<br />Anne in OttawaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com