No investigation of the impact of World War II would be complete without giving some idea of what “the boys” – and girls – were doing to inspire the fundraising and the rationing and the collecting; what events the people …
Managing in Wartime
Day five of our week-long look at the impact of the Second World War focuses on the war on the home front. World War II was, in every respect, a “total war:” Total in the sense that it was fought …
Skills From Home
Serving in the military was, as the recruiting posters pointed out, a great way to gain new skills. But, from the recruiters’ point of view, it was even better if they could find young men and women who already had …
Fundraising for the War
While the first recruits were signing their names to their attestation papers, others in the Creston Valley were mobilising to undertake the endless fundraising that the war effort required. And it was, quite literally, endless: every week, for six years, …
Signing Up
Local enlistments for the armed services began the day Canada declared war. Since almost every other aspect of the Creston Valley’s war effort was done to support these enlistees, today, we’ll present our list of 809 young men and women …
Seventy-Five Years Ago
Seventy-five years ago this week, the Creston Valley was waiting for official word that the war, which had been raging for six long years, was finally over. Even though the war was still dragging on in the Pacific, even though …
Quarantine Beards and Home Haircuts!
It has been a month and a half since social distancing measures were put into place! If you’re anything like me, you’re really wishing you could get a haircut right about now. So, in sympathy, we thought we’d share a …
A Fortieth Anniversary
On a Wednesday morning, the 29th of April 1980, Leanne, a Grade 11 student at Prince Charles Secondary School, in Creston BC, called her friend. “Maureen,” she said, “there’s no school today.” “Why not?” asked Maureen. “Because there’s no school.” …
Silent Movies
A couple of days ago, we told you about the Peekin Theatre, Creston’s first movie theatre. When it opened in 1919, it featured silent movies – the first “talkie” wasn’t shown in Creston until 1931. In those days, the technology …