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Thorning Revisited

Historical columns by the late Patrick Thorning. A retrospective on his extensive and beloved writings about Wellington County history and politics.

Columns Opinion Thorning Revisited

Four Elora newspapers vied for readers’ attention in 1873

by Wellington Advertiser
Columns Opinion Thorning Revisited

Many newspapers born and died in north Wellington

by Wellington Advertiser
Columns Opinion Thorning Revisited

First of 50 Wellington newspapers published in 1842

by Wellington Advertiser
Columns Opinion Thorning Revisited

Santa Claus first spotted in village of Elora in 1870s

by Wellington Advertiser
Columns Opinion Thorning Revisited

Celebrating the Christmas season in Mapleton

by Wellington Advertiser
Columns Opinion Thorning Revisited

Women’s Institutes: the county’s most significant volunteer group

by Wellington Advertiser
Columns Opinion Thorning Revisited

Milling had long, difficult history in Eden Mills

by Wellington Advertiser
Columns Opinion Thorning Revisited

Bare knuckles, pistols, lynching: Elora crime 150 years ago

by Wellington Advertiser
Columns Opinion Thorning Revisited

Garafraxa girl’s downfall made 1868 Toronto paper

by Wellington Advertiser
Columns Opinion Thorning Revisited

The great Puslinch Township bear hunt of 1853

by Wellington Advertiser
Columns Opinion Thorning Revisited

Thieves went on Halloween break-in spree in 1920

by Wellington Advertiser
Columns Opinion Thorning Revisited

Elora cenotaph unveiled for Remembrance Day in 1929

by Wellington Advertiser