tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132898085410789426.post5136682066611490294..comments2024-03-23T05:35:06.468-04:00Comments on ancestral roofs: Goodbye Old FriendAncestral Roofshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16755249835071665091noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132898085410789426.post-58588449224103523732012-09-07T15:53:02.663-04:002012-09-07T15:53:02.663-04:00It's sad to hear that this old gem has bitten ...It's sad to hear that this old gem has bitten the dust. When I was working on the Settler's Dream in 1981, the house had only recently been vacated by its final occupant, Wilber Mouck, a retired seaman whose health was failing. I tracked him down, living at his sister's place further up South Bay. He was a colourful character with lots of stories and he shared a number of pictures from his family album. The Moucks were descended from a band of German Hessian soldiers, mersinaries on the British side of the American Revolution. He referred to them, perhaps only half-jokingly, as "bloodthirsty killers." Tom Cruickshankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05523649918763660680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132898085410789426.post-45495344530074417912012-06-29T14:44:31.954-04:002012-06-29T14:44:31.954-04:00Oh, how very sad! How can someone not have cared e...Oh, how very sad! How can someone not have cared enough to preserve such a piece of PEC's history! I can only begin to imagine how you must have felt. I'll be interested to see what develops on that spot. Keep us informed?Brenda Skinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06544991875858163056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132898085410789426.post-54218532673948569862012-06-29T05:34:10.475-04:002012-06-29T05:34:10.475-04:00Its an interesting house with its brick and frame ...Its an interesting house with its brick and frame parts, side by side, all under one roof. A bit reminiscent of Ward House, Digby Co., NS:<br /><br />http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=1375&pid=0<br /><br />I´m always struck by the attitude of some, and the complete disregard for history. "Yup, it was time that happened....". Time for what, exactly, to happen ?? Time for the march toward an amusement park existence ?(e.g.: Vaughn, Ont., ....where does Canada´s Wonderland end, and the real part of town begin ???). To quote someone else, "there´s no ´there´ there."Marknoreply@blogger.com