I collected up the posts I made about my uncle's investigation into an explosion at a Calgary Flour Mill in 1944 and submitted it as a story for the Ottawa Valley Associated Railroaders' newsletter. They published it as the lead story in the February 2023 issue.
It was a good exercise as it gave me the opportunity to stitch together all the loose ends in those posts into a complete story. I also hope it will encourage people to write up any old stories they have before they're lost to time.
Congratulations on the publication!
ReplyDelete“I also hope it will encourage people to write up any old stories they have before they're lost to time”: so important. I’m so glad that I pumped my mom for family lore (e.g., the weekly routine of what her family had for dinner when she was a girl, etc.) when she was able to remember those things.
Thanks! I found out about this story from old photo albums I inherited, some family history my father wrote down, and a reporter in Winnipeg who helped with fill in some important details.
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