“An Emergency Job:” The Conductorettes
They may not be as well remembered as Veronica Foster or the Bomb Girls, but Edmonton’s streetcar conductorettes helped the war-effort and broke down barriers all the same.
The Murder of Dorothy Hammond
Dorothy Hammond, a fourteen year-old schoolgirl, was walking home on November 15th, 1941, when she was suddenly attacked by a stranger — her killer stabbed her a dozen times. A two-day manhunt followed.
The Origins of H.M.C.S. Nonsuch
Edmonton’s “stone frigate” lived up to its motto, A Campis ad Maria — “from the prairies to the sea” — during the Second World War. Over its course this inland ship trained 3,582 sailors.
Fire Hall No.7
Most’ll know it as a popular Montrose delicatessen, but this sausage house was once a trendsetting piece of municipal infrastructure.
