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New Hampshire Slanguage: “It was a floorer.”
I was researching and came across a saying that I remember my father using, though it is rare for me to hear it today. When something happened that was totally a shock and surprise that made you speechless, you would … Continue reading
Posted in New Hampshire Slanguage
Tagged Canada, colloquialsim, England, floorer, Hampshire, it was a floorer, new, New England, New Hampshire, NH, slang, slanguage, source
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100 Years Ago: Tiniest Woman in New England Contest
The WWI Armistice had been declared, and though soldier deaths were still being reported, the citizens of New England urgently needed to shift their focus to something light and entertaining. In November of 1918 the Boston Post newspapers announced they … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Women
Tagged 100, Ago, Boston, contest, England, Hampshire, new, New Hampshire, newspaper, NH, Post, shortest, smallest. woman, TIniest, women, years
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New Hampshire Slanguage: Beach Wagon
I was looking at some 1960-ish photographs today, a few showing my family’s pale yellow beach wagon parked in the driveway. BEACH WAGON was the local (New England) term for what most people then called a “Station Wagon” (or a … Continue reading
Posted in History, Humor, New Hampshire Slanguage
Tagged 50s, 60s, auto, automobile, Beach, beach wagon, car, caravan, cruiser, England, fifties, Hampshire, new, New England, New Hampshire, NH, ocean, origin, phrase, sixties, Station, station wagon, SUV, term, travel vacation, vehicle, wagon, wood, woody, word
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New Hampshire WWI Military: Sgt Major Robert C. Beckett of Concord
I have written several articles about Concord New Hampshire’s involvement in World War I. I introduce to you now another one of the brave heroes who did not return home from that war. Robert Clinton Beckett was born 22 Oct … Continue reading
Posted in History, Military of New Hampshire, NH WW1 Military
Tagged 1, army, artillery, Beckett, Boston, CAC, Calvary, cemetery, Coast, Concord, died, disease, England, Europe, flu, Fort Standish, Hampshire, I, influenza, killed, MA, Maj, Major, Massachusetts, military, new, New Hampshire, NH, One, pneumonia, Robert, sergeant, Sgt, war, world, World War, WW1, WWI
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New Hampshire’s Last Highwaymen
New Hampshire doesn’t seem like a hot-spot for highwaymen, and indeed there have not been many. In the early history of the State, travelers either did not have much coin or they didn’t travel with it. Because the roads were … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Men, Oddities, Accidents and Crazy Weather
Tagged Bashan, Boscawen, Concord, England, executed, footpad, Hampshire, hanged, high, highway, highwayman, highwaymen, Huse, Irish, John, Karr, Lyndeborough, Maine, man, Martin, Massachsuetts, men, Michael, new, New Hampshire, NH, Portland, road, robber, thief, way, Wilton
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