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Love Stories with the Cortes Island Museum and Archives

Folk U: Love Stories with the Cortes Island Museum and Archives

Love is in the air…. Jane Newman from Cortes Island Museum and Archives joins Folk U host Manda Aufochs Gillespie with love stories from the archives, includes guest readers and story tellers.

 In this episode stories include: 
James Nixon and wife Margaret from Twin Islands sourced from Jeanette Taylor‘s new book, Twin Islands, History and Legacy on the BC Coast– Mead, Honeymoons and Love from one of the issues of The Howling Wolf publication from Cortes

  • The Amorous Oyster also from The Howling Wolf publication
  • The black wedding dress

–  The loves story of Mike Manson, grandfather to the Mike Manson we know- Marjorie Pickles meets a swell young fellow

  • Poem by Dayna Davis about Ginny Ellingsen read by Dayna Davis
  • Original piece by Yvonne Kipp read by Yvonne Kipp

Top photo credit: Love stories courtesy the Cortes Island Museum and Archives