Snowed Under

Snowy enough this week for you? Milward Taylor "Mel" Culbert shows us what it was like back in 1938...

I don't know where this photo was taken. It might be in or around Lucan, Ontario (in Biddulph Township, Middlesex County) where Mel grew up on Poplar Farm. Or it may have been taken in or around London, Ontario where Mel was living and working at the time.

In the winter of 1937-1938, a record 207.4 centimetres (81.5 inches) of snow fell in Toronto so chances are it was just as snowy in Middlesex County.

I wonder whatever happened to that Plymouth?

If you have photos of you and/or your family members in the snow, either past or present, send them to me and I'll publish them on the Culbert Family History blog.

Don't Hibernate. Participate!

Winter weather got you down? Are you cooped up indoors? Don't hibernate. Participate! 

Mert Culbert shows us how it's done...

Merton Manford "Mert" Culbert (1926-1998) son of Myron Culbert & Effie Taylor, on his bicycle in the snow. Photo taken at Poplar Farm (the Culbert homestead) Lot 19, Concession 2 (The Coursey Line) Biddulph Township near Lucan, Ontario. No date but I'm guessing around 1940. Photo courtesy of Muriel Culbert.

Tongue Frozen Stuck

Sure, you've seen it in the movies...
 

Frozen tongue scene from A Christmas Story

 And if you're Canadian, I know you've tried it...

Okay, so maybe it was just me. 

But for the rest of you, did you know that your tongue really can get frozen stuck to metal?

Here's what happened to Reg Beavers, the little son of Councillor B.W.F. Beavers, a store owner in Exeter, a town north of the Culbert homestead near Lucan, Ontario...

Source: Exeter Times, 13 Jan 1916, page 14.

 Not convinced yet? Need scientific proof?
 

Click on the image to enlarge this chart

Don't try this at home, kids.