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Ross Hamilton is pictured in stage makeup in 1939. He is wearing dark lipstick and thin, drawn on eyebrows. One dangly diamond earring can be seen, and he is wearing a puffy, black lace dress. The photo is in black and white.

Report shows gay soldiers were persecuted during First World War

February 9, 2023 Madison Ryan 0

Court martial documents reveal charges of ‘gross indecency’ levelled against gay soldiers.

Resettlement video game tells old stories in new way

March 31, 2022 James Grudic 0

“Relocation” tells stories of resettlement in Newfoundland & Labrador along with a generous helping of local folk tales. James Grudic Kicker

Brandon Wells is a reenactor and vintage collector living in St. John's. He has been collecting World War II memorabilia for most of his life.

Born in the wrong era

February 10, 2022 Chantel Murrin 0

A St. John’s man is trying to live each day like he’s in the past.

Dwayne Tobin was one of the first athletes to be inducted. Pictured here with his brothers Darryl and Blair.

Out of the ropes and into the hall

November 20, 2020 Matthew Hagerty 0

History in Newfoundland sports was made as the first ever inductions into Boxing NL’s hall of fame happened Saturday night.

man rides vintage moto ski alongside 1985 elan, hauling wood.

Newfoundland’s snowmobilers keep vintage machines on the trails

February 27, 2020 Mark Quilty 0

The venerable and iconic Elan is one of the most restored and collected. Mark Quilty Kicker Five Elan Ski-Doos, that’s how many vintage snowmobiles Mark Hiscock has restored in Winterton, Trinity Bay. “They’re not mint, […]

Arts

New managing editor reinventing the word ‘newsman’

February 18, 2019 Jasmine Burt 0

A popular columnist is paving the way for other females at the Telegram

Maps of paper skin and wooden skeletons

May 24, 2018 Kicker 1

Girl Guide leader Donna Tuck and Waterford Valley district commissioner Stephanie Lawlor

Celebrating 100 years of Girls Guides in Newfoundland

February 22, 2018 Dylan Sheppard 0

Girl Guides in Newfoundland are celebrating Thinking Day and 100 years in the province, Girls from all over the city came together to share the Newfoundland culture in games, sing-alongs and mummering

Gerard Nash restoring a photo of a Navy officer in his home in St. John's.

The photo mender of Newfoundland and Labrador

February 9, 2018 Tyler Mugford 1

A St. John’s man is using photo editing software to restore age-old photos – and reconnecting people with the past.

‘When I smell kerosene or jet fuel, I automatically think of home’

February 23, 2017 Arthur Green Comments Off

The Memory Mug Up offers a venue for Newfoundland seniors to reminisce and share.