John van Gurp

I live near Monastery Lane where Heritage Gas started connecting a line that will service homes on Yukon Street. The locals got together and got a critical number of people to sign up so the gas company is digging a trench and laying their familiar yellow hose today.

On my way home I came across a couple of kids and local high school history teacher Brian Rawding examining pieces of pottery and glass that came out of the trench where Yukon meets Monastery. It must have been an old trash heap.

There was quite a lot of it, all broken up and dirty but still a fascinating glimpse into what was ordinary trash at the time. Several complete bottles were found but left with the workers. I imagine they must have come across a huge amount of material like this over the many months they’ve been digging. My daughter has the Minard’s Liniment bottles and ink well below:

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