Tallying the tales of the oldtimers

Award winning storyteller, Joan Finnigan, once again travels up the line to record more tales of the Ottawa Valley. Told with humour and warmth by the people who lived them, these stories celebrate many of the colourful characters and goings-on that are found in every concession in the region. Like the Lady of the Castle who eloped to Canada with her Irish constable, the family who kept the Stanley Cup on their dinning room table, and the magistrate who administered justice --Ottawa Valley style.
Storytelling has a rich tradition in the Ottawa Valley and Joan Finnigan has a gift for finding those who do it best, in this, her fifth collection of social/oral histories.