If these roads could speak: tales of Sutton
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Pearl Porter, your guide, takes you on a journey back in time.
3 minThe long trip between Sutton and Glen Sutton
2 minA treasure is buried in Glen Sutton!
7 minA promise made to a dying man is sacred
2 minPearl’s new life begins ...
5 minA chic hotel!
5 minA promising encounter
4 minFinally, school begins!
6 minThe incredible story of a year without summer
10 minPearl, accidental witness to a difficult conversation
3 minA stroll with Charlie, happiness...
3 minA wedding in the village!
6 minA fortuitous and decisive meeting
4 minA fury awakes
7 minA queen settles on the border
2 minMeet Queen Lil, a most outstanding woman!
8 minThe end of an era, the beginning of another life.
4 minNo more life on the farm, we move to the town!
3 minA new disaster hits Glen Sutton
4 min"Memories wander in memory and nest in the heart."
6 min1948: electricity arrives!
1 minThey are all here, all those people Pearl told you about.
4 minA last glimpse of my hamlet
55 sBehind the scenes...
1 min“If these roads could speak,” they would tell you all about the colourful lives of those who lived along the border in the early 1900s, when Prohibition reigned in the United States and tourism was a growing industry. Come and enjoy this heritage radio drama, enhanced by music and sound effects. "Who knows what's waiting for you at the bend in the road, in Glen Sutton, Pearl?" The story begins when an orphaned girl comes to this hamlet in the Eastern Townships. Yes, Pearl Porter (1895 - 1982) is buried in Glen Sutton Cemetery, but her spirit will accompany you on this journey into the past. A journey along roads with scenery of breath-taking beauty, dotted with New England-style architecture, where history and legends come together, to a little hamlet nestled in a valley surrounded by mountains and where the Missisquoi river flows, sometimes calm, sometimes turbulent!
A story based on accounts by seniors in the Glen Sutton community.