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PAGE 14, WEDNE-SDAY'. SRPTEMBER 10, 1980. WHITBY FREE PRESS (b-.~It iu fot an uncommon desire.... rfi -etf- à. 1 0 heritage ;I~p Lu u By EUGENE HENRY, Whitby's foremost historian There are few Free Press readers who have not, at one time or another expressed a hidden desire to live in another time and in this way escape t.he harsh realities of modemn urbanized life. Toronto psychiatrists John Devan says that this urge to live in another period of histofry is fairly common and that the favorite period of history, discloses certain aspects of an individuals personality. As.a good example, many Free Press readers share my interest and enthusiasm for pioneer days in early On- tario tirnes. If these people would really like to live back then, they are probably in- dependent, individualistic and not easily discouraged by hardships or a primitive way of life. A person who wants to live back in the days of Christ and the Apostles-in Biblical times, is looking for a less complicated society and a more structured way of life centred on the family. A love of famnily meinbers and compassion for one's neigh- bours would be dominaânt virtures in such a society. if the reader is a woman, looking for greater personal f reedom in her life, the roaring-twenties would be her best period of history. Literature Of the time stresses the fact, that it was a "fun"t period with the Crash of '29 and the Depression years tha followed, still a future thinr. Oh, to live m another time 777-*77, -7 Starting September 2, 1980 we wi 11 be open 7 days- a week Those who want to livc back in the time of Caes,,'#r, Aristotle and Plato in the days of ancient Rornc. and Greece are intell~ctually oriented people wil i strong feelings for solv'ng the social issues of oiir time. They are inter £!ted in political processe~ and of ten get personaly i .volved in poliics, whethe; it be at the municipal, regional, provin- cial or federal "evel. Harassed parents and grandparents, tired and ustrated by a permissive society, yearn for a quieter and more orderly way of life such as was characteristic, of the Victorian Era that stretched from 1837 to 1901. When the good old Queen was the embodiment of family virtues as peace prevailed around a relatively stable world. Ladies should be cautious, however because Victorian times were for men, with womei., creatures of the home and nursery. Then there are those rornantic ones who say they would like to live in medieval times when Cathedrals were white and creative artists could and did move, from humble homnes to the palaces of kings. This desire to live in another time really in- dicates that the dreamer of fantasizer may be seeking a way to escape fromn the pressures of modern day living. 1860 Dump Cart at History in Action Toronto Star Photo In ieke ring next week Hlistory.m iaction Once again, our neigh- show Will be fully are valuable teaching tools bours in Pickering, are get- operational steam en ines, for ail those concerned with ting ready to produce theit' black smiths at work, the quality of education in annual "History In Action' shingle making, weaving our schools in the present show on the weekend of Sep- and oLhier skills of early On- and the years to corne. tember 13 and 14. tario times.Go nrh n te This year the l'\ The Pickering community Aojax/W hit on-hie t history displays wiiI akte has always been most for- Hjxigh y oeed irect place at the New Greenwood tunate to have interested iha7,poedircl Museum where , 1 citizens participate in these West to Duffins Creek. heritage buildings wevc-e - "History-in-Actiofl" dis- The museum buildings located on a beautiil! W plays. They have proved to and history show grounds site a year ago. be fascinating shows for are close to the highway Features of the history both young and old. They there. m '%ý "LiL JLJLJLIZY I&XYJL ILX.,,Oqi&JL 0