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LORD AND LADY TW'EEDSMUIB "FOREWORD" I um so glad to hear that thp Women’s Institutes of Ontario are going to compile village history banks. Events mm’E very fast nmvndays; houses are Pulled down, new roads are made, and the aspect of the countryside changes cum» plutely sumetimes in a short time. It is a most useful and satistying task for Women’s Insti- tute memben to see that nothing valuable is lost or forgottcn, and \vnmm should be on the alert always to guard the trutlitiunk; of thrir hnmrs‘ and to see that water colour Skt‘tl‘hfi'b and prints, Poems and Prose legends should find their way into thaw hunks‘ The oldest people in the village will tell us tuscnmting stark-5 of what they remember, which the younger member: can \vritv (lawn, thus making a bridge between them and wants which happened before they were born. After all, it is thrv history at humnnily which is continually intr'ri‘sting tu 1m mul your village histuv’icx will ho tln- husis 0|. nccnrnlv flirts nnlt'h \ultwtl by l|i:t(n'iuns oi the future. I gun proud tn think tllut you hm'v culled them "The Tweedsmuir Village Histories". WWrittvn hy Lady Tweedsmuir.