Wanted   Do you have a passion for antiques and collectibles - and writing?   The Wayback Times invites you to submit freelance articles for use in print and on our new web site.   E-mail your text and art submissions to the Wayback Times.   Articles published in the Wayback Times since 1995 have covered a wide range of interests, from Golliwoggs to toy VW collecting, and from collecting insulators to hunting old books.   Most authors of our online selection of articles have included their e-mail addresses and they are always delighted to hear from other collectors.

Ad Rates / Articles / Classified Ads / Editorial / Home / Links / Showtime   Antiques & Collectibles Articles   New freelance articles each issue   Selected articles from the January/February 2009 issue   Home delivery in Toronto - the good old days, by Herb Kingston There was a time in the not-so-distant past when milk, bread, eggs, meat, coal, ice and other household necessities were all delivered "right to your front door" in Toronto. And at all hours of the day. Full story   Meet the Boudoir Dolls, classy little ladies, by Barbara Sutton-Smith Down through the ages, dolls have normally been associated with children, but then along came Paul Poiret, the Parisian couturier, who suggested all fashionable women should carry dolls. Full story   Other articles from our archives   John Badowski Vintage insulator collector Sooner or later, we all shine the glass insulator light - Full story In search of the original insulators: Threadless - Full story   Roy Bassett War medals and badge collector Heavy war toll calls for a poppy and remembrance - Full story Collecting militaria - from photos to full-sized tanks - Full story Collecting police badges is an arresting hobby - Full story WW1 surgeon John McCrae's In Flanders Fields - Full story The Collectors series: Medals - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3   Mary Brittain Garden advisor Antiques in your garden? Yes,with heirloom seeds - Full story   Janet Bryers Paper collectibles Old family photos source of family tree information - Full story Collecting vintage Victorian cards - Full story Collecting Victorian scrap books - Full story   Melissa Collver Tin collector Collecting advertising tins a lifetime hunt - Full story   Martin Howard Vintage typewriter collector The history of keyboards - without a mouse - Full story   Bruce Kirkland/Rachel Sa Pressed glass collectors Pressed glass is a wonderful obsession - Full story   Walt Lemiski Vintage glass and china collector Glass ice buckets: a unique, colourful collectible - Full story Still crazy for Corn Flower after all these years - Full story   Donna McPherson Golliwogg watcher Golliwoggs from the 60s and 70s live again - Full story   Jim Ross Vintage tools collector Veteran Ontario collector gives us the plane facts - Full story The long, the short and the tall of logging tools - Full story Logs are cut, time to round up cabin-building tools - Full story   Mike Smith Postcard collector/author The Year of the Three (postcard) Kings - Full story Anglo-Boer War postcards tell of the brutal conflict - Full story Postcard collecting gets a stamp of approval - Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3   Guylaine Spencer Facades admirer Guildwood's "Graveyard of Lost Buildings" is huge draw - Full story   Pat Stott-Prince Cups and mugs collector Comical shaving mugs had their day - Full story For trivia, ask a friend what a "muffineer" is - Full story Whistling cups - designed to go with eggs n' milk - Full story   Barbara Sutton-Smith Doll collector/author Early merchants were generous with their giveaways of dolls etc. Full story   Della Walker Late Ontario writer Della Walker, a veteran Wayback Times writer, dies at 70 - Full story Memories of a Quebec hamlet and antiques - Full story Antique furniture is just that: Used - Full story   Don Woodbury Vintage telephone collector Antique telephones: there is one for every home, every era - Full story     Wayback Times contributing writers   John Badowski Roy Bassett Mary Brittain Janet Bryers Melissa Collver Anne Gilbert Martin Howard Bruce Kirkland Walter Lemiski Donna McPherson Jim Ross Rachel Sa  Mike Smith Guylaine Spencer Pat Stott-Prince Barbara Sutton-Smith Della Walker Don Woodbury   Wayback Times columnists:   All About Antiques, By Peter Green; Antique Detective, By Anne Gilbert Cosway's Corner, By John Cosway Editorial, By Sandy Neilly Inside Antiques, By Robert Reed Jay's Blog, By Jay Telfer Out To Lunch, By Peter Neilly Wayback Wheels, By Aaron Neilly      Return to top of page   This Is Livin' Publishing © 2009 581 8th Line West, RR1 Hastings, ON, K0L 1Y0 Phone/Fax: 705-696-1833   webmaster