Story Me

Stories and More from the People of Kingston and Frontenac County

All the kids ran, and I tried to run, and my overalls got caught on one of the pickets, and there I was: hanging. My cousins had all run away, and my grandmother said "I'm going to leave you there!" She gave me a proper scolding.

Interview with Terry and Deborah Hudson

September 29, 2012

Mother and daughter Terry and Deborah Hudson show Jo Stanbridge a studio portrait of Terry with her sister and aunt, taken in the 1920s.

Portrait of Terry with her sister and aunt

They talk about memorable scoldings by Terry's mother and grandmother, and how Terry was once caught by her overalls on the fence in her grandmother's private chokecherry patch when her cousins all ran away and left her to face the music.

Listen to Terry and Deborah talk about being scolded.