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Margaret Houghton has many layers, just like the city whose lore she has long immersed herself in. The collective moan you heard this week was historians and journalists and the curious learning she just retired. Over the years they made the pilgrimage to Local History and Archives on the third floor of the Central Library on York Boulevard, seeking answers from the woman who seems staid and librarian-like, but who is not. http://bit.ly/29xsRYV http://bit.ly/29xsRYV+ We’ve all heard the saying, “when you do what you love, you’ll never work another day in your life.” That’s certainly true for archivist Margaret Houghton, who retired this week after spending nearly 38 years working in Hamilton’s local history and archives department. (Video) http://bit.ly/29BMe1F http://bit.ly/29BMe1F+ -- Peterk Dallas, Tx [log in to unmask] Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org “If only there were a massive entity that I were forced to fund to tell me how I should live my life, since I’m so obviously incapable of deciding for myself.” M. Hashimoto Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra