Old-Time Stories: Billy-Goat Smith, Powell River Co. Xmas, Mr. Dippie & Others - Paperback

by Barbara Ann Lambert (Author)

Meet West coast characters and read about their fascinating lives. Solve a historical murder mystery, go old-time dancing, enjoy an old-fashioned christmas and life on a family farm.

Author Biography

Barbara Ann Lambert was born in Yorkshire, England at the beginning of World War II. She lived with her parents, Ernest and Margaret Rathbone, and older sister, Joyce. She attended St Oswald's elementary School, Guisley and Otley Grammar School, Yorkshire. In 1952 the family moved to Lancaster, Lancashire where relatives, on both sides of the family, lived.

After attending Lancaster Girl' Grammar School, Barbara trained as a teacher at Wentworth Castle Training college, near Barnsley, in Yorkshire. She completed her education at Liverpool University, England, and the University of British Columbia, Canada. In 1975 Barbara received her Bachelor of Education degree in History and Special Education from UBC.

In 1966 Barbara immigrated to Canada. After accepting a teaching position in Powell River in 1968, Barbara met, and later married Stuart Lambert. They have a daughter, Ann.

In 1998 Barbara self-published her first book on local history: In Paradise: West Coast Short Stories 1890-1950.

In 2001 Stuart Lambert died at age 87 In memory of her husband, Barbara published in 2002, her third book, through Trafford Publications: Rusty Nails & Ration Books: Great Depression & WWII Memories, 1929-1945.

In 2003 Barbara left the family farm to live in quiet solitude, by the ocean, with her dog "Dakota" and two cats, "Princess" and "Queenie."