EPISODE 385 WALL PAINTINGS BY MR. JOHN KUNA…ISLINGTON
alan skeoch
July 2021
This could have been my grandfather, Ed Freeman…trying to make a living selling produce from his tiny farm near
Islington in 1908. Tough times. Sold the farm and headed for Northern Ontario where conditions were worse…seemed
all the north was on fire…bush fires.
MARJORIE SKEOCH MAKES A DISCOVERY
“Alan, I want to show you something wonderful..startling.”
“Not another visit to the Salvation Army used clothing store I hope.”
“Don’t be silly…I want you to see the street art gallery by John Kuna on brick walls of Islington.”
“Islington … that was where granddad Freeman first settled in 1908…tried
to run a market garden. Tough time. Failed.”
“You might see him in one of the paintings.” (SEE FIRST PAINTING…HORSES AND WAGON)