V 1 N. 1 The New Once Upon a Time in the Vest Boston Next Week

 In case you are confused by this slightly different name for the old blog "Once Upon a Time in the Vest" ,  so am I.   I encountered a problem getting into my old blog to create new entries, so instead I just created a new one and gave it a similar name.   You should still be able to find the old version and the over one thousand entries at the old address, the one you always used in the past.     onceuponatimeinthevest.blogspot.com  So if you wish to do any research on the old site, continue to use the old url.  That's the address highlighted  in the line just above this one.


Now for the new blog  the url will be  thenewonceuponatimeinthevest.blogspot.com     Hope you all understand that.  

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So since Boston is coming up next Monday, I happened to find an old link to a book called of all things

"The Boston Marathon" .  It's a history of the race from its inception up to 2008.  The link I found is a taste of the book covering races from 1970 -1990.  The authors are Richard A. Johnson and Robert Hamilton Johnson,  publisher  Arcadia Publishing 2009

Here is the link.  The Boston Marathon Arcadia Publishing 2009 R.A. Johnson and RH. Johnson


George Brose

Courtenay, BC

Canada

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