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A Royal Fair Turns 75

On a cold and wet November day in 1922, a young farmer arrived at the newly constructed Coliseum in downtown Toronto’s Exhibition Park. His name was Alfred Ahiers and he was going to try and win a trophy for his poultry at the first-ever Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. After bracing himself against the blowing snow, Alfred, then 15 years old, unloaded his chickens from the back of a truck and continued to pray for success. Seventy-five years later, Alfred is still alive and the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair is considered by many to be Canada’s best-known agricultural exhibition. Indeed, it has [...]

November 1, 1997, by Christine Black

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FEATHERS ON THE BRAIN– Brian Watkins, RCL representative to RCEL, “Feathers on the Brain,” a memoir of his life in Wales and as a British diplomat, available at Amazon.com or any good book shop, ISBN 978-0-9866421-5-9, $10.23. The author will be present at the Halifax Convention. Contribution from every book sold will be donated to The RCL’s Poppy Fund.

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