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  • “Wilf Carter!” she said. “Then you should talk with Cori Brewster, my opening act,” she said. She's from Banff and her grandfather and father were promoters of Wilf's early on.”

    Wilf Carter and Cori Brewster

    Posted on January 17, 2011 | No Comments
    “Wilf Carter!” she said. “Then you should talk with Cori Brewster, my opening act,” she said. She's from Banff and her grandfather and father were promoters of Wilf's early on.”

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  • In the 1980's when our provincial parliament was planning a Come Home To N.B. Year some famous ex-patriots were being invited, expenses paid, to return home for the celebration.

    Bob Nolan and Hatfield Point connection

    Posted on December 30, 2010 | No Comments
    In the 1980's when our provincial parliament was planning a Come Home To N.B. Year some famous ex-patriots were being invited, expenses paid, to return home for the celebration.

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  • BERNIE & EDDY INVITE YOU TO ENJOY THE CUP OF TEA. I don't think it's tea! A picture on a CD, from Moncton, ten years ago I would have been sure was trick photography! It’s a picture of New Brunswick’s veteran king of the bluegrass fiddle, Eddy Poirier, sitting across a circular table from a leading senior folk [...]

    Bernie Houlahan and Eddy Poirier

    Posted on February 2, 2010 | No Comments
    BERNIE & EDDY INVITE YOU TO ENJOY THE CUP OF TEA. I don't think it's tea! A picture on a CD, from Moncton, ten years ago I would have been sure was trick photography! It’s a picture of New Brunswick’s veteran king of the bluegrass fiddle, Eddy Poirier, sitting across a circular table from a leading senior folk [...]

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  • The genuine Big Little Book was the brain child of Sam Lowe, president of Whitman's sales division. Lowe had in the 1920's persuaded F.W. Woolworth Company and other retail store giants to sell children's books all year, not only during the Christmas season as had been their practice. Books for pre-teens were a mainstay of Whitman's, a wing of Western Printing and Lithographing Company, who also manufactured jigsaw puzzles and board games.

    Whatever Happened to All of NB’s Big Little Books?

    Posted on March 6, 2009 | 1 Comment
    The genuine Big Little Book was the brain child of Sam Lowe, president of Whitman's sales division. Lowe had in the 1920's persuaded F.W. Woolworth Company and other retail store giants to sell children's books all year, not only during the Christmas season as had been their practice. Books for pre-teens were a mainstay of Whitman's, a wing of Western Printing and Lithographing Company, who also manufactured jigsaw puzzles and board games.

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