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It's All There in Black and White

This year is the Diamond Jubilee marking 60 years of Queen Elizabeth II's ascension to the throne. What was on the minds of ordinary folks here in the Comox Valley at this time of change? To get a glimpse, read this newspaper article "Talk of the Town" from the June 19, 1952 Comox District Free Press. The article is written by Dick Ayres - a practitioner of the tongue-in-cheek humour style.