1. Memories of Strathclair

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Memories of Strathclair

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Music Influences | Strathclair As It Was. . . | Fair Day | Teachin' Years

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Looking north to Strathclair
Taken from Campbell roof ~ June 1938
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MUSICAL INFLUENCES
The Campbell Christie Orchestra

Don, Louise and Billie Campbell
Guitar ~ Piano/Accordion ~ Cornet/Autoharp
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Campbell Christie Orchestra - 1935
Barry Christie ~ Campbell Kids:
Louise, Don, Bill ~ Bob Christie

STRATHCLAIR AS IT WAS . . .

Minnedosa Avenue, Strathclair
Great Grandfather, James Campell's house on right
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Aunt Shirley (Jones) Campbell with farm tractor south of the tracks
Visiting Mrs. Carter and Marg (Carter) Pickerel
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Early 1940s: Downtown Strathclair
My mom,Louise Hillman, and baby sleigh
beside Sam Blackburn's snowmobile

Early 40s:
View of Strathclair from the RR Station lot
Marg Pickerel and baby in sleigh

FAIR DAY

Bill Hillman Fair Poster ~ school art
Two highlights of the year were Strathclair Fair and Christmas
A decade later Sue-On and I were playing Grandstand Shows across NW USA
and touring the fair circuit across Western Canada doing stage shows & dances

TEACHIN' YEARS

1966 Strathclair Collegiate stage
Student Huey Stevenson and teacher Bill Hillman on guitars
I taught in Strathclair for 30 years
and took early retirement after which I was
recruited by Brandon University to work full time as a professor in the Faculty of Education

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