Photo Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
P33874 |
Description |
"Look at the spider!" Little Miss Muffet’s companion hung down beside her. People, as well as daffodils, came in bunches at the annual Bradner Flower Show, April 13-15, 1979. The people bunches were most numerous on opening day Friday, as more than a dozen busloads of show-goers arrived at Bradner Hall, a lot of them first-timers. The event opened a flood of flower fanciers that swelled to approximately "9,100 men, women, and children" over three days, which Les Fatkin, a long-time supporter of the event, figured was close to the prior year’s 50th-anniversary attendance, biggest in Bradner’s history. Opening day attendance was thought to be aided by the Good Friday holiday, but Fatkin felt it was better than on past Good Fridays which coincided with the show. Saturday’s crowd (with nine or ten buses) dropped back a bit, but Sunday was busy. In addition to showcasing Bradner’s daffodil industry and community spirit, the event gave bulb buyers a chance to compare seemingly endless varieties as blooms before ordering bulbs for fall delivery. Cut flowers were sold by members of the Bradner Aberdeen Hospital Auxiliary at a booth outside the hall. There were also some roadside entrepreneurs on byways leading to and from the show. |
Date |
4/18/1979 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Source |
Abbotsford News |