Article: Looking Back: November 16, 2008

SIXTY YEARS AGO

Brandon's gift to the new British prince will be a Rokoral, a combined crib, rocker and piece of utility furniture invented by Roy Brown of this city.

The long-awaited provincial cheque for $79,237.85, promised to the City of Brandon last year at the time of the provincial-municipal agreement and carried on the city's books as an account receivable since that time, finally arrived this morning.

FIFTY YEARS AGO

MLA R.O. Lissaman said he would be quite prepared to support a bid for a new highway linking Brandon with Camp Shilo. Lissaman's statement came on the heels of an announcement that the chamber of commerce would ask the federal government to build a direct paved road ...

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