[BCMA] Fwd: Telus to sponsor Squamish Culture & Heritage Festival

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

There is a switchboard like this in the Burnaby Village Museum collection
as I recall. As I recall it was used a Youbou area near Lake Cowichan.
By the way, they are VERY heavy!

Colin MacGregor Stevens

On 18 September 2012 13:54, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. <
bcma at lists.vvv.com> wrote:

>  -------- Original Message --------  Subject: Telus to sponsor Squamish
> Culture & Heritage Festival  Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:21:55 -0700
>
>  Hi!****
>
> ** **
>
> I just want to share an exciting new development to the Squamish Culture &
> Heritage Festival, November 23 & 24 at Quest University Canada. Telus has
> announced that they will be granting the Squamish Historical Society $2500
> towards the event. Further, they will be donating an authentic telephone
> switchboard like the one in the photograph attached. The switchboard will
> be brought over from Vancouver Island and will be on display at the
> festival. Myrtle Hurford, who is also in the photo attached and worked at
> the Squamish telephone exchange in the 1950’s, is scheduled to be one of
> the event’s speakers. She will now be giving her talk in front of the
> switchboard. ****
>
> ** **
>
> Bianca Peters****
>
> President ****
>
> Squamish Historical Society ****
>
> Info at squamishhistory.ca   ****
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> www.squamishhistory.ca  ****
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> Twitter: @squamishhistory****
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