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Fleetwood Tabletop Radio

Date1957-1958
Dimensions16.9 x 22.2 x 14.3 cm (6 5/8 x 8 3/4 x 5 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Barb Bilyea, London, Ontario, 2015
Object number2015.032.001
Label TextThe donor's mother, Mrs. Anne Bilyea, won this radio for proposing the winning name of “Slippery” for the seal at Storybook Gardens. The radio sat in the Bilyea kitchen and Mrs. Bilyea listened to the CBC noon farm reports for prices, weather, etc. Barb listened to the “Happy Gang” and other programs. The family farm is the north half, lot 15, Concession 11, which is north of Arva.
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