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The Gazette team is going to Camp Picton!

The outbreak of war in Europe on September 1, 1939, had an immediate effect around the world, not least in Prince Edward County. By Remembrance Day, the Mayor was suggesting that the County could host an airport—or two. Before long, not only was Mountain View underway, but so was a Bombing and Gunnery School to train the men of the Royal Air Force.

Reps from both sides — the RAF Station on the Hill and the Gazette down in Picton, with the Mayor in between  — will perform readings from wartime Picton Gazettes of 1939-45, as well as from the Hill Topics and Wings, monthly magazines produced by the Royal Air Force recruits at Camp Picton. 

Cigarette collections, the Victory Bonds campaign to fund the huge wartime spends, the price of cheese, rationing and salvaging, British Home Children in Picton, girls needed for dances, letters home, the arrival of the first RAF recruits, and the lives they made for themselves here — the stories in the pages of wartime Gazettes surprise, move, and inspire. Please join us for a drink, a bite to eat, and a “jolly time” bringing to life the war years in Prince Edward County. 

The event features Gazette publishers Chris and Karen, with friends Jacqui Burley, Duarte Da Silva, Alan Gratias, Liz Kohn, Mayor Steve Ferguson, and others. 

Tickets are $35; hearty appetizers included and a cash bar available. Click here to get your tickets.