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Take a walk down memory lane at the Manitoba Museum Helen Harper


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ne of the treasures of our city is the Manitoba Museum. The Manitoba Museum offi-


cially opened its doors in December of 1932, in the then newly built Civic Au- ditorium (now the Provincial Archives Building). It would house the history Winnipegger’s had been collecting since the beginning of the century. As acquisi- tions and attendance grew, it became ap- parent that they needed a larger facility. In 1965, Premier Duff Roblin pro-


posed a Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature. It was not to be a collection of


stuffed birds, antiquated firearms and dusty rock, but a living history of man and his environment. Remember Duff? The guy who came up with the flood- way and saved our city time and again from spring flood waters? What a vision- ary.


It took until July 1970 for their new


home to open and I remember wonder- ing through the exhibits with great en- thusiasm. My favorite was the buffalo exhibit.


Who wouldn’t love the Nonsuch? This ship, that was built by J. Hinks shipyard in Appledore, England, depicts what the seaport of Deptford, England would look like in 1668 as the Nonsuch


set sail for the Hudson Bay of Canada to open up fur trade routes for the Hudson Bay Company. I can’t imagine bobbing about the Atlantic Ocean for over a year in that small boat. As my ancestry comes from Viking/Nordic stock, (tall) the tiny bunks the men slept in were a wonder. I urge you all to take some time this summer and check out the Manitoba Museums’ web site. There is an abun- dance of programs going on. This place is no longer just buffalo and a ship. There is an interesting exhibit about the 1919 strike offering the differing perspectives of the Winnipeg General Strike. The Museums Secrets Tour is something that definitely grabbed my attention.


Feel the thunder of the buffalo in the orientation gallery.


Here at CJNU where we embrace the “Joys of Summer” the museum is right on the top of our list of cool things to do in this great city of ours.


Beatlemania swept WYG in August 1964 John Einarson


Winnipeg International Airport, at 2:05 p.m., Tuesday, August 18, 1964. It was only for 25 minutes but enough time to make history. Although intended as a routine refuel-


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ing stop, word leaked out that the Beatles were onboard a flight from London to Los Angeles that day. “Around noon I got a call from the public relations director for Air Canada who was a good friend of mine,” recalls CJAY TV personality Bob Burns, host of popular Teen Dance Party. “‘Get out to the airport for the interview of your life,’ he told me.”


By the time Burns arrived, radio sta-


tions CKY and CKRC had announced the imminent arrival of the Fab Four and hundreds of teenagers descended on the airport. Traffic was blocked and the park- ing lot jammed. “We want the Beatles,” the predominantly female crowd, by now numbering a thousand, chanted. As the Pan American Lockheed Elektra, dubbed “Jet Clipper Beatles,” taxied to a halt they unleashed a deafening roar. With no plans to disembark on what


was merely a twenty-minute stopover, Beatles manager Brian Epstein, noticing the pandemonium on the observation deck, prevailed upon his charges to make a brief appearance. They emerged from


ere’s a trivia question: Where was the first place the four Bea- tles set foot in Canada? Answer:


The Beatles briefly landed at the Winnipeg airport in 1964 and quickly drew an adoring crowd.


the plane waving to the hysterical throng. “Hello Winnipeg!” shouted a beaming


Paul McCartney, first down the stairs. A gang of reporters quickly swarmed in, mi- crophones thrust in his face. “It’s a luverly welcome,” McCartney chirped. Among the rabble was Burns who, after exchang- ing pleasantries with McCartney, man- aged to snag John Lennon. “Bob Burns from CJAY Television.” “That’s not my fault,” snapped the cheeky Beatle. Un- daunted, Burns pressed on. “You must be glad to stretch your legs.” “Amongst other things,” quipped Lennon.


“He had a smart-aleck answer for ev- erything,” Burns later recalled. He takes pride in being the first Canadian televi- sion reporter to interview the famed Liv- erpudlians. Burns found Ringo Starr the most gregarious. “He seemed more ma- ture than the others,” he noted. Minutes later, waving one last time,


the four ducked inside the plane. But not before Ringo suggested that the group might return to Winnipeg following their


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very month a gift is awarded to three lucky CJNU members. A draw is made from new mem- bers, existing members and members who have just renewed for another year. Here are some of the comments we


received from the happy and lucky win- ners:


“I joined CJNU because of the music selections and the fact that the station is community-oriented. I just love listen- ing to CJNU!” – Thelma S. “I really like Scott Best’s show (the


milder music). Also the fact that you are out and about in the community so you have listener direct contact. I visited when your remote was at Victoria Hos- pital. I am very happy to be chosen for


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North American tour. Among the mob of squealing teens jos- tling for sight of their heroes was 14-year- old Diane Clear. “Oh, I wish they had stayed longer,” she gushed to a reporter. “They are so cute.” CKRC receptionist Sharon McRae was fortunate to shake hands with George Harrison and receive a kiss on the hand from Ringo. She was later besieged by a horde of Beatlemani- acs.


Seventeen-year-old Silver Heights Col- legiate student Bruce Decker, a member of The Deverons, was on his way to the beach when he and his friends made a hasty detour upon hearing the news on the radio. “We couldn’t see anything from the observation platform so we sneaked down to the ramp,” Decker related years later. “It was fascinating to see the Beatles in person here in Winnipeg.” Seizing the moment, he dashed across the runway, some twenty-five yards, to the stairs of the plane. “Quick thinking, that’s all it was,” reflected Decker. “I just


figured I could make it up those steps and I no sooner thought of it and I was gone. The crowd roared when they saw me go. I got right up the stairs before the Mount- ies grabbed me.”


His impulsive move amused the Bea- tles. “Just as they were wrestling with me I caught a glimpse of the Beatles through the door and they were chuckling.” Re- leased by authorities, Decker became the object of instant adulation. “Kids crowded around me, touching me and screaming. Tears were streaming down their faces as they asked me: ‘What do they look like? Did they say anything?’ The girls thought there was some kind of magic about me just because I’d got so close to them.” Dozens of dazed teens remained behind after the plane was long gone. “It was a little embarrassing having to tell kids to stop


kissing the runway,” commented


RCMP Sgt. E. G. Varndell. Others sat on the grass weeping. “We’ve never seen any- thing like this before and I hope we won’t see it again.”


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