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| | WDM Sparks Off the Anvil, May 1999, In a Prairie Attic: Bladon Family Toys (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | Eighty-nine years ago, A.R. (Dick) and Rilla Bladon, along with their six children, horses and cattle, crossed the Canadian border at North Portal headed for a new home and a new life in Saskatchewan. |
 | | Most of the toys from the Bladon collection were selected for exhibit; artifacts were also chosen to represent their family story--their lives at home, as farmers and as active community supporters. |
 | | John Nilson, family lawyer, the generosity of Mildred Bladon Rea, the financial support of the Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation, and the efforts of WDM staff, the Bladon name will live on through the exhibit In a Prairie Attic: Bladon Family Toys. |
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