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Remembering the Lancaster Local EHS Member makes CBC National News! The Lancaster bomber was called "the single greatest factor in winning the war" by Sir Arthur Harris, head of the RAF's Bomber Command.... and 430 of those planes were manufactured by Victory Aircraft Limited in nearby Malton. The "Ruhr Express" was the first off the assembly line there, and 9,000 workers and politicians attended a ceremony on August 6, 1943 to mark the event. Now, 55 years later, on August 6th, 1998, the accomplishments of those workers were remembered at a special event and reunion. Among those attending was Vic McNiven, of Albert Street, in Georgetown, who was featured in a short piece about the event, on the CBC National News, that evening. Vic is a member of the Esquesing Historical Society. There are possibly several other local people in Georgetown and area who worked at that plant during that time, and would have fond memories and stories to tell. We would be pleased to hear from you - after all, you and your stories are a part of our own local history, and contribution to the story of Canadian history. To you we all owe a debt of gratitude. Dawn Livingstone, With information from CARP News. A Tour of the West LETTERS BY VIATOR FOR THE BRITISH WHIG - 1847 LETTER NO. VI A rough drive, over a "corduroy" road, through a densely thick pine bush, brought us suddenly upon the banks of the Credit, and in full view of a rich and verdant plant and to the sweet village of Stewart-Town. Its neatly built houses and beautiful location were quite a relief to the slight, after being for some hours previous, circumscribed in our views to the length and breadth of a few perches. The band who so ardently sighed "Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness" ~ could here have his desire gratified to its fullest extent, without fear of having his solitude disturbed except by the growl of a grisly bear, the howl of a prowling pack of wolves, or the bark of a sagacious Reynard. The village is located in the centre of a well-cultivated and thickly settled country, and is furnished with every requisite for its wants. It contains a population of 400 inhabitants, a Post Office and two Stores, by far the best I saw in the route. A very extensive Furniture and Fanning Mill Manufactory, by Jones; a Grist Mill and Saw Mill: one Congregational and one Methodist Church. The Credit at this village is narrow and deep, abounding with beautiful trout, which are hooked here in large quantities -- The river preserves nearly a straight course for a couple of miles in a westerly direction along which we agreeably lost ourselves in Waltonian pleasure... Esquesing Historical Society Newsletter 8