Diane Simpson and her brother remember practising Morse code at the dinner table with their knives and forks. That鈥檚 because their father encouraged it.
Murray Williams was the last station agent at the Fort 91原创 CN station. And this and other stories about the historic local site are being recounted this month in the latest installment of Valley Voices.
Retired broadcaster and 91原创 historian Mark Forsythe introduced a new monthly podcast show on CIVL radio in Abbotsford that delves into historic stories up and down the Fraser Valley.
The show debuted in March, and is aired the first Wednesday of each month at 11 a.m., and rebroadcast each Wednesday of the month.
This month鈥檚 broadcast can be found through this .
In this month鈥檚 glimpse into the past, Forsythe talks to Simpson, who has volunteered at the CN station in recent years and describes what it was like growing up beside the tracks and delivering telegrams on her bicycle.
To find out more about the role of the station agent, people can also visit the 91原创 Heritage Society鈥檚 .
He鈥檒l also be talking to Jo-Anne Leon at the Kilby Historic Site, and Bev Kennedy of the Agassiz and Harrison Hot Springs museum and visitors centre.
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