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Fairground Memories

Reflections on Yorkton Exhibition's agricultural history and personal connections spanning decades

Calvin Daniels

By Calvin Daniels

November 08, 2024

Key points from this story:

  • Author's memories tied to Yorkton Exhibition grounds
  • Family history of showing pigs at fairs
  • Recalls various agricultural shows and events
  • Harvest Showdown evolves with changing farming trends
  • Personal connection as long-time agricultural reporter
  • Reflections on past and future memories

Maybe because my hair - that which remains upon my head - is now fully gray, but I do find at times I am more reflective of things past. That includes all sorts of random things, from remembered fishing trips, and a wish I had taken more, to games of crokinole with my Dad more than a half century ago. Such thoughts of the past are often fired by a walk from the parking lot to some event on the grounds of the Yorkton Exhibition and the Gallagher Centre.

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