Princess Anne visited Brandon for seven hours on July 15, 1982. Her visit was covered in the July 16, 1982 issue of The Brandon Sun.
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Princess Anne's welcome at City Hall. The event was attended by a crowd of 1500 and most of Brandon's dignitaries. The Princes is standing on a small platform on the west side of 9th Street facing spectators and the honor guard from CFB Shilo. A Canadian flag is in the foreground and Mayor Ken Burgess is standing to her right. A number of individuals are standing on the steps behind her.
Notes
The Brandon Sun includes a photograph of this same even taken from the opposite side of the street and from a wider angle.
Academic Processional. In the gym. Unknown (Brandon?) priest, Stephan Macnacca (Mayor of Brandon), Walter Dinsdale (MLA), Denny Kells (first BUSU President).
Academic Processional. In the gym. Charles Lightbody?, Honorary degree recipients: Stanley Knowles, H.L. MacNeill, and Wilfrid McGregor in the blue and red gowns.
Academic Processional. In the gym. Honorary degree recipients: Milton Holden, Douglas Campbell, and Wilfred Bigelow in the red and blue gowns, E.A. Birkinshaw (Mathematics), Charles Lightbody?, Honorary degree recipient Stanley Knowles.