One of Dad’s Proudest Moments

By Ted Radford about his Father 

Jim Radford

 

One of Dad’s proudest moments was when he met the King and Queen of England in 1939 when they took a 6-week railway tour across Canada.   As the trains were pulled by steam engines in those days Dad knew where the train was going to stop for coal and water on its way through Northwestern Ontario. He and his brothers, Fred and Bill walked from Amesdale to Niddrie to meet the train and as the train was being serviced they went to the back of the train and started calling for the King and Queen. The RCMP tried to stop them but they came out on the back deck to talk to them and allowed them to take their picture (above).