Fairbridge Gazette
Fairbridge Gazette Editors
Over the years, the Gazette Editors have been:
- James Lally First editor: 1939-? /li>
- Ken Brauton: Editor 1946
- Leon Mendoza: School Editor 1946
- Sports Editor: Ronald 'Sam' Hancock 1946
- Thomas Speed: 1950 - 1952 (see Gazette links from 1950-1952 below)
- John Hardy 1983 to 1986
- Eunice Nikolls: 1987 - 1989
- Ken Bennett: Fall 1989 - Spring 2005
- Pat Skidmore: Fall 2005 - present
Let's fill in the gaps. Contact me at: pjs@telus.net
Send in your Fairbridge memories, your stories, your poems and your photos, what you did in past and what you are doing today...where you were before being send to Prince of Wales Fairbridge Farm School and what your trip was like leaving the British Isles - send in any bits of news.
Your time at the Prince of Wales Fairbridge Farm School is an important piece of British, Canadian and British Columbian history... lets not allow it to be forgotten.
Current Issues
BC Archives
The following issues are available in the BC Archives:
Gazettes, 1950-54, Memorial Issue, 1948, Christmas Issue, 1947, First Party issue, 1947
Old Fairbridgian Issue, 1947, Christmas, 1945
Fall, 1945, Autumn, 1944, Summer, 1944,
January, 1944, December, 1943, July, 1943, February, 1943
November, 1942, September, 1942, July 1941
April 1941, January 1941, August 1940, December 1939
August 1939, July 1939, May 1939, March 1939, February 1939
Previous Recent Issues
The following highlighted back issues of the Fairbridge Gazette have been posted:
Historic Issues
Watch for the following issues to be scanned in and available for viewing. Those in blue are now available.
2004: Christmas 2004; Fall 2004; Spring 2004
2003: Christmas 2003; Summer 2003; Spring 2003
2002: Christmas 2002; Summer 2002; Spring 2002
2001: Christmas 2001; Summer 2001; Spring 2001
2000: Christmas 2000; Summer 2000; Spring 2000
1999: Christmas 1999; Summer 1999; February 1999
1998: December 1998
1997: Christmas 1997; Fall 1997; June 1997; Spring 1997
1996: Christmas 1996; Summer 1996; Spring 1996
1995: Christmas 1995; Spring 1995
1994: Christmas 1994; Summer 1994; March 1994
1993: Christmas 1993; Reunion 1993; June 1993; March 1993
1992: Christmas 1992; September 1992; July 1992; April 1992
1991: December 1991; June 1991; March 1991; October 1990
1990: July 1990; April 1990
1989: February 1989; July 1989; May 1989, December 1989
1988: September 1988, May 1988
1987: May 1987, March 1987
1986: Fall 1986, July 1986, March 1986
1985: November 1985, July 1985, May 1985
1984: December 1984, August 1984,
1983: December 1983, Reunion 1983, August 1983
Fairbridge Gazette, Christmas 1945, Vol. VI Number 3
Fairbridge Gazette, Fall--November 1945, Vol IV Number 2
Fairbridge Gazette, Midsummer--July, 1944 Vol. V Number 2
Fairbridge Gazette, January 1944, Vol. V Number 1
Fairbridge Gazette, December 1943, Vol. IV Number 3
Fairbridge Gazette, July 1943 Vol. IV Number 2
Fairbridge Gazette, April 1941 Vol. 2 Number 2
Fairbridge Gazette, January 1941, Vol. 1 Number 9
Fairbridge Gazette, August 1940, Vol. 1 Number 8
Fairbridge Gazette, April 1940, Vol. 1 Number 7
Fairbridge Gazette, December 1939, Vol. 1 Number 6
Fairbridge Gazette, August 1939, Vol. 1 Number 5
Fairbridge Gazette, August 1939, Vol. 1 Number 4
Fairbridge Gazette, May 1939 Vol. 1 Number 3