In Tales Told Under The Old Town Clock

The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1948 1st Edition Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. The interior/text block is in very good condition. 234 pages.

William C. Borrett, Station Director, Radio Station CHNS, Halifax, N. S.; A series of Broadcast Talks designed to make us familiar with our City and Province and to revive memories of bygone days and events which have made Nova Scotia Canada s most storied Province.

William Coates Borrett, author, historian and broadcaster, was born in Dartmouth, N.S. in 1894. He was educated at royal military schools in Canada and in Wales. He served with the Canadian Armed Forces in both World Wars. Early in his career he was a pioneer in radio broadcasting, establishing the first commercial station in Nova Scotia in 1926 (CHNS). As an author and historian, he was known for several books based on "Tales Told Under the Old Town Clock," a series of talks on CHNS Radio, Halifax, in the 1940s and 1950s. After his retirement from broad casting, he became commandant of the Canadian Corps of Commissionaires (Nova Scotia Division) and was also appointed by the Canadian government to oversee the restoration of Citadel Hill. He died in 1983.

Fourteen great stories primarily of Halifax and environs.

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