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Take 10

With Janice Flood, president of the Warwick and District Historical Society and former teacher.

What is something people don’t know about you?
I love horses and started riding when I was nine.

What has been your most memorable moment?
A toss-up between my wedding day and the birth of my son.

What would your last meal be?
Homemade lasagne.

What event would you like to witness?
I would like to be at the steps of Parliament when they granted women the right to vote.

What is your favourite television show?
River Cottage – Australia

What is your favourite book?
Neville Shute’s autobiography

What six guests would you invite to a dinner party?
I would invite six of my best friends.

What was your most embarrassing moment?
I have forgotten.

What era would you like to live in?
I would like to have lived at the beginning of the 1900s.

What was the first or best concert you have ever attended?
While attending university in Manitoba in 1970 I attended a Gordon Lightfoot concert and met Gordon Lightfoot, a memorable moment.

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