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1976: Wood Panelling, Rock Records and a Strange Flin Flon Statue
1976 nostalgia looks different when you weren't born yet. From parents' childhood stories to a surprisingly passionate rock-album endorsement, this Throwback Thursday offers a chance to compare the year you remember with the one another generation imagines.
Flin Flon supplies the childhood setting and a statue best approached with some awareness of the viewing angle. Toronto supplies a giant antenna that still looks futuristic. Which details stick: the places that shaped a childhood, the music inherited later, or the landmark everyone keeps looking up at?
Meanwhile, an Alberta photograph has…
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