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Oral History
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Object ID
SR-142
Title
William Crozier Blair oral history interview conducted by Jacqueline Erickson on 10 Jun. 1984.
Extent
1 audio cassette.
Date
10 Jun. 1984.
Description
SR-142: Tracks 1 - 2 discuss the Blair family history, including time in Ashcroft and Hat Creek.
Tracks 3 - 6 discuss growing up in Langley, including leisure activities such as dances, the United Church youth group, and the Sheep Club. School is also discussed, including Milner School and Langley High School. The Blair farm is also mentioned.
Track 7 describes Blair's political work, including involvement in the BC Mainland Dairyman's Association, the BC Holstein Breeders, and as councillor of Langley.
Track 8 continues to discuss the Blair farm and cattle breeding.
Track 9 continues to discuss Blair's political work.
Tracks 10 - 11 continue to discuss school.
People/Subject
Blair, William Thomas Crozier
William Thomas Crozier Blair (Bill) was born on 5 May, 1913 in Langley, to George Irvine and Elizabeth Blair, nee Culbert. He attended school in Milner, and at Langley High School. Bill took over part management of the family farm (on 216th Street, across from the airport) when his father died in 1933. He married Doris Livingston, whom he met through his sister, as they both attended Columbian College in New Westminster. They had six children: Jean, Doug, Jim, John, Terry, and Gordie. He was a director of the B.C. Federation of Agriculture, Director of the Mainland Dairymen's Association, Vice-president of the Artificial Insemination Centre, and a member of the B.C. Branch of the Holstein-Friesian Association. He served for 4 years as the Regional Board Director of the Central Fraser Valley Regional District. Blair served 19 years as a member of the Langley Municipal Council, between 1962 and 1981. In 1981 he became the Township's mayor, a position he held until his death March 28, 1985, at the age of 71, after a surgery to treat a perforated intestine. The W. C. Blair Recreation Centre in Murrayville was named for him.
William Blair gave an interview to the museum in 1976. His interview can be found at SR-015.
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