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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-09-27, Page 23England's prices rn ke Canada's look attractive BY JOANNE BUCHANAN to "the locals" speaking While in Goderich, Mrs. said the women and the WEATHER CHANGE of fenced off houses d on various subjects. Page and Mrs. Mrs. Page and Mrs. Harrington ate pumpkin After talking with two Harrington said they pie, submarines and recent English visitors to liked Canada very much. maple syrup for the first Goderich, one gets the They couldn't get over time. They especially feeling that Canadian the wide open spaces, the liked the taste of the consumers aren't so bad fluctuations in tem- syrup. off afterall. p.erature or the food The women took " a Barry and Monica prices. They also couldn't liking to filtered coffee Page of Goderich played believe how frig, the while in Canada. In host and hostess to Mr. Canadian people are and England, if you drink Page's 'mother, Doris how much and how often coffee at all, it is always Page and her sister, they eat. instant, they said. Winnifred Harrington "We felt like we were in Our English visitors from September 1 to the land of the giants," were surprised at the September 21. Mrs. Page laughed Mrs. Harrington number of families, in - lives in Hatfield, Hert- who added that she was • eluding little children, fordshire, just north of sure that she and her who eat out in London, England and sister had put on a few restaurants. This is not so Mrs. Harrington lives in pounds during their stay e,ommon in England, they Potter's Bar, also in here. said. Hertfordshire. Both The women said they In Canadian kitchens, women were visiting were not used to eating so the ovens are wider and Canada for the first time. much of their food on the kitchen gadgets far Trying to see such a buns but they also said more plentiful, said the vast country as Canada in that Canadian bread was women. They also noticed only three weeks is rather lighter than English how well everything difficult but by taking his bread, so they found they matched in Canadian mother and•-.hjjs-•aunt on a could eat more. homes. In England it is two week tpur around They discovered that difficult to find color co - Ontario, Mr. Page gave meat and poultry were ordinates unless you them a view of a good twice as cheap to buy really shop around, they cross section of lifestyles- here as they are in said. -city, country and England. OTHER EXPENSES wilderness. They saw "Meat can be a real Besides food being Niagara Falls, Toronto, luxury for us and we more expensive in Old Fort Henry in never- get specials on food England, gas costs about Kingston, Upper Canada the --_ Village in Morrisburg, said Mrs. Page. Mrs. Harrington said she the Thousand Islands, English people seem to rides a small motor bike Ottawa and Algonquin eat a lot more greens to her job . at the Park.' (vegetables) and fruit Metropolitan London They spent their last than Canadians, said the Police Station. That way week in Goderich and one .ladies. Most English she can go for three of their favorite activities people grow their own weeks on one gallon of while here was eating vegetables and quite a gas. breakfast in one of the few people have their own Public transport is restaraunts and listening green houses. •- expensive in England too, pie do here," $3.12 per imperial gallon. service isn't so good anyway. Car pools are illegal for insurance reasons at present but this may be changed. And speaking of transportation, the women said it was nice not to see so much rush hour traffic in Canadian cities. They didn't like our dead straight roads so • much though, preferring their own winding roads instead: Some other expenses which the English have that Canadians do not are television and telephone. In England you pay the government about $64.50 for the righrto operate a color television set and about $46.50 for a black and white.'There are'only three television channels in England and when the women left, the two BBC ones were both on strike. Rental paid to .he English government for a telephone is $23 every three months. You have to pay for local calls too. These calls are timed after three minutes. All prices are going up, said Mrs. Harrington and Mrs. Page and you have to think twice before you buy. anything in England anymore. Even clothing will soon become, more expensive because the government is cutting down on the number of imports. an Every day while they gardens all looking the stayed in Canada, before same. The women said going outside for the day, they loved the verandahs the women had to step on Canadian homes. outdoors to see what theThey found the people temperature was like. in Canada to be much They said they -brought lots of warm clothes and more casual than Englill people and more refined nearly died of the hetet, than Americans. They They found our air lobe a didn't find the class lot crisper than the damp distinction here that English air. exists in England. They rciilly enjoyed the When the women left fall colors and took about Canada, with an extra a 100 pictures in suitcase to carry all their Algonquin Park. In fact, souvenirs, they said they they said they enjoyed would have liked to have the sorest more than seen the whole country. If Niagara Falls. In they ever made a return England there aren't trip, it would be to see the many maple trees so Rockies and perhaps there isn't as much red some snow. While here, color in.fall,•they felt they covered a They were disap- fantastic amount of pointed while in• ground and -enjoyed Algonquin Park that they staying in such a pretty 'did not see much wildlife.. little town as Goderich. However,. they saw black Advice they would give squirrels here for the first 'to Canadians who want to time and.cuuldn't believe vacation in England how big the robins are in ` would be to stop at a local Canada. police station and get a HOUSES, PEOPLE list of bed and breakfast DIFFERENT places to stay instead of booking in at all the Every house in Canada classy hotels. Afterall, by looks different too, said the sound of things, other the women, with more aspects of English life are wood houses and open expensive enough without. gardens. In England having to pay high prices there are rows and rows for accommodations too. Barry Page and his wife Monica (far right) of Goderich played host and hostess recently to Mr. Page's mother Doris (left) and aunt Winnifred Harrington who were visiting Canada for the first Garden Club... • from page 2A the men of the Parks Department. The other project of the Club- was the paying for the planting of 46 shrubs at the front entrance to the. A.M. ge- G. _Hospital. Each month seven to eight members have had a work session of weeding and watering these flower beds. A letter of appreciation has been received from the Board - of Governors of the hospital. The Flower Festival which was field in July in the County Court House was very successful. The committee convenors and participants are to be commended for their efforts in arranging floral displays using the theme "Year of ; Child." The O o.er meeting's. program will include a speaker from the Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton. 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