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Daisy heddon model 102 images9/8/2023 ![]() ![]() Of course, that meant that we had to pass the Daisy building each time. “Back in the early and mid 1960s I was a member of the Preston Scout House Drum and Bugle Corps and my dad used to drive us (my brother was a member, too) to Preston three times a week for practice. Greg Payne of Kitchener emailed to say he still has the Daisy “Red Ryder” BB gun his father gave him in the 1950s. ![]() The latter used to make fishing rods and lures. The former still makes air guns and toys. of Rogers, Ark., and James Heddon’s Sons Ltd. The name Daisy-Heddon reflected that the plant held the Canadian arms of both the Daisy Manufacturing Co. And across the road was Grand Valley Auctions Ltd. Next door was Clare Brothers Ltd., the furnace maker. It stood beside the Speed River at 185 King St. Last week’s “mystery” photo is a 1968 Record image of the Daisy-Heddon plant in the former town of Preston, now part of Cambridge. What Canadian boy growing up in the 1960s didn’t want a Daisy air gun - or at least want to try one? And if they looked closely at ads for the Daisy Manufacturing Co., they would see the firm had a Canadian plant in Preston, Ont.
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