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Fred Mills 80 years young

Today, June 15, 2021, Fred Mills, Ottawa’s Godfather of Large Scale Railroading, turned 80.

Because of Covid and the restrictions on the size of get-togethers, we couldn’t organize the big party we were thinking of. We now visited him with 5 members of the Ottawa Valley Garden Railroad Society.

The other 40+ members joined us in a Zoom special.

We surprised Fred with a custom made bulkhead flat car with inscription. The car carried a bottle of Dalmore single malt.

Some photos can be found on our blog:

https://gardenrailroadottawa.blogspot.com/2021/06/happy-birthday-fred-small-contingent.html

Stay tuned. A video special will follow.

Henk

Happy Birthday Fred.

Thank you Jon…

Fred

Yay! Happy Birthday Fred! Now you’re almost old enough to run some trains. :joy:

Happy BDay Fred!

Fr. Fred;

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I’m about 5 years behind you, but my very first train set is not. It is a Lionel “Torpedo” freight set from 1941.

Many happy returns of the day, David Meashey

eighty years and still playing with toys…

happy birthday and may you have a dozen more!

Happy birthday, Fred. Dalmore and trains ……… that’s a derailment waiting to happen (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-tongue-out.gif)I hope you have many more trips around the sun (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif)

Fred

Hope you had a great day and many many more you old fart from the west coast

Congrats, ya old fart, one more successful trip around the sun.

Happy Birthday Fred …

Happy Birthday, Father Fred!

Our friend Moe Cote finished the video of the proceedings.

Check it out at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qNsZ6b-kmo

Happy Cake Day

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Happy Birthday Mr Fred

Happy Birthday, Fred.

Best wishes from the olde Country.

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Happy Birthday, Freddie! (Can I call you Freddie?) (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)

I am sorry I missed the day, but a very happy 80th birthday Father Fred! (https://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)

Michael Kirrene said:

Happy Birthday, Freddie! (Can I call you Freddie?) (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)

Just don’t call him late for “Happy Hour”…(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)