Procrastinators rejoice: You’re not alone — A look at 1966 dawdlers

In years previous, all Albertans’ licence plates for his or her autos expired on the similar time — the top of April. New plates can be bought for 2 months main as much as the expiration date, however there have been nonetheless many people who postpone renewing plates till the final minute, resulting in blocks-long lineups on the finish of April. One Calgary Herald author poked enjoyable at this “procrastinators’ membership,” as he known as it. His article is certainly one of a number of highlighted by former Herald researcher Norma Marr, who compiled a sequence of archive tales for a characteristic known as the H Recordsdata. Listed below are a few of her instalments from April 1999.