BRANDON: A Day In The Life

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The day was October 7, 2010.

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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 22/10/2010 (5561 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

The day was October 7, 2010.

It was a Thursday. It dawned clear and cool, then warmed up nicely for midafternoon.

Your 43,000 neighbours spent that day as they usually do: they went to school; they worked; they played; they lived.

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The city of Brandon is laid out below.
Tim Smith/Brandon Sun The city of Brandon is laid out below.

Among them were three Brandon Sun photographers. In shifts, Bruce Bumstead, Colin Corneau and Tim Smith fanned out to document a single 24-hour period in the life of Brandon.

Coordinated by Matt Goerzen and laid out by Grant Hamilton, who also shot video throughout the day, this project shows just a small portion of the life that bustles in — and above — our city.

Here is the best of what we saw, when we examined a typical day in the life of Brandon.

It was a day like any other. It was Thursday, October 7, 2010 …

 

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Download the full pdf version of A Day in the Life of Brandon or scroll through it below:

 

 

Now it’s your turn.

This is what we did with three photographers. What could we do with three hundred? Or three thousand?

Let’s find out.

You have a camera, right? Get it ready for Sunday, November 7, 2010. If it’s happening that day, take some pictures for us. Take some video. Take a chance on something different.

Email your photos and videos from that day to dayinthelife@brandonsun.com. Tell us what’s going on in them. We’ll show them online, and the best will be printed in the Brandon Sun.

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