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Horse-and-cart milkman to pickleball teacher: B.C. man not stopping at 98

From Kitimat to Crescent Beach to Vancouver's West End, Stan Fryer has lived life "abundantly"

When Stan Fryer and his family moved to the White Rock-South Surrey area in the 1930s, it was all summer cottages and trees.

Born in 1926 in Moose Jaw, Sask., the White Rock resident, now 98 years old, recalled moving with his family — he, his parents and four brothers crammed into an old Chevy — to South Surrey when he was about 10, in 1936.

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Tricia Leslie

About the Author: Tricia Leslie

I’m a lifelong writer and award-winning journalist. I've worked at community newspapers and magazines as well as in communications for several years. Love animals, golf, skiing, Canucks, Seahawks, BC Lions, Blue Jays.
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