CHCH.com - Rare Bell how-to note goes up for auction

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Wednesday, 11 January 2012

Rare Bell how-to note goes up for auction

We live with new technology as an every day part of our lives - but it always seems that it's up to the younger generation to explain it to their elders.

It's been that way for decades -- whether it's a VCR, an iPad, or the internet.

Now a letter explaining some of the newest technology - from 1878 - is going up for auction. Scot Urquhart tells us there's an important Canadian connection to this communication from the past.