The plates were specially made for the Queen's 1976 motorcade and were gifted to Fraser Mooney Sr., the then N.S. Minister of Highways | SaltWire
YARMOUTH, NS – Phil Mooney, a teenager at the time, can still recall his parents Fraser Sr. and Barbara preparing for a Halifax reception they would be attending as part of the 1976 royal visit to Nova Scotia by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.
Phil had caught a glimpse of the licence plates himself before they became a fixture in his family home. He was playing in a junior golf tournament in the Valley when the motorcade procession passed with the Queen. Phil Mooney of Yarmouth holds a set of royal licence plates that had been gifted to his father Fraser Mooney Sr. following the 1976 royal visit to Nova Scotia by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Mooney had been the provincial Minister of Highways at the time of the visit. TINA COMEAU PHOTO
“After we sold the house after mom passed away, I think we had a lottery in our family and I'm the one that ended up with the plates,” Phil says. “I've had them out at my place and I’ve shown them to people. People are quite taken with them.” The 1976 licence plates – and the royal visit itself – bring both fond memories and moments of laughter for the Mooney family.
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