The story of “Brenda Norma”: Birchip-Watchem’s Knitted Netball Mascot
(By Maureen Donnellon, Birchip Historical Society) A few years ago, Jacquie (McLoughlan) O’Brien, granddaughter of the late Mrs Aileen McLoughlan, who was an ardent Birchip and Birchip-Watchem supporter, rang me to see if I would be interested in her knitted doll, made by her grandmother.
