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… Families 1956 We huddled each night around our radios giving us the news from Budapest. I saw five pointed stars in our town square, … moved in the fighting escalated. Each night we had our clothes by our bed ready to flee if they were to bomb our part of the town. The … old and I, who was eight at the time, were told that we were going to visit our relatives, but this couple never came with us. None of our …
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… anyone about it. Later a letter was received regarding what we should have in the way of clothing, etc. and food for the train journey to the … examinations. We played on the property which was enclosed by a high iron fence. Local children would do errands for us, get chocolate … Middleton. We stopped at Mumford's Rexall Drug Store so Charlie could buy some cigarettes (years later I apprenticed in the same store and …
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… Are there special rates for not-for-profit and government events? The Museum offers a 10% discount on some rooms to registered not-for-profit and government organizations. Please inquire directly with a …
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… people in the northern parts of the Netherlands skating along the canals. Soccer is also another tremendously popular sport in the Netherlands. Traditional Dress The Netherlands does not have a national traditional costume. Different costumes are found in … skills and what they want, they can choose from 4 different types of high schools to enter. VBO – Students enter for 4 years. VBO prepares …
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… the window today looking across a field of sweet corn. So many years have passed and so much has happened. It’s August, 1999, a beautiful … in London, England, was relocated to the Pump Room Hotel in Bath which was temporarily turned into offices for the duration of the … supposed to be at a dance, but I was! Ed was with a group that had come over to the dance. He had run out of money to get back, so I …
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… Dad wanted to farm. Like many others in Holland, his family didn’t have enough land to divide among all the children who wanted it and it … Dad was seasick for the entire ten days and spent the whole trip in bed. From Halifax, they traveled to Cedar Springs, Ontario where they … retirement. It even allowed them to return several times to visit the family in Holland who they had left behind so many years ago, …
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… the window today looking across a field of sweet corn. So many years have passed and so much has happened. It’s August, 1999, a beautiful … in London, England, was relocated to the Pump Room Hotel in Bath which was temporarily turned into offices for the duration of the … to be at a dance, but I was! Ed (Jack Mills) was with a group that had come over to the dance. He had run out of money to get back, so I …
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… to Montreal in 1952, Uncle Anthony Mandato said to Uncle Giuseppe “come to live in Windsor, so it will be easier for me to visit you”. One year later Giuseppe sent proxy for his wife and … seen for over 35 years and her son Uncle Anthony she hadn’t seen for 26 years with the wife Sarah and children all from Cleveland, Ohio. Of …
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… and we were married, as planned on the 13th at St. Peter's Church, in West Harrow, Middlesex. The first 'buzz bombs' were dropped over London … his 10 days leave, in April 1945, we made arrangements for me to come to Canada. We felt if we waited until after the war, my departure … swells. We were not allowed on one side of the ship in case we were washed overboard. Staff wet the tablecloths and put up the table ledges …
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… with her. In 1931 Bożena was born. Stefan Paudyn took care of the boys, Jurek and Ryszard, and he accepted the job as the Agricultural … and employed a full time housekeeper. Richard attended St. Magdalena High School. Lwów during this time was a Polish multicultural city with … country had to fight two enemies; one from the East and one from the West. Richard was transported by train, normally used for transporting …