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… March 29, 1953 were all of these things and more. Fifty years to the day of their arrival at Pier 21 the three surviving members of that … throwing darts wildly during storms, and indulging in better food than they had seen since their childhoods before the war. When … was a young structural engineer that had been sponsored by Avro to come to Canada and work on the Avro Arrow project. When asked about …
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… first sight of Canada was Pier21 in Halifax, where we first stepped foot on Canadian soil. The Gray nuns were right there to greet us. Later that day we all boarded the train for Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It was a very … along the way. At most stops, my father would get off to purchase food or drinks for the family as there were no dining facilities on …
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… boarded the train to Toronto and settled in one over crowded family house in the area formerly known as Downsview. It was a home where …
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… the children were wearing their kilts and sweaters, as nothing else would have stood up to the wear on board. One vivid memory is … were not affected and ran around and ate the enormous variety of food, particularly the fruit. The baby was denied his normal food as my …
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… arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard the Georgic on April 26, 1952; Kevin's first birthday. We sailed from Southampton on April 19, 1952. Our Mom, … was not sick on that day while all the seasoned sailors were. We saw food we had never seen, like corn on the cob and fruits that weren't …
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… and worked very hard to make a living and eventually buy a suburban house. Unfortunately, the happy life to which they so aspired never … I have heard. BUNGALOW I have no memory of the ghost that haunts this house, although it has defined my entire life. I was born on a snowy … leave. Before the Iron Curtain could fall upon what would thereafter become Eastern Europe, he dragged his wife and their three surviving …
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… after WW I, we were the dear twin daughters of doting parents. Our house, up on a hill, designed by Dad, was surrounded with fruit trees … down grandmother's neck and refusing to eat spinach or other food supposedly good for you. We were treated as little princesses, … because the regular dinner hour was only around 7 o'clock. For holidays we went to the Tatra Mountains in Slovakia, to the Adriatic Ocean …
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… know what to do with the life jackets and how to work them. On January 26 we docked in Halifax, we entered the Pier 21 and were told to take a … customs, and a rolled up mattress and tied with ropes, the customs officer had to cut the ropes to see what was inside there and they found … salami, and cheese these were things that were not allowed to come over. We left and the people were still there. We took the train …
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… pharmacy graduate, switched fields due to visa delays, balancing studies and work before transitioning from Uber to a job aligned with his … (24.10.25RM): 01:27:55. ↩ Yalgar Singh, interviewed by Haroon Khalid, 26 October, 2024 in North York, Ontario. CMIP in collaboration with … oral history project, to build the collection for both current use and future generations, so collaboration beyond the interview phase may or …
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… My husband Cpl. James Reid Paton arrived two days ahead of me on the Ile de France, a troop ship. I sailed from … of the ship, singing and guitar playing and much merriment. The food aboard the ship was superb and the menus something we could only …