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  • L/Cpl Leland M. Pratt
    … of how they met but agree it was at a dance in Eastleigh's old town hall. Audrey took a sudden dislike to him. When Leland asked Audrey out … brought the food in a taxi. Following the wedding Lee had a couple more days leave before he returned to France. Two days before VE day … Lee was stationed in Utrecht, Holland but he got a couple of leaves to visit Audrey before he returned to Canada in January 1946. Audrey …
  • Nicolangelo Romano
    … became an American citizen. We met when Mary came to Toronto to visit relatives, one of whom I was friends with and married in 1959. … they were little and our fur grand puppies from time to time. We have visited every province of Canada (Mary hasn’t been to Newfoundland yet) … It was a very special and moving experience to stand where I stood more than 70 years ago and still remembered it like it was yesterday. …
  • Dad's Story
    … te viren is opgezet en voor bereid dan toch nog is ‘t scheiden en zoo als tijd is scheiden ook lijden. Dan pas begint men pas te voelen dierbaren to bezitten en vrienden te verlaten. Je word zoo heel anders al laat, en mag men ‘t soms niet laten blijken. Verder ging … samen zijn, ja wie weet voor hoe land, zullen we ons ooit weerzien, maar met goeden moed een stevige handdruk en als God ‘t wil tot weer …
  • Anthony Athanas
    … Adjusting Well to Life in Canada Time 0:01:44 Transcript TA: —it was—it … for, you know, things like that. So it was um—yeah, it started to become—normalized, I guess, is what you’d call it. We weren’t feeling as much as …
  • Herb
    … with his German family. They couldn't afford for the whole family to visit, so my brother went by himself, placed in the care of a flight … a rich heritage which I hope will continue for many generations to come. Herb family photo December, 1959. Left to right: Karl, Susan, …
  • Ivy R. Woods Kelly, Isabel G. Kelly
    … old. She left a good middle class home in a pretty place in England called Shoreham-by-Sea in Sussex overlooking the English Channel. She … her friends went back to England not long after arriving. When we finally arrived in Newcastle, NB, my Dad was there with a car to take us … had no inside toilet, a pump to get water from, a wood stove and they washed their clothes in Church River with Lye soap and a scrub board. …
  • Welcome to Turtle Island
    … spirituality.  We hope this installation inspires excitement to learn more about the rich culture of the original peoples of these lands.  … . If you would like to bring a Tribal Fusion Art treasure home, please visit our Boutique. Basket of Berries Basket holds stories woven …
  • Quotes - Arrival in Canada
    … fast asleep in my room (deck). Well, this ship sounded a foghorn and all went out on deck to see Canada. Everyone was so excited, they … Nurses in Halifax; they complained that our baby was crying too much. Come to think of it now, that baby was only 5 weeks old, and was nursed …
  • Andy Alfoldy
    … Red Cross. In Germany, at the end of the war, he became officially a prisoner of war, though the Americans found his skills and … I, with the exuberance of the young, saw mostly the adventure of it all. We had been given a stick of chewing gum for the voyage by … as it reflected a perfect sunset. We were called below to the mess hall and dined on wieners and cabbage and boiled potatoes. Every bench …
  • Sbarra B
    … stories she told me about some events that preceded her immigration to Canada would be an interesting variation from the customary and … the transition from the Old World to the New one is mainly generally underlined by a common factor - their desire to join relatives … than the Allies. Families were reunited and Brigitta was again free to visit her grandmother and her playmates at will, and so resume her …

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