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… Angelo Di Placido's story I was born in 1947 in the region of Molise, Italy. Post WW2 things were pretty harsh, however … simply loved going to school and looked forward to it everyday, while my father's expectation was to help him with farming. At the age of 17 … Bern Switzerland for an application to move to Canada. The Embassy immediately provided me with an application. After providing the …
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… hildren’s O verseas R eception B oard), not to be confused with the “home children” whose program ended prior to WW2. With this background in mind, my story of experiences encountered follows: One evening in mid July … Cowboys and Indians lived there. WOW! It sounded like a great place to visit. Subsequently one day in August I found myself leaving home with …
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James & Elizabeth Doyle James & Elizabeth Doyle …
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… a very excited Margot Tarajos. She asked if we would be open for her visit 363 days later. Margot was two and a half on New Year’s Eve in … her family arrived at Pier 21 and was ready to start planning a 60 th anniversary trip back. She wrote, “ We passed through Pier 21, Canada Immigration, according to my stamped documents, December 31, 1955. My mother says it was very …
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… On Sept. 13th, five War Brides boarded a train in Lancaster, England. We were on … the sadness we felt at leaving our home town, friends and family. In my mind I imagined the wheels were saying, "Forever, forever". Fortunately I had the money to return if I wished, I had saved the money whilst working for Canadian Treasury …
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… Single Men and Women July 20, 1957 – Waterman My story starts in the summer of …
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… home she said why don’t you try the Wevel Cafe? We were in the Icelandic neighbourhood, and the owner hired me on the spot because I … lonely anymore. I became close friends with two of the girls, and we continued to stay in touch when I went to Normal School and started … ship them in crates to the big hotel. They used the frog legs as a delicacy. I worked at the store and a museum there for 30 years. I …
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… States Time 0:01:07 Transcript Tom Corcoran (TC): Yup. So I didn’t come back and as soon as I didn’t come back, I lost whatever college deferment I had as far as the military was concerned. And then I ended up in the military. I got drafted. Emily … went home—hitchhiked home the next morning. I was in the army a week later. Oral History 14.05.07TC with Tom Corcoran Canadian Museum of …
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… John Hugh Mac Eachern left via Pier 21 as a young man from Glace Bay, … to be used for their mission resulted in a devastating explosion. John was the only crew member to survive and with all his injuries and … 21 in a full body cast due to a broken neck and tried his very best to deal with his physical injuries, burns and the emotional scars left …
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… the sky looks so huge. That was the first impression I had of Canada, May 25th, 1945. I was 6th of 10 children; my father was a constructor, working for the Admiralty in England. I …