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… Corporal - this meant another $3 to $4 a month. Ellen and I lived at Annie Scott's house in the Hydrostone area of Halifax during that time. Our first daughter, Donna, was … on July 2nd. I was not allowed to see my wife and daughter until four days after her birth. We were on special duty down at the Pier on the …
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… when the troops were being gathered in Lincolnshire in preparation for D-Day. My cousin, Joan Chudley, said there were men everywhere - sleeping in barns, beside roads and so on. She said on D-Day, early in the morning, the bombers took to the air. When each one …
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… of 1944 he left from Pier 21, bound for England taking passage on one of the 4 stack destroyers which the United States had made … and Halifax was fairly isolated from habitation. See photo. VE Day in Halifax, like many cities and towns throughout Canada, saw the …
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… remember singing as a child a popular tune that went like this: “C’erà una casetta piccolina in Canada, con tanti pesciolini et tanti fiori di lilà, e tutte le ragazze che passavano di là, dicevono che bella la …
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… wings; These are the first two lines of a poem by John Magee, Jr., one of the many pilots who did not survive World War Two. This poem is to the airmen of the Royal Canadian Air Force and is what "in Flander's Fields" was to the Canadian Military in the First World War." …
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… The original idea was that the 2 oldest boys [twins] would go alone. They wanted to be farmers and if your parents did not own a farm … 21 on May 16. From here on Kees will write his own story. In those day, when someone emigrated to a faraway country, you never knew if you …
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… The Covelli Family Nicola Covelli arrived on October 21, 1951 on the Argentia to Pier 21, destination Toronto. He … through Pier 21 in 1956. On October 21, 2000, 49 years to the very day that our first kinsfolk, Nicola Covelli, arrived at Pier 21 to … of WWII; his return was a victory in itself: he participated in D-Day Normandy invasion; he was captured on D-Day Plus One; he saw …
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… lives in Victoria BC. In August 2011, she celebrated her 90th birthday as well as the 65th anniversary of her arrival in Canada at Pier 21. She was joined by her family: daughter Margaret and son-in-law, Roger Amoroso, her son Bill Archibald and daughter-in-law, … got that long waited for cup of tea. We learned that we were to spend one night at this Hostel and would have to be up at 4am the next …
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… Ariella Milanese was born in October 1936, in San Lorenzo di Fumicello, in the province of Udine, in the Friuli-Venezia-Giulia … Italy. She is the second child of four of Romolo Milanese and Anna Pasqualini. A month after Ariella was born, the family moved to a … to supplement the income from the family trucking business. Romolo and one of his brothers owned and operated a small trucking company out of …
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… prints that you put in an album, to digital images captured on your phone or camera. Collecting and preserving these types of images is a big priority for the Museum, but there are some simple steps you can take to make sure your personal memories are kept safe for future … are usually stored on your computer, digital camera, or phone memory. Many of us have experienced the frustration of a file not opening, or …