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… during her crossing. Chris was a baby so diapers etc. needed to be washed etc. Mom commented on how small her room was and of course she … a break. I did take my mother to Pier 21, and she commented "it sure has changed" since she went through with Chris. Two things to mention: …
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… and resources to do well at school, to have nice activities. It was—it was a good place to grow up. Now, by the later years of high …
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… was very, if I were to sum up my childhood, I would say it was a very comfortable, safe, solid childhood where I had the opportunities and … beginnings of the civil rights movement, what that meant, um—and internationally, with the increasing immersion in Vietnam, and the sense … that I had grown up with, and that was part of making my life so comfortable, up to that point. Oral History 14.02.27PS with Peter …
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… My mother, Ivy (Woods) Kelly was a war bride and we arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax on March 7, 1946 … 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. … my parents retired, they made there way down here as well. My Dad has passed but my mother is still in fit condition as she looked after …
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… I know, you have been studying about the horrible years in Jewish history - the Holocaust and the unspeakable and inhumane things that … up by the retreating Russians, as well as several buildings on the edge of the town went up in flames, set by the Russians. The shells … to walk briskly, with neighbouring villagers, watching this with great ease, as the Jews approached the pits, they saw, before them corpses of …
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… Adjusting Well to Life in Canada Time 0:01:44 Transcript TA: —it was—it was—exciting. I mean, after … 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 … Flora, Trinidad and Tobago. Santa Flora was a town owned by an oil company and Tony’s father worked as an x-ray technician at the oil …
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… family was on their way, but their brief quarantine left him jobless. His daughter, Gysje Koenderink, recalled an exciting crossing in which … Wally. “We were the last passengers to leave the ship as Wally had come down with the German measles and we were put into quarantine,” … were no handles on the inside and the windows were barred. At night we washed our underwear in the bathroom sink for the next day because we …
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… of pursing a better life for themselves and their children. They had become aware of the opening of immigration to Canada, and although other … in the port of Lisbon after a tearful and heartbreaking departure from his family. He arrived in Halifax, at Pier 21, on April 14, 1955 to … any wages. With the assistance of a Portuguese/ English dictionary, he voiced his concerns to his employer who was only able to pay him some …
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… he was awarded the Ames Memorial Trophy for the outstanding athlete in his senior year. Following graduation, Forbes attended Queen's … Queen Elizabeth carried more guns than most ships of the Canadian Navy (as it was unescorted). Although it was under British command, the guns … living along the coast who were reporting mines and torpedoes being washed ashore and wanting them removed. Fortunately, most of these …