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… this was the trip of a lifetime, my first bit of independence and the chance to study art in summer school in this huge cosmopolitan city. I felt the British could get on without me for another three … With the enormous Bedford Basin, and its position on the eastern-most point of the mainland, Halifax became the starting point for the …
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… Single Men and Women July 20, 1957 – Waterman My story starts in the summer of 1951, when I went on holidays with my family to a resort in Holland called "Het Trefpunt", translated it means "Meeting Point". There I met Gerald, my future husband, although at that time we … we would be married eventually. I lived in Leeuwarden, the capital city of Friesland. Gerald lived in Amsterdam, in the province of North …
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… is never an easy choice for anyone. My decision to immigrate to Canada from Catania, Sicily, came after a brief period in Switzerland … I boarded the Cristoforo Colombo in Messina, Sicily and made my nine-day journey to Canada. As one can imagine, leaving behind your parents, … your culture and your language is both daunting and scary. I chose to come by boat to Canada, hoping for a journey with some interesting …
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… Writer Published on 01/12/2021 December 5 is International Volunteer day. This is the story of a connected chain of volunteers who have … fleeing the increasing hostility of the Nazis in Danzig (then a Free City located in the corridor between Germany and Poland). Echt’s …
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… my brothers, sisters and I were told we were moving to a place called Canada and would live on a huge ship for about nine days to get there. … cheeks were so sore for ages. All I wanted was to explore the floating city. Finally, nametags were pinned on each of us and we headed up a …
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… Leland M. Pratt of Belmont left Halifax from Pier 21 aboard the Andes of Britain in May of 1941, aged 17. On board ship Lee was in … Provost Corps. He was in one of the first boats to land in France on D-Day. The couple tell two different stories of how they met but agree it …
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… Being Selected to Come to Canada - Madan Kumar Giri …
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… So, the club that we belonged to, you could go and play a multitude of sports. They’re very affordable. So, in that hometown, the way … they were electing a new executive and I ran for the executive… I made it on board. And I been on the board since 1973. I’ve been the president for many, many years and worked in different roles. …
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… Bernardus (Ben) Theodorus Josephus Arts was born on March 3rd, 1931 in Lithoyen, Netherlands. Ben was 9 years old when World War II broke out and was 14 when it finished. He remembered the day the Germans invaded Holland, the buzz of VI and VII bombs and the …
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… Handsome Canadian Soldier-Meets-Pretty Scottish Lassie It was during the terrible times of WWII when our parents met. Our dad, Wilfred Raymond Webb, born on Dec 14, 1918 in Bishopton, Quebec, was first stationed in England. It … was among the soldiers who tried to help the citizens of a devastated city. He was then stationed in Scotland in the summer of 1943, where he …