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… financial resources for organizations dedicated to enhancing their well-being and seeking durable solutions, including permanent … In a December 1959 press release, the CCF leader, Major James W. Coldwell, expressed his dissatisfaction with the federal response by … completely misjudges the good will of the Canadian people.” Coldwell went on to suggest that the mere admission of some 100 tubercular …
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… Families 1953 – Groote Beer When my parents decided to come to Canada in 1953, I was faced with a huge dilemma. I had become a career soldier in the Dutch Air force the year before and … he would not consider going. At 19 years of age, that was some tall order to sort out. I had behind me 6 months at the NCO school in Wezep …
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… from the 1940s and 1950s. These menus provide a unique window into how passenger travel evolved after the Second World War. Today’s … published children’s food menus aboard their ships and trains. In order to attract prospective travellers, transportation companies … vanilla ice cream, peach cream cake, biscuits, bread and butter, jam, fresh milk, tea or cocoa, and oranges. [1] Ship menu, SS Duchess …
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Almost half a million Canadian military personnel departed from Pier 21 to serve overseas during the Second World War. This image depicts one of the first arrivals of a troop ship carrying soldiers back to Canada after World War II. A young Dave Campbell, with his mother, welcomes Canadian troops …
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… CHARLES JOSEPH LUTTON/"C" COMPANY THE IRISH REGIMENT OF CANADA 23/09/1939 - Militia 20/06/1940 - … people on board this was at times difficult. Weather fair October 30, 1942 (Aboard Ship/R.M.S. “QUEEN ELIZABETH”) Sailed from Halifax … – bright and warm. April 22, 1944 (S. ELIA FIUMERAPIDO / Map. 891266 Scale 1/50,000 Sheet 160 1) The Bn change over was completed by …
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… although it may be in a different way from the meaning the poet had when he wrote the poem. To me those words mean that I have seen and experienced so much during my childhood in Danzig; that the things are hard to speak of, because they have been so horrible; but the memory cannot die, and … Meta Echt and Marianne Ferguson …
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… Gillian. Joyce and I visited one another frequently and became very good friends. When it became apparent that the war was coming to an end … early afternoon. Fortunately, my husband was able to accompany us as I had a small trunk, John, age six months, in his carrycot, a bag with … a bus where other women and children, including Joyce and Jill, also got aboard and we set off through a thick fog - a real London …
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… Bob Cunneyworth, an Airman with the Royal Canadian Air Force. In doing so, she set the wheels in motion for what would be a challenging sea … and siblings on British soil. This is her story: When WWII broke out in 1939, I was 18. Each night my family and I would spend many … a common sight adding to our own auxiliary troops (Territorials) who had been holding war exercises for the past year. In those early days …
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… 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, … train. At Preston I managed to see Geoff on the platform for a little while. We were very glad to arrive at Euston Station in London as it …
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… at the University of Lviv. My major was chemistry. By January 1944 I had finished two semesters and started my third. The defeat of the … was the beginning of the end. The Soviet army was marching west again with full force. At the same time, the allied forces (Canada, the … in the west. For three months we travelled, passing villages with the sound of artillery not far behind. Thousands of refugees were …