-
… hanging clothes from a canoe at their home located the end of South Drive in Fort Garry (Mom & Dad lived on George St., Alexander St. … roof sticking out. Herb, Ella, Herb Jr. and Noreen lived at this yard site NW 19-41-24 using as their home a garage (Herb hauled from …
-
… which took 7 days and arrived April 1953. I travelled by train to job site in B.C. There were 30 us on the job. Everything was very primitive …
-
… ON. Was hired by Grant MacKay, an ex WWII RAF gunner, who was shot down over Holland and was saved by a Dutch family. Somewhat unreal …
-
… Our family was rudely awakened by two Russian soldiers armed with rifles and were told to pack a few things, and we would return in a few … My uncle was in the Soo since after WWI. He made the papers for us to come to Canada. We said our good-byes and sailed to Canada in the hopes …
-
… Bronco, the 29,000 ton ship started to toss, dip, heave, wobble from side to side and fore and aft, it was like the waves were doing a bad … by dark grey skies, howling wind storm, and buckets of rain. My Mother said: "My God, what forsaken place has your father brought us to?" You see, my Father was waiting for us in Toronto, he had preceded …
-
… down, the “Bahnhofstrasse” was the Catholic Church, housed in a wooden shed, which figured somewhat in my life. On Sundays I had to accompany … attend the church service. The so-called “slave labourers” huddled outside, listening through the door. Every so often, a brave soul would … an affront, a provocation, a frontal attack. The decision to come to Canada was a piece of cake. Luebtheen had a bus service to the …
-
… to his stories and just imagine these mystical places he would recant his adventures throughout these early years. There was never any animosity towards Germans. He said that they were "fair" that if you earned a dollar, then you would … with little to welcome someone who had been away from his beloved city and vineyard in San Martino di Colle. There was an enormous amount …
-
… It was exciting as well as scary because we were going to the big city of Naples from our small town of Popoli. population 6,000, in the … we got to Halifax it was foggy, the ship would sound the horn at set intervals and for some reason they had strung ropes around the outside decks and inside. I was glad and sad to see Halifax. Glad because we had reached destination but sad …
-
… I still have in my possession, if you would like to create a special site. Also have a blood stained from a German on a U-boat that they … in the wardroom on shore when the word came in that they had a chance to take the Germans captive. They scrambled on some vessel and …
-
… historical imagery and contemporary portraits of visitors taken on site in a large-scale video projection. Katarina’s project was in …