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Subject: Re: [WarBrides] Catching up!
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 17:17:56 -0500
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My name is Diane. My Mother came here in 1944 as a war bride she was from
Bromley Kent England. she married there and came to canada on the Ill'e de
france. she brought my 2 older sisters with her . she didn't talk much about
her trip only that she was quite sea sick. and my sisters were free to roam
the ship with the aid of the crew.MY Mother's maiden name was Jean Barnett,
she met our father threw some friends at a get together. My dad's name was
Wilson Tyson, he joined the forces in Kingston Ont, where his family had
imigrated to some years earlier. My dad's family were origionally from Bath
summerset England. My parents ended up having 7 children, and were married
for 56 years when they both passed away with in 3 years if each other. My
dear father never left that war, he talked about it constantly all of our
growing up years.it's funny how you hated to hear about it all the time, and
know we can't hear enough about it.I truly love getting these e. mails and I
am very interested in all your stories it helps put a perspective on what
our families went threw. god bless you all. Diane. xo
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Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 4:36 PM
Subject: [WarBrides] Catching up!


> It's been a while since I've had time to read mail from the list, & just
> happened to look in time to read most of the exchanges about the "Yanks"
over
> here (here in my case being N. Ireland). As the daughter of a war-bride,
all
> my information is of necessity, second hand, some from my late mother,
(not
> nearly enough!) and a lot from people here who remember with great
affection,
> & a lot of nostalgia, the GIs based in & around our town. No-one I have
ever
> spoken to has ever been critical (maybe because it is well known that my
dad
> was a "Yank"), rather they have told me of their extreme generosity, which
> was reciprocated by invitations to family meals etc. Being close to the
> border with the Republic of Ireland, we did not suffer from shortages of
food
> & clothing to the same extent as some others, but coupons were necessary,
and
> hoarded for special occasions. I do remember personally that these coupons
> were still in use until the 1950's, particularly exchanging them for
> concentrated orange juice, & jars of cod-liver oil & malt (ugh!), and
> something called "Virol", all of which were meant to replace the fresh
fruit
> which was in short supply. Fresh & tinned food, cigarettes, & apparently
most
> prized of all by the ladies, nylon stockings, were freely dispensed by our
> American visitors.Many of the people who remember them remained in touch
for
> many years, & 1 or 2 still have contact.
> I haven't read much from anyone here on the list,with the exception of a
> wonderful lady named Pat McEneaney, whose mother sailed to the US on the
same
> ship as mine, although they never met. Just in case there is someone else
out
> there, the ship was named the Henry Gibbon, sailing out of Belfast. Till
next
> time, take care, Carol.
>
>
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