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From: Stella Myers <>
Subject: Re: WARBRIDES-D Digest V05 #193
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 22:22:07 -0400
In-Reply-To: <200509132300.j8DN0Pho003801@lists8.rootsweb.com>


Would love to know when Bev Tosh^s War Brides Exhibit will be in Ottawa,

Thank you
Stella Myers
St, Catharines, Ont
On Tuesday, September 13, 2005, at 07:00 PM,
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> WARBRIDES-D DigestVolume 05 : Issue 193
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> Today's Topics:
> #1 RE: Bev Tosh's Exhibit ["Erin Craig"
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> #2 Re: Books ["Joan Reichardt"
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> Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 03:37:07 -0700
> From: "Erin Craig" <>
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> Yes, it was a long drive to Kelowna, Joan. We wished it had been just
> 4
> hours!
> Mum and I made that drive right after the WWII War Brides Association
> annual
> Reunion in Seattle was ended.
> We were in Kelowna, British Columbia, on August 9th and 10th.
>
> Mum and I walked in the front door of the Kelowna Arts Gallery and Mum
> introduced herself as one of the war brides whose painting was on
> exhibit.
> The young lady at the front desk was quite amazed that a real war
> bride had
> come to see Bev Tosh's exhibit. She asked all the usual questions:
> When,
> why and from where. Then she just had to get up and report all of this
> to
> her boss in the back office. We were treated like royalty after that.
> It
> was as though one of the gallery's treasures had walked through the
> front
> door!
>
> Bev had painted Mum from an old photo taken in 1946.
> I took a photo of my mum standing next to Bev's painting of her.
>
> Joan, you were wondering what had happened to some of the others on
> display.
> Well, my mum--war bride from Australia to the US--arrived in San
> Francisco
> in April of 1946 and spent most of her life in California. My father
> worked
> for the US government in several agencies. When he worked for the US
> Prison
> Service, our family lived on Alcatraz...really! I'll bet there aren't
> too
> many war brides with that experience--from an island continent to an
> island
> penitentiary! My father died in 1968 but the rest of us still live in
> California.
>
> Scattered among the photos on the walls of the exhibit are a few of our
> family photos as well as the ship Mum and I came over on, the SS
> Lurline.
> We also saw pictures of an Aussie friend of ours, another war bride
> from
> Sydney.
> We must have spent several hours in there admiring Bev's paintings,
> staring
> at all the photos and wondering the same as you--what became of all
> those
> women?
>
> One thing is for sure, they have been honored in a truly wonderful
> exhibit.
> I do hope other war brides and their families will drive as far as
> they must
> in order to see this tribute to war brides! A heartfelt thank you
> from Mum
> and me to Bev Tosh for sharing her loving art work and our history
> with the
> rest of the world.
>
> Ms. Erin Craig
> Vice President
> WWII War Brides Association
> PO Box 1812
> El Centro CA 92244-1812
>
> Phone: 760-352-4191
> Email:
>
> WWII War Baby from Australia
> Daughter of Iris (Adams) Craig, War Bride from Australia
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joan Reichardt [mailto:]
> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 5:18 PM
> To:
> Subject: Bev Tosh's Exhibit
>
>
> I had a long drive to Kelowna and back yesterday - 4 hours each way -
> with
> my eldest daughter and her husband (who did most of the driving, bless
> his
> heart). But it was well worth it. To walk into the gallery and come
> face
> to face with my youthful self was an unforgettable experience. I don't
> think they have had many (if any) other 'originals' there so the staff
> was
> quite interested, and surprisingly, picked me out straight away.
> Another
> co-incidence, the receptionist on the desk when we arrived is from
> Twickenham, which is right across the Thames from my old hometown of
> Richmond, so we had a nice chat as well.
> Looking at all those happy smiling young faces, so full of joy and
> hope, is,
> in some ways, a sobering experience as you cannot help wonder what
> happened
> to them. I had a good life with a good man who truly cared about me
> and his
> kids, but I know not all of us were that fortunate. As well as the oil
> painting on the wooden panels, there is the collage of snapshots and
> we had
> great fun finding 'us' in amongst them. Looking through the guest book
> before I signed I found a few other War Brides, as well family
> members. One
> of the most touching was from Sara who wrote 'I am so proud of my
> grandmother'. Two of my daughters have now visited the exhibit and
> one of
> my granddaughters will go before it closes and then, I am told, moves
> on to
> Ottawa. If you get a chance, go and see it. And a huge 'thank you'
> goes,
> of course, to Bev!! Joan Reichardt.
>
> Joan Reichardt
>
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> Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:23:46 -0700
> From: "Joan Reichardt" <>
> To:
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> Subject: Re: Books
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> Here are the numbers: Cook Book (has 2) isbn 0 7537 0683 0
> AND isbn 13 9 780753 706831
> We'll Meet Again isbn 1 84067 469 5. Both were published in England,
> the
> publisher(s) of the cook book a bit confusing, as it is a compilation
> of 3
> books but the 2002 edition was published by Chancellor Press a
> division of
> Octopus Publishing. The other one, also published in 2002 by Caxton
> Publishing Group. Good luck!
> I was looking at the book again last night. I always said we
> practically
> lived on potatoes and this book proves it. I found a real dandy:
> Potato
> Eggs! to make these little goodies you mix together grated raw carrot
> and a
> bit of grated cheese, form it into balls and then encase it in cold
> mashed
> spuds, cut in half and use to garnish a salad. Move over Martha
> Stewart!!
> Cheers, Joan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Diane Reddy" <>
> To: "Joan Reichardt" <>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 8:16 AM
> Subject: Re: Books
>
>
>> Hi Joan,
>>
>> I am interested in checking out these books as a gift for my mum, but
> since
>> I live in the US, I'd like to see if I can find the book at one of our
> local
>> book stores.
>>
>> If you will look inside the book on the publishers page there will be
>> an
>> ISBN #. With this number one can also order this book from their local
>> bookstore as well as from the web.
>>
>> Thanks, Diane Reddy
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Joan Reichardt" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 1:21 PM
>> Subject: Books
>>
>>
>>> Hello, everyone, I just received a couple of books as part of a
>>> birthday
>> gift. One is Victory Cook Book, by Marguerite Patten, and includes a
>> lot
> of
>> hilarious wartime recipes - like Mock Duck (made with sausage meat),
> salmon
>> sandwiches where the filling is extended with mashed potatoes, and
>> many
>> more. The other one is We'll Meet Again, by Olivia Bailey, 'Songs and
> music
>> that inspired courage during wartime', and includes a CD. Both are
>> available from Hampstead House Books Ltd in Toronto - 80 Doncaster
>> Ave.
>> Thornhill, Ont L3T 7S3. Toll free 1 800 361 1576 and on line
>> www.hhbooks.com. All of their books are sold for less than the
>> listed
>> price and I have got quite a few myself, but do not know what these
>> two
>> cost. I just thought some of you might be interested. Cheers, Joan
>>> Joan Reichardt
>>>
>>

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