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From: Bev Tosh <>
Subject: Re: [WarBrides] Re: WARBRIDES-D Digest V05 #193
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:14:58 -0600
In-Reply-To: <592020C6-24C6-11DA-BCAC-00306584AEFA@calhounsportswear.com>


Stella,
It would be an honour to exhibit in Ottawa but I have no confirmation in
Ottawa at this time. Thanks for your interest.
Bev

> From: Stella Myers <>
> Reply-To:
> Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 22:22:07 -0400
> To:
> Subject: [WarBrides] Re: WARBRIDES-D Digest V05 #193
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> Resent-Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:53:47 -0600
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> 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,
> wrote:
>
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>> WARBRIDES-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 193
>>
>> Today's Topics:
>> #1 RE: Bev Tosh's Exhibit ["Erin Craig"
>> <]
>> #2 Re: Books ["Joan Reichardt"
>> <]
>>
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>> ______________________________X-Message: #1
>> Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 03:37:07 -0700
>> From: "Erin Craig" <>
>> To:
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>> Subject: RE: Bev Tosh's Exhibit
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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
>>
>> ______________________________
>>
>> ______________________________X-Message: #2
>> Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:23:46 -0700
>> From: "Joan Reichardt" <>
>> To:
>> Message-ID: <000201c5b8aa$d00a1540$>
>> 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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