WARBRIDES-L Archives

Archiver > WARBRIDES > 2006-02 > 1139892327


From: Bev Tosh <>
Subject: Re: [WarBrides] Happy Valentines Day
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 21:45:27 -0700
In-Reply-To: <20060213160957.12680.qmail@web88203.mail.re2.yahoo.com>


Dennis,
It is so nice to hear from you. Feb. 14 is special for my mother too (the
day her first child was born). Actually I just gave a talk on the eve of St.
Valentine's Day at the Museum of the Regiments here in Calgary and showed
the painting of your mother and told about the tea towel.

Happy Valentine's Day to your mother and to all war brides.

Bev Tosh

> From: Dennis De Wilde <>
> Reply-To:
> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:09:57 -0500 (EST)
> To:
> Subject: [WarBrides] Happy Valentines Day
> Resent-From:
> Resent-Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:10:07 -0700
>
> My Mother arrived in Canada on February 14, 1945, on the Aquitania. She came
> through Pier 21. She was was escorted by a Canadian Soldier to a train to
> take her on to Toronto to meet her husbands family. My Dad was still in
> England as the war was not over yet. It would be almost a years until she
> would see her husband again. Although her some of her new family were not
> very nice to her others were. Some family and friends came from all over to
> see the English Bride and have a look at her. I have often thought how brave
> she was, she doesn't think she was brave at all.
> It would be 25 years before she could return to see her Father, Brothers and
> family again in York.
>
> Well here is it 61 years later. I still think you were brave.
> Many Thanks to Bev Tosh for immortalizing you with other War Brides.
> Happy Valentines Day Mom and to all War Brides
>
> Your Son
> Dennis
>
>
> ==== WARBRIDES Mailing List ====
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Warbrides Name Indexes, http://www.warbrides.co.uk
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>

This thread: