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From: Annette Fulford <>
Subject: [WARBRIDES] CBC News, November 4, 2006
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2006 16:07:27 -0800

CBC News
In Depth

Canada's war brides
My mother, the war bride

Last Updated November 4, 2006
By Mary Sheppard

Crossing the ocean in 1947 as the wife of a Newfoundland sailor was the
single defining decision of my mother's life.
Until she met my father when she was 18, she was a giggly factory worker in
Liverpool who loved to dance, see the latest films and ride her bike down to
the docks to see the ships moored in the Mersey.

Seven years later, she was the mother of two girls, very pregnant with a
third and on a ship going to Newfoundland. She thought she had extracted a
promise from my father that he would stay in England. And he did try. They
stayed two years after the war and were making a go of it, just barely, when
a telegram came from home to say his father was ill and he wanted to see his
eldest son one last time.

To read the remainder of the article, click on

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/war-brides/sheppard-mother.html

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