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From: "Melynda Jarratt" <>
Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] WARBRIDES Digest, Vol 2, Issue 3
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 08:28:50 -0400
In-Reply-To: <001101c7305b$abe160e0$6500a8c0@MACRUSK>


Thanks Michelle, I will contact you off list.

>From: Michelle <>
>Reply-To:
>To:
>Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] WARBRIDES Digest, Vol 2, Issue 3
>Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:54:27 -0600
>
>Hi Melynda,
>
>You have some of the material on my mother (mostly photos and scans of
>documents) which you are welcome to use. Nothing was previously written,
>so
>if you would like me to write about what I know of her experience, please
>do
>contact me at .
>
>Michelle Rusk
>daughter of Olive (nee Rayson) Cochrane
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 12:01 AM
>Subject: WARBRIDES Digest, Vol 2, Issue 3
>
>
> >
> >
> > Today's Topics:
> >
> > 1. New Book on Canadian War Brides (Melynda Jarratt)
> > 2. Re: New Book on Canadian War Brides (joan reichardt)
> >
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2007 11:11:24 -0400
> > From: "Melynda Jarratt" <>
> > Subject: [WARBRIDES] New Book on Canadian War Brides
> > To:
> > Message-ID: <>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed
> >
> > Dear War Brides and War Bride children:
> >
> > My name is Melynda Jarratt and many of you know me as the historian of
>the
> > Canadian War Brides through my volunteer work as the webmaster of
> > www.CanadianWarBrides.com.
> >
> > Currently, I am writing a book on Canadian War Brides for Tempus
> > Publishing,
> > a leading English publisher with a stellar reputation for its
> > publications
> > on Archaeology and History. Tempus is associated with the BBC History
> > Magazine's Community History Awards and the English Heritage Festival of
> > History.
> >
> > My book will focus on British War Brides (England, Scotland, Wales and
> > Northern Ireland) who married Canadian servicemen they met during the
> > Second
> > World War. It will be published in England for a British audience. I am
> > interested in hearing from any War Brides who feel they have a
>compelling
> > story to tell about their experiences meeting, falling in love with and
> > marrying a Canadian overseas, about leaving their family behind, of
>their
> > journey to Canada on board the War Bride ships and settling into life
> > here.
> >
> > I hope to hear from women representing every province and territory in
> > Canada and I invite War Bride children, whose mothers have passed away,
>to
> > tell their mother's stories. I am particularly interested in hearing
>from
> > those who have never appeared in print before. My deadline for
>submission
> > of
> > the manuscript is March 1 so if you would like to particicpate, I need
>to
> > hear from you very soon.
> >
> > If you are one of these women, or you are the son or daughter of a War
> > Bride, please contact me by phone TOLL FREE at 1-877-886-2836, by phone
>at
> > 506-450-4567, by cel at 506-440-4567, by email at
> >
> >
> > I may also be reached at home at 506-455-3568.
> >
> > My mailing address is :
> >
> > Melynda Jarratt
> > 510 Gibson Street
> > Fredericton, New Brunswick
> > E3A 4E9
> >
> > For those who do not know of me or my work, I have been documenting the
> > War
> > Bride experience since 1987, when I first began working on my Masters
> > Thesis
> > on the War Brides of New Brunswick. Over the past two decades I have
> > worked
> > in a mainly volunteer capacity on numerous War Bride projects, from the
> > History Television documentary film War Brides: From Romance to Reality
> > (2001), to the History of Cunard Exhibition on board the Queen Mary II
> > (2003), from Canada Post's War Bride Commemorative Envelope (2005) to
>the
> > BBC Radio 4 documentary "The Pilgrim Mothers" (2005). But what I am most
> > proud of is having had the opportunity to play a leading role in seeing
> > Year
> > of the War Bride 2006 declared in six of ten provinces across Canada
>(New
> > Brunswick, Manitoba, British Columbia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island and
> > Nova Scotia), with a seventh (Saskatachewan) declaring November 2006
> > "Month"
> > of the War Bride. This could not have happened without the extensive
> > network
> > of War Brides, their children and grand-children who lobbied their
> > respective provincial governments to have War Brides recognized in 2006.
> >
> > Thank you for your time and I do hope to hear from you very soon!
> >
> >
> > Melynda Jarratt
> > BA, MA (History), Diploma in Digital Media
> > www.CanadianWarBrides.com
> >
> >
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> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 12:49:17 -0800
> > From: "joan reichardt" <>
> > Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] New Book on Canadian War Brides
> > To: <>
> > Message-ID: <002d01c72f78$a4fe51e0$>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> > reply-type=original
> >
> > Hi, Melynda, I am glad to hear there is to be a book published by and
> > English company.
> > I expect you alrady have enough of my stuff, which you are most welcome
>to
> > use, but if you have questions I might answer or gaps I might fill I
>would
> > be more than happy to help. Good luck, Joan Reichardt.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Melynda Jarratt" <>
>
> >
>
>
>
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