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From: "Joyce Vonstrahl" <>
Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] Aug 23, 1944 Lancashire, England
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 18:51:58 -0800
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Dear Ivy, I am sending you a link that my daughter found, in a separate
email, about that tragedy, meanwhile, it was grand to hear about your trips
to Lytham St Annes, and I had forgotten that suits were costumes then,
although I arrived in New York in 1946, July 10th in the middle of a heat
wave, wearing warm clothes, as told, (A red Woollen costume)
It is wonderful reminiscing, isn't it, keeps us young and active.

Take Care, love Joyce
On 1/14/07, Ivy Kellam <> wrote:
>
> Dear Joyce I did not remember the tragedy Michael mentioned nor the town
> it
> took place in. However I do know Lytham St. Anne's, a lovely little
> village
> just a few miles from Blackpool. I remember it well because during the
> war
> four of my friends and I visited a department store there, cannot remember
> the name of it, and made arrangements to have the resident tailor make
> tailored suits for us (costumes as we called them). The tailor would then
> visited us in Lancaster and fit the suits part way through the making.
> When the suits were completed we would take the bus to Lytham St. Anne's
> and
> try on the completed outfits. We were always delighted with the end
> product and I missed those wonderful hand made suits when I came to
> Canada.
> Through the years on my return trips to visit family I have often visited
> Lytham St. Anne's, walked along the sands and around the pleasant small
> town. Ivy from Lancashire
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joyce Vonstrahl" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 5:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] Aug 23, 1944 Lancashire, England
>
>
> Hi Michele, The tragedy was reported in all the Lancashire papers, that I
> saw at least. My husband was stationed there, The closest well known place
> was a little sea-side village called Lytham - St. Annes, The air base was
> just a mile or two away, Freckleton. All the men were stunned, and did
> all
> that they could to assist. It was very difficult for them, as I believe
> that
> every family in the village lost someone. It was a very sad and
> devastating
> time for everyone concerned. We forget as we get older, the terrible
> things
> that happened all over Europe and Alli the other places at War. This is
> why
> Memorial Day should be important to us.
> On a bit happier note, I have downloaded quite a bit of your site this
> month, I have a friend (Also from Lancashire as am I.) who is not a War
> Bride, but my husband and I sponsored her and her husband and son to this
> country, and loves it here after over 50 years. Your columns make her
> remember that old life, (she is in her mid eighties too.) so you have a
> faithful reader in Elsie.You do such an outstanding Job Michele,
> Love Joyce.
>
> On 1/13/07, Janet Knight <> wrote:
> >
> > HI Ivy,
> >
> > Just wandering if you recall my mom-also a war bride from Lancs.
> (Widnes).
> > Her name was Nora Hammond, and her sister had a Fish and Chips shop
> there.
> > Her name was Alice Turton.
> >
> >
> > Janet Knight
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Ivy Kellam" <>
> > >Reply-To:
> > >To: <>
> > >Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] Aug 23, 1944 Lancashire, England
> > >Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 13:26:49 -0500
> > >
> > >I am a Warbride from Lancashire and do not remember the tragedy you
> > relate
> > >to as being reported news during the war. However, I guess it would
> not
> > be
> > >wise during hostilities to report such information. It would be many
> of
> > >such unreported news during the War. Killed by friendly fire! Yet, at
> > the
> > >present time this type of accident is made much of. I usually have as
> > much
> > >sympathy for the victims as those who committed the act. Ivy Kellam
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Michele, host of AWBE" <>
> > >To: "WarBrides List" <>
> > >Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 12:25 PM
> > >Subject: [WARBRIDES] Aug 23, 1944 Lancashire, England
> > >
> > >
> > >AIR CRASH
> > >A US 8th Army Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the Holy
> > Trinity
> > >School in Lytham Road in Freckelton, Lancashire, on August 23, 1944,
> > >killing
> > >38 children. Twenty-three others, including teachers, civilians and the
> > >three man bomber crew, also died. This was the worst aircraft crash in
> > >Britain during the war. The bomber, from the American Base Air Depot
> No.
> > 2
> > >at nearby Warton, was on a test flight when the pilot received a radio
> > >signal to land immediately as an electrical storm was heading their
> way.
> > >The
> > >B-24 never made it back to base but at 10.30 am crashed in heavy rain
> > into
> > >the village school. The village centre was turned into a sea of flames
> as
> > >nearly 3,000 gallons of aviation fuel ignited.
> > >
> > >Michèle, (Belgian War Baby - USS Brazil)
> > >American War Bride Experience
> > >http://www.geocities.com/us_warbrides/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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