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From: "Lynne FitzGerald" <>
Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] Richmond Surrey
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:48:15 -0400
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Hello Joan,
I just called my mother to tell her about your email. She lived very near
you. She was at 126 Sheen Road. She also went to your school. Her maiden
name was Madge Rusbridge. She would like to know your maiden name and also
would like to know if you knew Violet Bird. She was quite excited about your
email. She is now living in Riverview New Brunswick. Our conversation was
cut short as she had something burning on the stove.
Cheers
Lynne ----- Original Message -----
From: "joan reichardt" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] Tights in winter


> Hi, Lynn, So did I - grow up in Richmond, I mean!!! Where did she live
> and
> where did she go to school. I lived on Manor Road, just off Sheen Road,
> and
> went to Richmond County School for Girls. Joan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lynne FitzGerald" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 11:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] Tights in winter
>
>
>>
>> Hello All,
>> Joan,
>> You have described what my poor mother put up with. She ended up in
>> northern New Brunswick very near the Gaspe coast. Wonderful hot summers
>> but
>> the winters were awful. I laughed out loud when you talked about the
>> frozen
>> washing. We were always cracking the sheets when we brought them in off
>> the
>> line. Poor mum. She grew up in Richmond, Surrey.
>> Lynne
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Melynda Jarratt" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 5:51 PM
>> Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] Tights in winter
>>
>>
>>> Joan that was hilarious - the tights episode brings back memories for me
>>> too
>>> - ones I'd rather forget!!!
>>>
>>>
>>>>From: "joan reichardt" <>
>>>>Reply-To:
>>>>To: <>
>>>>Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] WARBRIDES Digest, Vol 2, Issue 11
>>>>Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:26:03 -0800
>>>>
>>>>Hi, Michelle, The weather is no screaming hell here either!! In the
>>>>Kootenays we are used to vast quantiries of heavy snow, followed by warm
>>>>up,
>>>>followed by rain, followed by freeze up that turns everything into a
>>>>skating
>>>>rink, but it has been pretty normal for us, unlike those fragile
>>>>creatures
>>>>(Kathy included) who live in Victoria.
>>>>My husband had tried to explain to me how cold it was in Saskatchewan
>>>>but
>>>>it
>>>>is hard to put into words what 50 below feels like, so I hadn't a clue.
>>>>I
>>>>was well kitted out, with fur coat etc. but still went out wearing a
>>>>stylish
>>>>hat instead of a warm scarf or woolly toque because it looked sunny and
>>>>bright. I froze my nose walking to the bus the first winter, and I can
>>>>still remember the agony as chilled feet and fingers returned to normal.
>>>>I
>>>>found the cold so restricting in terms of what I could or could not do.
>>>>Going out with small kids was impossible and I can remember dragging
>>>>our
>>>>first child, bundled up beyond recognition, on a sleigh, going to my
>>>>sister
>>>>in laws to play cards!! With more than one child, and still no car,
>>>>that
>>>>ceased to be an option. Even when we did aquire a car the cold weather
>>>>meant we had to plug it in overnight, we had 'square' wheels and dead
>>>>batteries if we left it parked too long and copious piles of blankets
>>>>were
>>>>a
>>>>fact of winter travel anywhere. My oldest son was born on December 31st
>>>>1949 and the thermometer never got above about 20 below all through
>>>>January - and this was the old farenheit scale!!
>>>>Two memories come to mind: the first winter we were living with the
>>>>in-laws
>>>>and although their house had indoor plumbing there were some across the
>>>>alley that did not. I was gazing out the kitchen window one bitterly
>>>>cold
>>>>day when I saw a horse drawn wagon coming along the alley. It stopped
>>>>by
>>>>what I now knew to be an outside toilet, the driver got down, lifted up
>>>>the
>>>>flap and proceeded to use a PICK to dislodge the contents - when people
>>>>talk
>>>>about s--- flying I know what they mean! The second event was many
>>>>years
>>>>later, after the invention of leotards (heavy weight tights). I had to
>>>>go
>>>>downtown to do a number of errands and it was very, very cold, and of
>>>>course, the wind was blowing, so I borrowed a pair belonging to one of
>>>>my
>>>>daughters. They were a little small but I hauled them up as best I
>>>>could,
>>>>put on all my winter gear, including long fur coat, high boots and off I
>>>>went. By the time I was walking back from City Hall to get my bus home
>>>>said
>>>>tights were rapidly working their way down, and the crotch had reached
>>>>my
>>>>knees. I crossed the road to the bus stop like a demented penguin,
>>>>barely
>>>>able to put one foot in front of the other as my knees were tightly
>>>>bound
>>>>to
>>>>each other. In the privacy of my seat on the bus I managed to hoist
>>>>them
>>>>up
>>>>enough to make it home, but it was still not a pretty sight!!
>>>>Keeping the house warm was a challenge, especially in the days of coal
>>>>and
>>>>wood furnaces. The kids all stayed in bed while dear old dad ventured
>>>>down
>>>>the basement and stoked up the temperamental octopus-like monstrosity
>>>>that
>>>>kept us warm. What a joy it was when we got natural gas!! And the
>>>>frost
>>>>laden windows were another one of our winter hazards, as well as frozen
>>>>pipes, but I truly think the wind was the worst! That icy blast that
>>>>took
>>>>your breath away, and those little frozen granules of snow that bit into
>>>>your skin, oh yes, I remember it well!! Thanks, Michelle, it was indeed
>>>>a
>>>>shock coming from the south of England where we hardly ever saw snow or
>>>>freezing temperatures for more than a day or so to a winter that lasted
>>>>for
>>>>onths on end. Joan
>>>>ps Should I mention the frozen washing (which we felt duty bound to hang
>>>>out
>>>>on the line) and the time I snapped one leg off my husband's long johns
>>>>as
>>>>I
>>>>came in the back door?
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: "Michelle" <>
>>>>To: <>
>>>>Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 4:01 PM
>>>>Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] WARBRIDES Digest, Vol 2, Issue 11
>>>>
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