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From: "joan reichardt" <>
Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] Richmond Surrey
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:01:02 -0800
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Heelo, Lynne, My maiden name was Fisher and I don't remember anyone named
Bird. Did she know any of the Danby girls who were killed (with their
mother) by the mine that hit Peldon Avenue - they all went to our school?
Joan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lynne FitzGerald" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 7:48 AM
Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] Richmond Surrey


>
> 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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