Dreams of Things That Were

The Wartime Correspondence of Harry William Manchester

Category: London

Artifact 1940-07-21 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

by

Editor One

Mar 16, 2020

Last Modified:

January 22, 2022

in 1940, Frances Newman, Letter, London, Onnellee Reive, Rondeau, Ross Reive, Ruthven

305 Ferris, chicken dinners, Dot [Dorothy], Jap [Jasper Reive], La Verne Woods [née Manchester], London [Ontario], Marrianne [Marion Coulter], Onnellee [Reive], Rondeau, Ross [Reive], train, Wilf [Wilfred Sycamore]

“But I’ll sure have a whale of a time when I get back.”
Artifact 1940-07-20 – Letter to Miss La Verne Woods

by

Editor One

Mar 15, 2020

Last Modified:

January 22, 2022

in 1940, Base P.O., Camp Borden, Frances Newman, Halifax, Highland Park, Jimmie Woods, La Verne Woods (née Manchester), Letter, London, Michigan, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Ruthven, United States

Base P.O., Company B, daughter, Essex Scottish Regiment, Frances Newman, Halifax, Jimmie [Woods], London [Ontario], Nova Scotia, Ontario, sister, son, train

“Well there isn’t much I can say xxx these letters as to were I am. As the people are not supposed to know until we reach our destination.”
Artifact 1940-05-26 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

by

Editor One

Jan 26, 2020

Last Modified:

January 22, 2022

in 1940, Angus, Camp Borden, Frances Newman, Letter, London, Ruthven, Toronto, Windsor

aeroplanes, canteen, London [Ontario], major, Onnellee [Reive], Salvation Army, tents, Toronto [Ontario], Walkers farms

“I am in a canteen run by the Salvation Army and is it ever packed.”