Dreams of Things That Were

The Wartime Correspondence of Harry William Manchester

Category: Document

Artifact 1940-10-31 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

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Editor One

Jan 7, 2022

Last Modified:

January 22, 2022

in 1940, Aldershot, Elton Newman, Frances Newman, Glen Piper, Jason Manchester, Jimmie Tweedale, La Verne Woods (née Manchester), Letter, Newspaper Article, Peggy

{Windsor] Star, Aldershot, cigarette post card, Elton Newman, father, Glen Piper, illness, Jason Manchester, Jimmie Tweedale, La Verne Woods, money, Peg[gy], School teacher pushing boxcar, wife

“Piper is okay. Only we still nagg the devil out of him”
Artifact 1940-10-16 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

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Editor One

Jan 1, 2022

Last Modified:

February 1, 2023

in 1940, Aldershot, Aunt Della, Balmoral Chapter I.O.D.E., Boarding Card, Eva Robson, Frances Newman, Halifax, Leamington, Letter, Mess Card, Miscellaneous, Onnellee Reive

bombing, bombing raid

“Boy Sat. nite in London the bombs were really falling.”
Artifact 1940-06-02 (Assumed) – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

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Editor One

Jan 26, 2020

Last Modified:

January 31, 2023

in 1940, Barrie, Camp Borden, Editor’s Comment, Frances Newman, Letter, Ottawa, Ruthven, Toronto, Windsor

Advance Party, Anomaly Flag, Barrie [Ontario], C.B., Davie Davidson, Dot [Dorothy], Elton [Newman], Glen Piper, La Verne Woods [née Manchester], Mabel, Marshall (Marsh) Healey, Ottawa [Ontario], Pearl’s sister, Ryall’s, Toronto [Ontario]

“Well I just got finished pealing the pineapple for supper & I put the sugar on it. You didn’t have to send sugar as there is plenty of sugar yet.”