Dreams of Things That Were

The Wartime Correspondence of Harry William Manchester

Tag: Burns Bros.

Artifact 1940-07-20-b – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

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Editor One

Mar 16, 2020

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January 22, 2022

in 1940, Burns Bros., Camp Borden, Canada, Canteen, Frances Newman, Glen Piper, Halifax, La Verne Woods (née Manchester), Letter, Nova Scotia, Peggy, Ruthven

Base P.O., Burns Bros., Camp Borden, canteen, decks, Essex Scottish Regiment, Franc, friend, German prisoners, Glen Piper, Halifax, La Verne Woods [née Manchester], Nova Scotia, officers, parade, Peggy, refugees, route march, ship, sister, the city

“I have saw quite a number of refugees & also german prisoners.”
Artifact 1940-06-11 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

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Editor One

Feb 8, 2020

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January 22, 2022

in 1940, Barrie, Borden, Camp Borden, Frances Newman, Letter, Military Movement, Ottawa, Toronto

A.W.L. [Away Without Leave], Alvin S. {Sanford], Aunt Clara [Hutzel], Barrie [Ontario], Borden [Ontario], Broncitis, Burns Bros., Charlie [Charles Manchester], Clifford Kaake, Garnet, George Woods, Glen Piper, Jack, Jimmie [Woods], John Hutzel, Marshall (Marsh) Healey, Minets Paint, Mort, Mrs. Kaake, Olinda [Ontario], Ontario Tank Regt., Ottawa [Ontario], Peggy, Staples, Toronto [Ontario], Wanda

“I have had a bad cold and I went to the doctor. They said I had acute Broncitis.”