Dreams of Things That Were

The Wartime Correspondence of Harry William Manchester

Tag: canteen

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 1940-05-26 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

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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.”