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From: "ivy/kel" <>
Subject: Re: [WarBrides] My Mom is a war bride from Belfast
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 20:44:36 -0400
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I was a War Bride from Lancashire, but, it is Cumbria that holds my heart.
We would cycle to the Lake District, go by bus and later travel by car. I
love the area and was very touched when my daughter told me that when she
needed to calm herself and free herself from stress she would close her
eyes and recall the beauty of the Lake District ,which she fell in love with
the first time I took her there. No wonder the poets considered the area
their paradise. If the weather is wet, cold, foggy or warm and sunny the
lakes beckon. The only way to truly appreciate the area is by putting on
your walking shoes, the scenery is varied and ever changing, including
ocean, hills and lakes. IK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Turenne" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: [WarBrides] My Mom is a war bride from Belfast


> Jean C
>
> My mother came from Cumbria, Lake District, her maiden name was Elsa
> Bromley, she married my father Ernest Lintott in 46. She came to Canada in
> December 1946 (celebrated her 23 birthday on board) on the Empire Brent.
> This ship was remembered because it hit a cattle boat leaving and had to
> return to dock.
>
> As far as the talk of who advised when you were coming I may have to check
> with an uncle. My mother came 6 months ahead of my father and I know was
met
> at the Winnipeg train station by my grandparents. She was then taken out
to
> the family farm which she though civilization had passed by, thankfully a
> loving family and community helped her adjust to the new life. Citizenship
> was an issue with my mother, she was quite "perturbed" when she found out
> she could not vote and had to reapply, she figured that was something that
> was granted to them when they arrived and no should revoke that.
>
> Jean I would like to hear what it was like for you coming across, life in
> Cumbria. Unfortunately my mother passed away four years ago but many of
her
> memories and dreams before she died were of Cumbria and walking the lakes.
>
> Kathy Lintott Turenne
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 7:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [WarBrides] My Mom is a war bride from Belfast
>
>
> > Catherine: I was a war bride from the northern England county of
Cumbria.
> If
> > you have certain questions that I can answer I would be most happy to
> comply.
> > I came over in 1946 to Virginia. Regards, Jean C.
> >
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