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From: "joan reichardt" <>
Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] WARBRIDES Digest, Vol 2, Issue 48
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 09:05:18 -0800
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Good morning, Book the Hotel SOON - there are not that many rooms set
aside!! Joan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bev Tosh" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 7:38 AM
Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] WARBRIDES Digest, Vol 2, Issue 48


>
>
>
> Peggy Topple sends the following information:
>
> "At long last we finally have the information for the war brides and
> their families to book hotel space in Ottawa as follows:
>
> Hotel: - The Westin Ottawa - 11 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa ( very near
> the Canadian War Museum).
>
> Rate: - $ 109.00 (Single/Double rate) per night plus taxes.
>
> How to Book: telephone - 1800-937-8461 or 613-560-7000 & ask for 'WAR
> BRIDE GROUP RATE'. - available for stay on May 11, 12, 13th, 2007.
>
> Any problems, be sure to contact me.
>
>
> As far as booking space with VIA Rail for train travel, Via Rail
> suggest everyone call our toll free # (1-888-842-7245) or book on
> line - check various fares & book the best available fares - there
> are some sale seats - again if anyone is not sure what to book by
> train, let me know (902-494-7919) & I will be happy to help. Many of
> the war brides are telling me that they would like to travel on the
> same trains together (e.g. - those persons from Southern Ontario can
> connect onto the same train from Toronto to Ottawa on May 11th). - If
> anyone is unsure of what to ask for, feel free to contact me
> (902-494-7919) & I will help to answer any questions."
>
> On 1-Mar-07, at 2:12 PM, Stella Myers wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have any information on the Train going toOttawa in May
>> to see the War Brides Exhibit at the New War Museum, I would love to
>> hear, As U would like to go, I am a War Bride,.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Stella Myers
>> St. Catharines
>> On Mar 1, 2007, at 1:02 AM, wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Today's Topics:
>>>
>>> 1. Re: WARBRIDES Digest, Vol 2, Issue 47 (Erin)
>>> 2. Lurline (Patricia Tanner)
>>> 3. Ilse de France (Gina Rolfe)
>>> 4. Re: Ilse de France (RDCobon)
>>> 5. Re: Ilse de France (Gina Rolfe)
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:09:50 -0800 (PST)
>>> From: Erin <>
>>> Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] WARBRIDES Digest, Vol 2, Issue 47
>>> To:
>>> Message-ID: <>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>>>
>>> Was there a ship called the Lurline?
>>>
>>> Definitely!
>>>
>>> That's the ship on which my mother and I came to the USA.
>>> We left Sydney, Australia, on March 21, 1946.
>>>
>>> Erin Craig
>>> President
>>> WWII War Brides Association
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Message: 5
>>> Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:41:40 +0000 (GMT)
>>> From: Patricia Tanner
>>>
>>> Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] Passage to the USA - update
>>> To:
>>> Message-ID: <>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>>>
>>> Thanks for that information Michele, much appreciated. Was there a
>>> ship called 'Lurline' ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 2
>>> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:44:31 +0000 (GMT)
>>> From: Patricia Tanner <>
>>> Subject: [WARBRIDES] Lurline
>>> To: War Brides <>
>>> Message-ID: <>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>>>
>>> Thanks Michelle and Erin for your help with my recent enquiry.
>>>
>>> Tricia
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 3
>>> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:32:30 +0000
>>> From: "Gina Rolfe" <>
>>> Subject: [WARBRIDES] Ilse de France
>>> To:
>>> Message-ID: <>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed
>>>
>>>
>>> Does anybody know when the above ship docked in Halifax in the last
>>> half of
>>> 1944? I believe it was out of Southampton, England.
>>>
>>> Cheers.....Gina
>>>
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>>>
>>> Message: 4
>>> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:52:43 -0500
>>> From: "RDCobon" <>
>>> Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] Ilse de France
>>> To: <>
>>> Message-ID: <004301c75b8b$2822f5b0$>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>>
>>> My Mother was on that ship she arrived on Oct 22nd 1944 at pier 21
>>> Halifax..(Diane daughter of war bride Mrs Jean Tyson.ne: Barnett from
>>> Bromley Kent)
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Gina Rolfe" <>
>>> To: <>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 9:32 AM
>>> Subject: [WARBRIDES] Ilse de France
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Does anybody know when the above ship docked in Halifax in the last
>>>> half
>>> of
>>>> 1944? I believe it was out of Southampton, England.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers.....Gina
>>>>
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>>> Message: 5
>>> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:19:56 +0000
>>> From: "Gina Rolfe" <>
>>> Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] Ilse de France
>>> To:
>>> Message-ID: <>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed
>>>
>>> Oh, my goodness. I have been trying for a few years to get that info.
>>> Thanks
>>> so much. I was also born in Bromley, Kent!
>>>
>>> Cheers.....Gina
>>>
>>>
>>> From: "RDCobon" <>
>>> Reply-To:
>>> To: <>
>>> Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] Ilse de France
>>> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:52:43 -0500
>>>
>>> My Mother was on that ship she arrived on Oct 22nd 1944 at pier 21
>>> Halifax..(Diane daughter of war bride Mrs Jean Tyson.ne: Barnett from
>>> Bromley Kent)
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Gina Rolfe" <>
>>> To: <>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 9:32 AM
>>> Subject: [WARBRIDES] Ilse de France
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Does anybody know when the above ship docked in Halifax in the last
>>>> half
>>> of
>>>> 1944? I believe it was out of Southampton, England.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers.....Gina
>>>>
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