april 08, 2009 12:29am
August 4, 2008 Long weekend blues
Mon. August 4,2008.
Long weekend blues.
Met with two war brides today. The first was a Scoots lady named Helen McKelvie-Cook. The second Gal is named Gwendoline Beaiteay she is from England. What a great pare of interviews on this cloudy
Monday, I spent the first Interview at Helen's house. She is a typical Scottish land with a great sense of humor. She had some great stories about England and mostly of Scotland. I love the Scottish accent, I find myself talking with a Scottish accent after I hang around for a while. Anyway I met her son when he came in from boating. She had lost he veteran husband some time before, you could tell she missed him. I said good bye a little latter after a cup of tea of course.
I headed over to my next appointment with Gwen. She was glad to see me and I was glad to be there. He story was quite unique, She had met her husband in England when he was stationed over there. He has a touch of Alzheimer today and was resting. Her and I talked for a couple of hours and we hit it off. She was an entertainer during the war and me being a ham we got along great. She has been though a bunch of stuff in her life and I was glad to take down her story on video.
There are many stories of war brides coming to Canada. I have managed to get only a few so far, I am looking forward to hearing more.
