#@%*! Falling Iguana!
There is a theory of education that suggests we thrive with a little bit of danger. A school in Japan has even been built around that concept. Where we travel straight hallways between our classrooms and neat aisles around our desks, they navigate trees, nets, ladders, ropes and slides, the idea being, human beings…
One of Our Honoured War Dead: Flight-Sergeant Johnny Arundel
Recently a book, emails, and photos came into my possession that brought to life someone I knew only as a name on the Millbrook cenotaph: J.S. Arundel. That aristocratic surname (there is a castle in England by this name) has often made me wonder about him. And now I know. And I hope you…
Profiles of Local War Brides
We continue last month’s discussion of the impact of war brides from WWII by providing a few profiles of some of the 48,000 ladies that came to Canada as newlyweds with babies in tow or en route to make a new life in a new country. With almost half a million Canadian service men…
Joan Elizbeth Savage – War Bride
The second of four children, Joan was born in 1924 in a small cottage on the Bylsborough Estate near the village of Henfield, West Sussex. During the war, the south coast of England was dotted with camps filled with Canadian soldiers preparing to fight in Europe. Every village sponsored recreational activities for the soldiers,…