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Topic spans: 1944 - 1999

Love and War: Canadian War Brides

Surrounded by falling bombs, strict rationing and nightly blackouts, a generation of young women found love. They were the war brides: British and European women who married Canadian servicemen in the Second World War. After tearful goodbyes to their families, they embarked on a grueling journey by ship and train to join their husbands and in-laws in a new country. Once they arrived, many war brides had to confront culture shock and desperate homesickness before embracing their new lives in Canada.

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An original war bride

Broadcast Date: June 3, 1984

Peggy Holmes, a war bride of the First World War, recalls coming to Canada in 1919.

An original war bride

Medium: Radio

Program: Voice of the Pioneer

Broadcast Date: June 3, 1984

Guest(s): Peggy Holmes


Host: Bill McNeil

Duration: 8:18

Last updated:
Dec. 14, 2004


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