Archive for June 2021
Violet Elizabeth Malley passed away June 9 listening to wartime songs of Vera Lynn
Violet Elizabeth Malley, one of 48,000 intrepid war brides who travelled from Europe to Canada during World War II and helped enrich the fabric of a changing nation, died peacefully on June 9, 2021, in Burnaby, British Columbia, while the songs of Vera Lynn, Britain’s wartime sweetheart, played quietly nearby. She was 100 years old.…
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Jane, being the oldest of five, was always in charge – she bossed everyone around. Jackie, 18-months younger than Jane, got the brunt of it. “She was always putting me in danger to protect herself — whenever we got caught Jane always blamed me,” Jackie whines, even today. After watching The Blob, a 1958 horror…
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