By Elinor Florence Around Valentine’s Day, my thoughts turn once again to this mysterious bracelet and whether it was truly symbolic of a long-lost love…
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Knitting for Victory in wartime
By Elinor Florence Knitting was more than a hobby in wartime – it was an act of patriotism. Literally millions of women, children and even…
Dresden Cathedral rose from the ashes
By Elinor Florence I’ve been saving this subject for the Christmas season because it is so inspirational. The rebuilding of the bombed-out Church of Our…
RCAF veteran Merle Taylor still loves Morse Code
By Elinor Florence Last year Royal Canadian Air Force veteran Merle Taylor of Lochaber, Nova Scotia, wrote to me (an actual letter, with a stamp)…
Fred Sutherland: The Last Canadian Dambuster
By Elinor Florence Fred Sutherland of Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, is now Canada’s last surviving Dambuster – one of only two men left in the…
Wonderful Wartime Weddings
By Elinor Florence Was there ever a time when romance was so exciting, so terrifying, and yet so wonderful as during wartime? The men were…
Bud Abbott Bombed The Tirpitz
By Elinor Florence Based on a personal interview with Bud Abbott, plus a newspaper article written for The Cranbrook Townsman by freelance writer Ferdy Belland….
Lady Orchid keeps our Canadian Lancaster aloft
By Elinor Florence There’s still one iconic Canadian Lancaster bomber in the air, flying out of Hamilton, Ontario – and the man indirectly responsible for…
Heroic family hid Jewish couple from Nazis
By Elinor Florence This is the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Holland by the Canadian Armed Forces, so it’s an appropriate time to remember…
D-Day: The unhappiest man on the beach
By Elinor Florence Seventy-one years ago today, Arthur Bradford’s Spitfire was shot down over Normandy, and he parachuted into the sea where he was promptly…