Love your family?

Who doesn’t love family? My Mom has talked about how close her family was growing up in Niagara Falls with family along one street – or nearby. Unfortunately in this modern world, we tend to have families who are spread not only across a province, across the country, or around the world. It is good…

The Royal Marines

I know little about The Royal Marines. My paternal grandfather is my only connection to this group, though he never was a member of them (that I am aware of). He lived in Gillingham, now part of Chatham UK, and was the home of Marine barracks. I recently found on Twitter Clive Holden who is…

The Salvation Army 1938

Leading up to WW2 my grandparents were stationed with The Salvation Army in Hamilton at Argyle Citadel. The 1938 War Cry features this small article on the corps cadets and corps cadet Sunday noting a 100% turn out. It’s interesting noting that the territory in those days was Canada, Alaska, Newfoundland and Bermuda. Knowing the…