COE HILL’S WARRIORS’ DAY by BARNEY MOORHOUSE It has been a tradition since 1989 when Dan McCaw answered the call and said “Let’s do it!” In 1989 Frank Van Rosenteil, then President of the Ontario Military Vehicle Association, wanted to escape the confines of Toronto to show off the old military vehicles, not unlike classic […]
I.W.T.’s W.W.1 STORIES by BARNEY MOORHOUSE Researching the Bancroft Times’ archives, seeking material for my TIMES TRAVELLER column, I came upon a series of articles penned in 1962 by an author going by the moniker I.W.T. Unlike to-day, at that time, very few newspaper articles were accompanied by the writer’s name. Presumeably employees of the […]
TRENTON’S THANKSGIVING DISASTER by BARNEY MOORHOUSE Sitting in the blazing afternoon sun, watching a couple of CC- 130J model “Super” Hercules climbing from take-off in the background, I couldn’t help but reflect upon that Thanksgiving night in 1918 when the term thanksgiving took on an entirely new meaning as the Trenton area skies were ablaze […]
RED CROSS VOLUNTEER Jean Newton was 15 when her mother died. Like many elder and dutiful daughters of the time she picked up the pieces and helped her father run the household. In 1937, when she was 24, they had just finished supper when her dad asked if she had looked “out front lately?” “No,” […]
PART 3 BAILED OVER BELGIUM – Taffy’s Account We took off about 10:00 p.m. with 22 other aircraft and joined the main bomber stream of about 150 planes and flew at 6000 feet to the English coast after which we climbed to our bombing height of 14,000 feet. The flight to the target was quiet, […]
BAILED OVER BELGIUM – PART 2 When he learned that the American Army was approaching Bill Robertson knew that his liberation was at hand. He could see Jerry troops passing through in trucks, by horse drawn wagon or by shanks mare as they withdrew. One of the most surprising occurances for Bill was to see […]
BAILED OVER BELGIUM PART 1 In His 94th year, World War Two veteran William (Robbie) Robertson, a member of the Memory Project, finds November to be his busiest month of the year. “I have to pace myself”, he told me, as he is much in demand during our month of Remembrance. Robertson had signed up […]
RESTORED – The Story of a Halifax Bomber published 2011 At 81, retired Lieutenant (pronounced ‘leff-tenant’) Colonel Bill Tytula is a walking encyclopaedia when it comes to the Halifax, a WW 2 4-engine bomber. An aeronautical engineer with both military and civilian careers, Tytula was Project Manager for the restoration of The Halifax bomber on […]
