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Soul mate. During the war, I worked as an aprentience in a hat shop making hats for London’s elite. I actually won an award for a theme hat I made for Lady Howe. The shop was just off the 73 route. During the darkest days of the blitz, the heroic drivers of the 73 bus showed Hitler and those nazi’s that there brand of cruelty would not break our British spirit. I later opened my own hat shop in Toronto, but it failed shortly afterwards, my stylings were just to wild for such a conservative town.
But the real reason why I’m writing is that I met my soul mate on the 73 bus. I met a Canadian airman on that route. Over the course of 3 weeks I would see him every morning and we would chat about Canada and his vast estate that his family owned in Ontario. Eventually he gained the courage and asked me out, and I accepted and the rest as they say is history.
Seeing your Internet site brought back all those golden memories of Ron and our early days of our love for each other. I just wish Ron was still alive to have enjoyed it with me. But unfortunately Ron was killed over Germany in 1945. His Halifax Bomber was on a bombing run over Dresden, when they were shot down.
Posted by: Kelly White | March 10, 2004 | 04:00 PM		  
 
 
 
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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