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Jul 21, 2013The Women Who Crossed an Ocean

The Women Who Crossed an Ocean

Most came from Scotland...others from England. Close to 800 of them. The war brides. The women who fell in love with Newfoundland servicemen during the Great Wars...the women who crossed an ocean to be with their husbands. For better or for worse.

For some of these young women, the shock of outport Newfoundland was just too great. Many of them caught the next boat back home. But others stayed. And in this program, we'll meet three of the war brides who did.  Three women who built new lives in Newfoundland's Trinity Bay.

 

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