Collection search - Saunders, Lil Reel - Interview
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Record information – Brief Saunders, Lil Reel - Interview
Series title:[The Great War and Canadian Society]Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1974-06-03Item number (ISN):380562Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:THE GREAT WAR AND CANADIAN SOCIETY PROJECTAccession:1975-0098Media:SoundPart:1 of 1Production date:1974-06-03Production company:Opportunities for YouthProduction credit:interviewer, William RichardsonDescription:Interview of Mrs. Lil Reel Saunders, maiden name Minty, age 90, who was born in Dorset England in 1875 and came to Canada in 1904. She was a nurse during both World War One and World War Two. She married twice, to a Mr. Reel in England before she came to Canada, and then to a Mr. Saunders. She talks about: settling in Toronto in 1904; her husband’s job at Massey-Harris; buying land; neighbours and friends helping them build their house; moving to London, Ontario in 1911; her husband enlisting in the First World War; her volunteering as a nurse; her view that “England wanted help and we were English”; her husband’s previous experience as a boy in the Royal Navy; her husband’s death in World War One; getting a widow’s pension and doing some nursing jobs; winning a popularity contest; and membership in the Canadian Legion.Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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