A Treasure Trove

A wonderful surprise awaited me in the mailbox last week! A box of letters had arrived from England, sent by an 80+ year old man who had lived in Canada as a child. He and his sister had been evacuated to Windsor, Ontario for the duration of World War II where...

Ford Canada’s Humanitarian War Efforts

During World War II, Ford Canada offered British Ford employees the opportunity to send their children to Canada for the duration of the hostilities. My great uncle, a Ford engineer in Windsor and his wife cared for siblings Jacquie and John Young for five years....