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War brides of WWII by artist Bev Toth

They came as young women, many in their teens, to a country they had never dreamed of.

They landed at Halifax, having cross the Atlantic, to be met by government officials and, still others, who landed having no idea of where they were going.

They boarded trains and travelled across the country to meet the dashing, young service men they had met overseas and fallen in love with.

For most it was to be a life totally different from their lives in Great Britain.  From the streets of London, they came to a country of sprawling land where, more often than not, they were required to 'work on the land'.

This year, on Tuesday, November 16th, the 'War Brides: One Way Passage', exhibit opens at the Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre in Southampton.

Calgary artist Bev Tosh has spent the past 5 1/2 years painting portraits of young war brides of the Second World War.  Her exhibition, entitled One-Way Passage and featuring 60 paintings of war brides on four-foot panels of wood and arranged in what Tosh calls a “zig-zag of mutual support will be on display at the Southampton Museum.

The opening on Tuesday, features Bev Tosh as guest speaker and the music of war time by Sandy Lee Lindsay.

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Sunday, November 14, 2010