Letter, T. E. (Ted) Arnold to Stewart and Barry Jones, 7 June 1941
Description
- Creators
- Arnold, T.E. (Ted), Author
- Jones, Barry; Jones, Stewart, Recipient
- Media Type
- Image
- Text
- Item Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- A single page handwritten letter from T.E. (Ted) Arnold to his nephews Stewart and Barry. It was witten on the same date as his birthday letter to Barry (2017AM001.032.) In it he instructs the boys to go to the Laura Secord store in Brantford and buy themselves each a pound of candy. He has enclosed a picture of himself and asks for pictures of the boys in return. He also describes a large military parade he saw presumably in Montreal with “soldiers, sailors, and air force and lots of highlanders with bag pipes, and all kinds of war machines.”
The letter was provided by E. Ann McRae. - Notes
- The Pate-Jones Collection consists of some photographs of the family members and a large group of letters. The majority of the letters are written by Margaret nee Wilson, and some by her husband Howard Jones, to their sons Barry and Stewart Jones, or to Mr. and Mrs. Pate. From 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, Barry and Stewart lived with Margaret’s second cousin Andrew Wilson Pate and his wife Mary Herron nee McClure at the Brantwood Farm. The original farm was founded by Andrew’s father James Pate, and was situated on the south side of Powerline Road and Gretzky Parkway, which at that time, was considered part of the County of Brant.
The correspondences cover from detail Margaret Jones’ dilemma in settling her boys with virtual strangers, her return trip to England to rejoin the war effort there, news of farm life in England, the concern that England might lose the war, and the anguish of both families when Andrew Pate died in 1944, leaving his teenage son to run Brantwood Farms. These letters are therefore a fascinating way to conceptualize how the war affected daily life in Canada locally, and in England.
In recent decades, the original Brantwood Farm that was situated on the south side of Powerline Road was sold by the Pate family for development. The farms are now located on the north side of Powerline Road, and consist of several farms belonging to several Pate families, mostly within the County of Brant, remaining a thriving local establishment to this day. - Inscriptions
- Queens Hotel
Montreal P.O.
June 7, 1941
Dear Stewart and Barry:-
I want you both to go down to the Laura Secord Candy Store in Brantford and pick yourselves out a pound of candy each. Have had an idea you could get exactly what you wanted then.
Enclosed is a picture of myself taken on a street. It was taken at night and isn’t very good so don’t let it scare you, as I am not quite as bad as that.
How about sending me along a picture of yourselves. Only fair now don’t you think?
There was a great big parade today, about three miles long, soldiers, sailors, and airforce and lots of highlanders with bag pipes, and all kinds of war machines. Wish you could have seen it.
If you haven’t any ink let me know and I will send you a bottle. No excuse for not writing me now, so how about it?
You Unkle
TED. - Date of Original
- June 7, 1941
- Personal Name(s)
- Arnold, T.E ; Jones, Barry ; Jones, Stewart
- Local identifier
- 2017AM001.033
- Collection
- E. Ann McRae Personal Collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.1334 Longitude: -80.26636 -
Quebec, Canada
Latitude: 45.50884 Longitude: -73.58781
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- Letter, T. E. (Ted) Arnold to Stewart and Barry Jones, 7 June 1941. E. Ann McRae Personal Collection, Item No. 2017AM001.033
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- The information and images provided are for personal research only and are not to be used for commercial purposes. Use of this information should include the credit "provided by Ann McRae"
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- County of Brant Public LibraryEmail:digitalhistory@brant.ca
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