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Looking Back: Temporal and Spatial Connections of Post-War Migration and Displacement Through the Eyes of the Toronto Telegram

Reay, Mrs. Buckingham and Ian

"Wife of an English Presbyterian minister, Mrs. William Buckingham, of Worthing, Sussex, and her two sons, ten-year-old Reay and Ian, seve, stayed over in Toronto to-day as guests of United Church of Canada officials. They are en route to Moose Jaw, where they will live "for the duration" with Mrs. Buckingham's uncle, T. D. Mackay. "We are very glad to be away from air raids," Mrs. Buckingham said. "It wasn't so bad in Sussex, although we went through several, but my boy Reay was at school on the Isle of Wight and it was terrible there, due to the German plans trying to bomb Portsmouth." "We're looking forward to Canada," Reay interjected in precise English accents. "It's our first visit to Moose Jaw. Of course we've been East." "To Eastern Canada?" "Oh, no!" the little boy answered. "Malaya, you know, in the East." "Did Ian go to Malaya, too?" "He was born there," Reay said, "so he really couldn't go, if you know what I mean." Their father, they said, was in the Reserve." (Caption on back)