Sunday Snapshots – 1943

USO Dance Moncton 1943 | Glenna Hare for Alex Inspired

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Today’s Sunday snapshots were all taken by my Nana, Glenna Golden (nee Hare). Her pictures illuminate the year 1943 in Moncton, New Brunswick.

During this time, Moncton was part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan – a program to train Allied air crews during the Second World War. Service Flying Training Schools were run by the RCAF and the RAF. Her photos give us a very Canadian “Bomb Girls-esque” peek into events, friendships, technology and architecture of the time.

I think I know where I may have inherited my love for photography…

Hope you enjoy Sunday Snapshots – 1943

Stan Jones, 1943 Photo by Glenna Hare, Sunday Snapshots - 1943 | Alex Inspired Pilots Harry & Stewie in Moncton 1943, Photo by Glenna Hare | Alex Inspired Valerie, Glenna and Dennis, 1943 Photos by Glenna Hare | Alex Inspired USO Dance Moncton 1943 | Glenna Hare for Alex Inspired Three Blokes and a Tiger Moth, 1943 photo by Glenna Hare | Alex Inspired Moncton 1943 parade, British Soldier - photos by Glenna Hare | Alex Inspired Sunday Snapshot 1943, British Pilots in Moncton New Brunswick, photo by Glenna Hare | Alex Inspired Friend of Glenna's in a field, New Brunswick 1943 photo by Glenna Hare | Alex Inspired

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3 Comments

  • Reply Catherine McKay March 29, 2015 at 10:37 am

    Oh Nana and her Flyboys 😉 I remember looking at some of these with Nana and I loved reminiscing just now. My favourite is the Ballroom photo (twenty-somethings in wartime Canada, probably terrified but finding joy in dance and the company of others). Why don’t we dance like this anymore!!!!! Just seems so romantic and dreamy…..

  • Reply Jamal March 29, 2015 at 1:54 pm

    Great pictures, well done FRANKAPHONE! 🙂

  • Reply Ann April 6, 2015 at 12:09 am

    I love your photos. Such memories of a time passed, almost innocent by today’s terrorist threats.

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