lighthouse rug project
Hi The Rug Hooking Guild of Newfoundland and Labrador were inviting people to take part in an exhibition of rug hooking celebrating the lighthouses of the province. I did not enter but I thought it was...
View ArticleVeteran of the second world war
Hi Yesterday I told you about my great-grandfather Elias Coffin and his son Hubert who died aboard the SS Caribou. Today I am going to tell you about my grandfather Elias Coffin son of Elias Coffin. My...
View ArticleForever a military man.
Hi My Todd is a military man and the strongest man I know. He is a retired veteran of the Canadian Forces. Todd in Bosnia Todd joined the military 1988 at age 19, just a young man and was medically...
View ArticleA day my family remembers – SS. Caribou
Hi In the early hours of October 14, 1942 a torpedo from the German submarine U69 hit the passenger ship SS Caribou, on route to Port aux Basques, Newfoundland from Sydney, Nova Scotia. Of the 237...
View Article