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INTERNMENT LIVING
Before the internment, we lived in Port Hammond (Maple Ridge) BC and in 1942 we were forcibly removed to Hastings Park, then to tent city...

HARUYE
Jun 7, 20241 min read
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UDON FOR SALE
On the weekends, mother made udon noodles.  Every Saturday she was up at 600am to prepare the dough. My olderr sister Yoko was assigned...

HARUYE
Jun 7, 20241 min read
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VALENTINES DAY 1947
Photo: Yoshiye, Haruye and Sumi (Valentines Grade 3 concert, 1947) It was spring 1947 and the school had a Valentine’s concert. Our...

HARUYE
Jun 7, 20241 min read
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HUCKLEBERRIES
This is in 1950. I was grade 6, 12 yrs old …… Lucy, my friend lived in downtown New Denver (Nelson ranch area). I was visiting her...

HARUYE
Jun 5, 20241 min read
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MIXED GRADES
Photo: New Denver. BC. This is my grade 4/5 class photo. Mrs. Johnson is my first hakujin teacher (1948 — 1949). Notice that the...

HARUYE
Jun 3, 20242 min read
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FOOD POISONING = FIRST TASTE OF APPLE JUICE
I remember a night in the summer of 1946 in Bay Farm, I was 8 years old, my sister Vickie was 7 and my older sister Kay was our baby...

HARUYE
Mar 21, 20242 min read
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