Kensington

Kensington Newspaper References

Journal Pioneer 6 November 1958, P.8

Island Narratives Program Publicity

Advertisements compliments of the County Line Courier

Thanks to Mike and Isabel Smith from the County Line Courier Newspaper for informing the community about our project by running a bi-monthly heritage question series.

[The Courier March 23rd, 2011].

Local Interviews

Interview with Wally Thompson, Veteran of the Second World War.

Kensington Island Narratives Program Interviews:

[Transcription of Interview with Alan Champion 2011-01-28. Topic: Heritage Homes].

Kensington Heritage Homes History of Ownership Report

Example  Profile

Shirley Swallow

Property Number: 80416

1 Lowther Street

In the spring of 1955, nuclear test explosions were conducted in a Nevada, Las Vegas desert.

Many Veterans are reluctant to speak of their traumatic and difficult experiences of their involvement in the war. To bring up such painful memories from over 50 years ago is understandably a difficult thing to do. One local Veteran of Kensington, Wally Thompson was an exception to this and provided a few cheerful memories of his time spent overseas during the Second World War. Wally joined the Army in Beach Grove Prince Edward Island and was only there 2 weeks before they sent the draft overseas, where he would later do his basic training.

April 22^nd, 2011 marked the 60^th anniversary of the Kapyong Battle which took place during the Korean War. The Second Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry made a memorable defense position against the Chinese attack along the Kapyong River, near Hill 677 along the route to Seoul.