Captured near Dunkirk From page} that’s only a guess and as the Germans search the ground with fire it scems that there are 40. And now a plane over Dunkirk is dropping parachute flares thar illuminate the whole bartetield. One hundred and fifty yards to go. Word from Splob that he is lead- ing a grenade party. When he blows his whistle, shout and run like hell and in with the bayonet. Christ, a few miles over the Channel they're turning in for the night. Better to be one of those mn England now a-bed than stuck bere in this French field with your biin in the air, Don’t be daft, Splab, Thev'll mow us down like corn. Turn round while there’s still time! There go the grenades, thunder- ous and orange in the night. And Splob’s signal. The line rises as if pulled by a string and everyone dashes forward over the furrows, yelling for sheer fright. A machine- gun pit appears, three figures sprawled around it in the artitudes of death. A fourth stares upward, hands in the air. “’'m a friend,” he babbles in English. “I’m a friend.” A corporal named Ponting draws back his bayonet to make an end of him. You put out a preventing hand. Deprived, Ponting rushes off into the gloom. Two shots, and he comes back with a pair of shoulder tags that bear regimental numbers. Those are the orders. Get the numbers. Brigade Intelligence can use them. There is no Brigade Intelligence but. Ponting has the shoulder tags. He shows them to Splob, proud as an Indian showing scalps. Splob laughs and turns to me. “Who's this?” ___ “A Jerry prisoner. Says he’s from Hamburg.” “Well, he’s yours. See that he behaves himself.” Offinto the night. German vehi- cles loom in farmyards like sleeping monsters but we go quietly and unchallenged. Eighteen men are now left in ‘C’ company and we struggle across the wet grass in a shivering line, the Jerry never more than three feet away from me and afraid of Ponting. Dawn is trails of mist fighting the new day. Three hundred yards to the right a figure in a square helmet peers from the gate of a farm and raises a shout, Someone fires at him. From the front there are answer- ing shots and the chatter of a machine gun. German troops pour from buildings. We dive to the und but the field is as flat asa table and there is no place to hide. Two yards behind me a man sighs as he is riddled and now a mortar adds its voice to the din. Splob orders a surrender. “Stand up and wave your arms,” you say to the man next to you. “Stand up and wave your own sodding arms,” he replies, digging his face closer to the earth. You stand up and wave and shout. Your Jerry stands up too and then the firing stops. It is now not difficult to find Germans, They charge across the field in a human tide. A ginger-haired infantryman dances up. He is frothing with excitement. He thrusts his fist into your Bren pouch because he thinks it full of ammunition or grenades. It is not. (Nearly all our ammunition had gone.) It is full of loose, soggy corned beef and he how ts with dis- gust. You grin nervously and it is nearly your last grin, but your Jerry jumps forward and stops froth-moth from shooting you down. The friend is paying his debts ... A few miles away, the miracle of the Dunkirk beaches was being enacted. On that day, 68,000 men were lifted off. It was the greatest effort of the evacuation. But the bar- talions who had held the wider perimeter were outside the magic circle and hardly knew that it existed. #3 ein rehire THE third cohousing project in Canada is to Matthew, Carol McQuarrie, Camilla Amundsen, By Deana Lancaster Contributing Writer THE vision is becoming a reality. The North Shore Cohousing Group has put down the final deposit on the Dome Mart store site at the corner of Fifth and Chesterfield for the Quayside Village CoHousing project. The plan has been in the works since early in 1995. “Ir’s one of the most exciting things I’ve ever done,” said Cohousing group member Carol McQuarrie. The concept originated in Denmark in the 1970s, but there are only two occupied cohousing communitics in Canada: one in Langley and one in Victoria, McQuarrie said the North Shore group is learning from the other nwo communities’ experi- ences, The concept is based on a small village setting. A mixture of residents: “singles, couples, families, seniors, all socially and economically diverse,” live together ina development that features residences with kitchens and private entrances as well asa courtyard, kitchen and dining room available for everyone. Common space also includes a living room, lichy feet soothed in Canada From page \ ‘Where is he from, where is he from? Although he had a good job in Englind working as a translator, he knew thar when the war was over he had to get a better job somewhere else. “Every time [applied (for other jobs), [knew the accent was against me. Because of the war, the Germans were hated, so I figured | should go to Canada,” said Bokme. While the war raged on he went to Sackville House in London. He was among the many lined up daily at the Canadian immigration headquarters. “I just pushed it and pushed it and they gave me a visa,” he said. In those days there was no direct flight to Canada, Bohme, his wife and two children flew from London to Paris, From there they flew to New York with a stop in Gander, Newfoundland, From New York they travelled by train across Canada to Vancouver, where a distant relative sponsored him. He ha. lived at Fisherman’s Cove for about 35 years. His home features a picture-perfect view of the colorful boats bobbing at their moorings in the cove. Sunday, November 10, 1996 — North Shore News - 3 Dome Mart site to be home to Canada’s third occupied cohousing unit children’s play area, craft room, workshop, recre- ation room and guest room. “Irs a more neighborly way to live,” McQuarrie said. “But we realize there has to be a balance between private space and public.” Residenis can choose to cat meals at home or share some meals in the common dining room. The community makes decisions together about who cooks when, and what is served. “You can come home two nights and dinner’s waiting for you,” McQuarrie said, “Then the next night it might be your turn.” She said the community is self-selecting, “We're attracting people who want to live this way,” The group is also considering sharing a vehicle. Locating in Lower Lonsdale was key to the group. ‘The neighborhood is centrally located. Some of the residents may want to sell their cars. Bur whatever they do, the community decides FIFTY years ago The Vancouver Sun featured Ed Bohme and family watching a juicy steak sizzling in a frying pan. They were the first post-war air immigrants to Canada from Britain. pily at home. The “London travelling, salesman with itchy feet” as the reporter of the day described Bohme in 1946, is hap- His itchy feet — he walked 15,000 mites throughout Europe and parts of Africa in the years between the pvo world wars — walk with comfort on Canadian soil. be built on the corner of Fifth and Chesterfield. Development consultant Ronayne consultant Allan Carpenter and Bruce MecFarlane, left to right, are making it happen. ject together, even on the design of the project. Decisions are not made by a majority vote, but instead through discussion and compromise. The group is working with North Shore devel- oper Artian Contractors and Developers and The Courtyard Architects to decide exactly what will make the concept work. ft looks as if there will be abont 18 units in the project. They are hoping to incorporate the existing building on the site, built in 1911, into the project. “t's a neighborhood landmark,” said McQuarrie. “People have said to me ‘You can’t tear that down, T used to buy penny candy there.” ” Part of the cohousing concept includes provid- ing affordable housing. Twenty per cent of the units will sell for less than market price. In response to a presentation the group made at a recent council meeting, North Vancouver City Council voted unanimously in favor of a motion stating it supported affordable housing. Currently the North Shore Cohousing Group has identified three members, about six “associate members” who are serivusly considering, and 70 interested parties. The group meets monthly. 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