Maw's Magnets

Travelling the world with a little help from some cool magnetic mementoes

- Bill Peacock

My mother, Elizabeth (Maw) Whynot of Liverpool, N.S., met and married my father, Robert (Paw) Peacock, during the Second World War. Paw was assigned to the naval frigates that escorted convoys across the North Atlantic. His ship was often docked in Liverpool harbour. After the war, they moved back to Paw’s hometown of Sudbury. In 1952, they moved into a home in Lively, Ont., which they referred to as their mansion.

Maw and Paw raised six children, who gave them 12 grandchildren, who in turn produced 21 great grand children.