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Upcoming for 2010
The Canadian Naval Centennial year

Announcing the 2010 Canadian Naval Centennial Rose. The Wren Association of Toronto, along with Wren Associations across Canada, chose this rose developed by Agriculture Canada and grown exclusively by J.C. Bakker Nurseries to celebrate the Canadian Naval Centennial, 1910-2010. Ceremonial plantings will take place across Canada in the commemorative year 2010 and onward, in locations of naval significance, attended by Wrens, other Naval Veterans, serving Naval personnel and local officials.  

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Previous Events

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Branches Worldwide

Note to Associations of Wrens Worldwide ... if you would like to be a part of this site with your own section, including calendar of events, please contact me at: wrensassoc@thewrens.com 
Please feel free to post your Wrens events on the Wrens World Calendar of Events

Canadian Associations of Wrens     W.R.C.N.S.

History, memoirs, and current goings-on. Read about the 60th Anniversary of the Canadian Wrens.
 

The Book of Remembrance maintained by a member of The Wren Association of Toronto
Email: canadianwrens@thewrens.com 
Canadian Associations of Wrens please contact me to be a part of this section.

Wren Association of Toronto : Based at the Toronto Naval Club on Hayden St

HMCS Toronto Day's Sail ... read about our day.

THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC PARADE AND MEMORIAL SERVICE. Read about the Battle of the Atlantic.

The Toronto Wrens leading the Reunion Parade Webmaster's Note: This Association has been most kind in supplying much of the initial information for this site. My mum, Pauline Hebb, to which this site is dedicated, lives in Toronto and is currently a member of the Toronto Wren Association. 
I have the good fortune to have tagged along on many of their special functions. I have attended Remembrance Day for many years at the Naval Club, walked along the curb as they have marched in the Warrior's Day and Battle of Atlantic Day Parades, attended their 1998 Reunion, and been at many of their other functions like bake sales and pub nights. These ladies are wonderful and caring, and I hope to share many of their stories in their section of this site. 
The Toronto Wrens meet at the Naval Club in Toronto, and are often at the H.M.C.S. Haida and H.M.C.S. YORK for Naval Services.
Wrens Reunion hosted by the Wrens Association of Toronto
Excerpts from The Jenny Wren Times (their monthly newsletter), are used with permission from the Wren Association of Toronto.
Email: torontowrens@thewrens.com
Nova Scotia Wren Association 

We hold our meetings the third Saturday of alternate months ie. Jan, Mar, May then Sep, Oct and Nov. 
Find out more about us.   Email: novascotia@thewrens.com 


British Associations of Wrens      W.R.N.S. 

History, memoirs, and current goings-on. Email: britishwrens@thewrens.com 
British Associations of Wrens please contact me to be a part of this section.


The Association of Wrens has an office in London at 8 Hatherley Street London SW1P 2YY and an e.mail address (office@wrens.org.uk ).


The Solent Branch meets first Wednesday in March, June, September and December in the Seahorse Pub, Alverstoke, Gosport at 1930.  We range from the 1960’s, 70’s 80’s and 90’s generation of Wrens.  If you would like to join our Branch please come along or email me (Sue Capocci – Secretary) for further information suewrnsa@hotmail.com.


Swindon Branch - more information here


Portsmouth Branch, Association of Wrens.  
We meet every second Tuesday of each month in the Royal Sailors Home Club, Queen Street, Portsmouth at 1915.  We have a varied programme of events during the year and our ages range from ladies in their 80s to ladies in their 40s and 50s.  We even have a serving 'wren' on our committee.  Come along one evening - you are assured of a good welcome.
For further information please email me at: Paddywrens@aol.com


Australian Associations of Wrens      W.R.N.S. 

Email: australianwrens@thewrens.com 
Australian Associations of Wrens please contact me to be a part of this section.
 


Association of Wrens (Sydney branch) Australia
We meet on the fourth Tuesday of each month, 12 noon in the N.S.W.Sports Club, 10 Hunter St. Sydney. All ex members of the Women's Royal Naval  Service will be made very welcome.
Find out more about us.
Email: sydneyaustr@thewrens.com

Any Other Associations of Wrens Worldwide      W.R.N.S. 

Email: worldwrens@thewrens.com 
Any other Associations of Wrens, around the world,  please contact me to be a part of this section.
 

My mum, Pauline Hebb at 21 in the NavyWebmaster's Note: My mum, Pauline Hebb (nee Cunliffe), is a British Wren (W.R.N.S.), who presently lives in Canada (see Wren Association of Toronto , below). It is because of her sacrifice, and the hardships of war that she, and many others went through, that I have built this site. I have begun to receive some stories of other wonderful WRNS, which will be shared here. 

This site is a celebration of the lives of these women, then and now, the comradery they shared, the troubles they endured, and the legacy of freedom that they have given us. Although its subject is war, this site will attempt to concentrate more on the positive aspects of their situation, their contribution, their friendships, their strength and courage.

This site is for my mum, and is dedicated to her. For her past service as a Wren, and her present involvement with the Wren Association of Toronto. Please read all about the wonderful women of this Association. 
 

This site, TheWrens.com, is my personal recognition of an important contribution that women made, and my tribute to an important time in my mother's life. Much of this site represents the current activities of the Wren Association of Toronto.

This is not an official Wrens Association website, or the official website of the Association of Wrens in London, UK (but to get in touch with them see sidebar for a link to their contact information).