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best available cow jttarmtam 4 ar cojfflfnomng systems 172 buiiock oiw una 27 markham w 4711748 tribune ffau community sports leisure entertainment serving whitchurch stouffville uxbridge area 3220 t success r- st greens 64o72ti of stouffville your neighbourhood meeting place a metrqiand community newspaper wednesday june 7 1989- ja big adventure stouffville family moving to england kate gilderdale correspondent the bardell family of stouff ville is starting out on what beth bardell calls a big adventure when they pull up stakes and move to england this summer living in another country was something beth had often dream- red of but the opportunity to turn her dream into reality took them all by surprise it came about through her hus band john a systems manager who had been working for the workmens compensation board in toronto my husband is english she explains he was working on a icontfact which was almost up a a fellow he used to work for here who has since gone back to england himself called him out of the blue and offered him a job k fellow he used to work for here who has since gone back to england himself called him out f the blue and offered him a job that was early in january by the end of the month the decision to move was made beth herself was born and rais ed in stouffville but lived in toronto for about 10 years and it was4hecashemeujxhn who- came to canada in the early 70s we got married in 1974 and we stayed in the city for a year and then came here she said i came back because of the kids its a good place for them to grow up john was happy once he got used to it smiles beth they moved to a house on main street to start with but as the family grew space became tight and they moved to a new home on the tenth line trevor 13 nicole 11 and ashlee 5 have mixed feel ings about leaving she admits trevors looking forward to it therell be a lot there for him notes his mother he was con cerned about missing out on hockey but it turns out theres a team in peterborough the nearest town to where well be living theres even a girls hockey team for nicole players in trevors age group travel all over the place she discovered well cover a lot of england that way just as weve covered a lot of ontario she smiles the family will be living in a rented house in a small village and the village has a stream run ning through it which will give trevor an avid fisherman a chance to hone his skills hes concerned about finding work there hes been working at a golf course here and hes hop ing to get something when we arrive nicole is finding it harder to ac cept shell be leaving some very close friends its going to be quite an adjustment for her ashlee surprised her by bursting into tears when she heard they were leaving i wasnt really thinking about her so much i was talking to the older two because i didnt think it wouldworry her butshesaid she didnt want to leave the house shes much happier now beths concerns about her familys adjustment have been soothed by the man who offered john his job his kids were roughly the same age when he went back and he says they adapted really quickly although the bardells are look ing on the move as permanent its possible they might come back at some stage johns been hired in a full time job with thomas cook which has made a deal with eatons travel so the option would be there to return if necessary she notes that from the childrens point of view this sum mer is probably the ideal time to start their new life trevor would be going into high school anyway and nicole will also be eligible for her first year at high school in england because they change at 11 over there as beth points out everyone not just nicole will be new to the school which will make it easier ashlee surprised her by bursting into tears when she heard they were leaving for her to settle in and make friends i really want them to get to know their grandparents she stresses adding that her own family is finding it hard to say goodbye there are seven kids in my family and my mom and dad live in town she said obviously well all miss each other she hopes to persuade them to come and spend some time with herin england shes determined to take ad vantage of living close to europe when we get our holidays i want to use them to see england and europe and scotland but if we decide to stay we would cer tainly come back here for visits as for the notorious weather it doesnt bother me it doesnt seem to stop the english from do ing anything photokate giloerdale beth bardell and daughter ashlee are preparing with the rest of the stouffville family for a move to england beths husband john is originally from england a job opportunity was offered to john out of the blue but after some discussion he decided to accept it last friday beth left her job as clerk cashier in the treasurers department at the town offices ajobsbe had thoroughly enjoyed im not going to look for a job there i need to be there for the kids and concentrate on what theyre going through she said by the time john comes back on june 23 to finalize things at home he will have spent nearly three months alone in england hes only been back to canada once since february she said he was supposed to be back in may and its been dif ficult for him not seeing the kids for all that time john beth and ashlee leave oh july 10 trevor is going on a fishing trip at the end of july and he and nicole will fly over in august hes slaying with the friends hes going fishing with and nicole is staying with my sister so she can get in as much baseball as possible its made it a little easier for them to accept the move other friends gave her a good piece of advice they said as soon as you get the kids there take them to the mall in peter borough its very much like our malls and its got a mcdonalds in it that way laughs beth theyll know they havent left civilization behind although beth admits to being a bit nervous herself shes very very excited ive always had a tug towards england even as a child theres so much history there i look at it as an adventure and i want to get the most out of it she concludes