Why here? Bond was never in Winnipeg, but a bronze statue of William Stephenson, the spy who inspired Ian Fleming, is on York Street near Memorial Boulevard. Sipping the martinis they both loved, the two became friends during the Second World War. www.tourismwinnipeg.com
Born Elizabeth Ann Bloomer on April 9, 1918, in Chicago, she was the only daughter and youngest of three children of William Stephenson and Hortense Neahr Bloomer. When she was 2, they moved to Grand Rapids, Mich.