General Chat

Linda
Dads book is more about his work in the building trade that the universities are intrested in it is all about old buildings he worked on the the tools they used then and how impossible jobs were worked out and done.in great detail.
The other is about his growing up in a poor neighbourhood. and the things he got up too how he ran away from home and things like that. 190 pages we had others that we would like to have put in but it costs a lot as it was the books cost four fiqures. many are funny and I am sure would have been moe interested to people. I have them in notes typed out which I sent to the family when I sent them the book.
I am writing mine now have been doing it for six years but I get fads and do them when I feel like it I have completed about 60 pages but mine is my life story I have the other written out but not typed into the book.yet.
I think everyone should do that so you have something left behind for the children and Great Grandchildren can read. they will not have to search the way we have done delveing into the past.

Yvonne I am pleased you got home safe I fed you horse a load of sugar lumps and carrots. then worried I had over fed it. Lol

Rita

Today I felt really humble.

I am involved in the planning of an event to dedicate a memorial to those brave men who sailed on the Arctic Convoys in WW2.
Princess Anne is doing the honours on 16th November.

Today I was with one of those brave men.
Bill Bannerman, from Glasgow.
He is one of the organisers in brnging the Memorial to this advanced stage.
Only 10 of his comrades and he will be present at the dedication. The few remaining survivors.

I felt privledged and humbled to be in his presence.
Now 86 he does what he can to ensure that his comrades lost at sea will be remembered.

I hope the small part I am playing will help.

evening all im home

been reading post and eating my dinner at the same time
rita shame my dad died befor we had pc's and internet as i think he would of loved to of research his family tree he was alway reading think it was non-fickshion books that he read
i think he would of added storys about him self as well

What an honour Stephen. The Arctic Crewmen deserve the memorial,as a reminder to the likes of us,who have no memory of what they went through.
A lot of young people these days have no idea,of what our service personnel suffered during both the world wars. Let alone the Faulklands,and the ongoing wars at the moment. Brave men one and all, who we owe so much.

Pauline you are a brazen hussy, riding through town like Lady Godiva. You should have got longer hair extensions,they would have kept you warmer.
I am wondering if that e.mail I sent you earlier,was Stephen in disguise.
Oooh it was sooo naughty,it bought tears to my eyes. LOL

Linda, the meetings you have to go to,are really a waste of time arn't they.
And I can see no reason for your having to pay for the support of the council,it's not they who you have to register with to do the child minding is it. When I was registered for the fostering, I had to do it through social services,but I don't know if things have changed since then. I always had the support of the S.S, but nothing to do with the council itself.

Wheres our Maddie got to. Surely she's not still out on the town. Oh and Maddie, my apologies about the panties slur, I didn't realise it was a scarf you were waving,it's a very frilly scarf love so you will understand my mistake.

Rita, don't worry about not having a camera, I caught everything on film. Even Stephen doing his moonie is now on celluloid. LOL
Youv'e been framed here I come. £250.00 for every clip,we will be rich Rita.

Yvonne, you missed such a brilliant time. Your horse was being over fed by us all, he even got to like curry,except it had a drastic outcome on him,and was not very pleasant to clear up. LOL

edit. Oooops I nearly forgot our Shelly, hi ya mate.

Just in from work. Dont know why but I have splinters in my bum. Must get a mirror and a needle and set to work.
I know what you are thinking, trollop, and you could be right. lol

We have just got our Poppies at work, not many sold yet, but early days.

My Uncle Dave was part of the Airborne Division, and was part of Operation Doomsday. The heavy water mission that was dramatised in a film starring Kirk Douglas called the Heroes of Telemark.

He was coming home from a mission when Peace was declared, and his plane went into the side of a mountain. He was in his early 20's. My Nan was never the same after that. She had 3 sons, one was a prisoner of war, one got shell-shocked and the last one died. My Mum always sat and cried buckets when she watched Cenotaph on the telly. I always go to Whitehall the day after, and spend a bit of time looking at the wreaths. Very sad.

Sad to say the slaughter is still going on.

As Mum always used to say

Some Mothers' Son.

A sobering thought.....

More Servicemen that served in the Falklands have committed suicide than died in the conflict.

255 were killed, more than 300 have committed suicide.

So much for aftercare.

Stephen that was lovely to read about the memorial for the Artic Convay sailors I have a line of relations who served in the royal navy and Royal marines. two were in the merchant navy one was escorting ships in the Artic,
I have uncles that served on the Isis, The Hood. and many other well known ships. that had big sea battles. all no longer with us.

I take photo;s or memorial all around the world, when I have been on holiday.as well as many in England and on the Tv tonight they showed you the firemans memorial with all the names on it which is near the bridge by St Pauls Cathderal I have that as well. I think all these brave men and women need to be remembered,
Many people do not know about the Fireman memorial friends of mine in Norfolk who were Firemen didnt know I took lots of photos of that and took them back to Norfolk f with me and handed them around.
So I hope that people will be like me and take photo of the memorial to show others.


Rita


Rita

Shelly
I bet your father would have loved the internet and loved to have researched his roots. my father would have been the same. I did not start family research till my father died and that left just my sister and I .we were talking about Dad and I said do you know much about the family ?(I am 6 years older than my sister ) she said know why ? I thought it would be nice to try and trace the family roots on our mother and fathers side of the family. thinking they were all from the London area..all I remembered was my father telling me my Grandfathers name was Absalom and he came from Honiton in Devon. that was all I had to go on. Mothers family I had more info as I knew her Grandparents were Scottish.
so can you picture your father and my father's faces when they started to trace their ancestors,

by the way I read non-fiction books as well. mostly History books and books on London.

Rita

Maddie it is a bit early for the sale of poppies in my aera. there is a lady on the GR thread who publishes a Poppy day poem every year. last year I
printed it out and handed one to each poppy sellar..

I am going on about the Chilean miners now. watching all that is happening .is a real weepy to see each man being brought to the surface of the mine is a miracle.The thing I was thinking of was there will be one miner left all on his own at the end. I wonder what he will feel like being there with none of his friends.? he may think will I l be rescured. will something go wrong. ? I feel really sorry for that last man out.

Rita

Rita,
I had the pleasure being at an HMS HOOD reunion dinner in Portsmouth.

Ted Briggs, the last remaining survivor of the three who were all that remained of the Hoods crew when she exploded is a lovely person.

I have a great photo of my son, then a young Royal Navy Officer, taken along with Ted. Something to treasure.

The dinner was on the Saturday and we paraded the Hoods colours through the streets to a Memorial service on the Sunday.

I have met some memorable people that gave great service in various conflicts and always feel a depth of gratitude that they gave so much.

Night all.

Did I really miss the 'thingthong'?

And I have lost a kilt somewhere.

Vague hazy memory of a dinner in a big hall.

The Awards Ceremony is on Monday at Buckingham Palace.

Almost certain there will be a Dame.

My Mum and Dad came from Islington.

My Mum knew a family along the street who had 4 sons who served on the Hood. We all know what happened.

Nothing like Saving Private Ryan happened over here.






Has Stephen been practicing his repertoire from South Pacific.

There is Nothing Like a Dame.

My husband's grandmother had a brother in law who died on The Hood. i am in contact with his grand daughter.
He was in the sickbay when she was stocked up before going on her last trip. Unfortunately there was such a quick turn round that he wasn't taken off. the rest as they say is history................. he went down with her. such a loss for his wife, his son was 11 and daughter only 8 years old.

Yes we all owe every serviceman and woman so much.

Linda :o) XxX

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Tea or Coffee...............no food........you need to get rid off all that Indian stuff that's inside you.

Well, as my mum used to say, 'it's back to the auld clothes and porridge'.

The Indian trip is behind us we're back to reality now.
Well 'reality' as we know it.

Looking forward to going to the Palace on Monday to see what HM the Queen has in store for us all.

Have a good day ya all !

Tea would be lovely. Hope everyone is fit and well.

I have my porridge every day. Topped with bran and fruit 'to get me going'. This sets me up for the day. Fruit for lunch, then dinner when I get in. If this dont make me lose weight then nothing will.

Really bleak outside. Sort of milk of magnesia sky. Going out for a bit of shopping, dont start work until later today. Only morning each week when I can do things, like get things paid in the bank etc. How boring is my life sometimes.

After the experience of Delhi, will we ever be the same again.

See you all tonight, probably very late.
x

Thanks Stephen
Yes our stomachs probably need a little rest, curry is heavy on fats and rather fattening.
Well up later today, thanks for the tea.
Just a quick tidy round the house today before hubby gets back, as I have FIL coming tomorrow.
Have just found a distant connection to his ancestors on Ancestry, so have a bit of news for him. Not a close connection, but has given me some names and I can give this person some to add to her tree so that is nice.

Have a good day all

Linda :o) XxX

PS Morning Maddie you popped in while I was blethering on.

Stephen
While in Toguaymy sister and I visited a Naval Museum. and they had photos and maps of two ships the HMS HOOD the first one and the HMS HOOD the second one speaking to the man incharge I told him my Granfathers brother Walter a Chief Petty Officer had served on the first Hood and I had all his records of the ships he had served on which included the Hood this would be about 1889 onwards. I said the other HMS Hood my Uncle Charles had served on this.( just before it sank losing so many lives). he had been given another ship. and he was suppose to collect his belongings (which was still on Board )and go to the other ship but his missed the sailing and so his belongs went down with the ship he never got over the loss of all his friends on board that ship.
The man at the Museum asked me to send him notes I did. he said he had never met anyone who, had two members of their family on both the Hoods.

Rita

This is the third attemp to post this on here why because it vanishes before I can hit submit.
It is a very grey day here no sky to be seen only a grey cloud over everything.
I had planned to go out and get some bits and pieces at the shops but not sure if I will bother today
One piece of news I won on Lottery last night, dont get too excited I know what I promised we would do if I won, but we would not get far on £10 so I will put it aside for when I renew my Lottery in November, lol
still after all this time I did have a little win whoooppee.
I hope our Jean is feeling a little better today.keep smiling jean we are all behind you.
Think I had better have a cup of tea and take my tablets before i forget.

Rita

evening all

and were is every one today iv been to work so that explains why i have not been here lol

rita its raining and dull here as well

And I've been to visit my aunt, that's why I haven't been on. It's horrible weather here as well, rained on and off all day.