Thought some of you might be interested in this item
thats in the village where i live.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/peop ... ryan.shtml
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Dear Jopsy, that was all a bit to clever for an old hay-maker like me.
I did do some filming with a German film company quite a few years ago though, they were making a film about how Germany lost the war. i hope they didn't put in everything i told them. i bet they had never met anyone quite like me.
I did do some filming with a German film company quite a few years ago though, they were making a film about how Germany lost the war. i hope they didn't put in everything i told them. i bet they had never met anyone quite like me.
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That was really interesting. Thanks you Herby person for posting it.
I love history and can listen all day to people telling their stories about the war. In Liverpool, they have a scheme where the pensioners go into schools and talk to the kids about how their life was during the war. What it felt like to be evacuated, to be hiding under the stairs when the bombs were falling. What it was like to come back out to find your neighbours dead and the houses in the street flattend. Or lthe look on your mothers face as she reads the telegram that's come to tell of the death of another son or a husband.
My mum still remembers seeing the bombing of Liverpool docks. She says every so often, she can still hear the sound of the bombs falling, feel the heat of the fires coming over the Mersey (she was living in Wirral at the time which was then rural and safer than the city) and hearing the screams of the men trying to get people out. She also remembers the sense of community and of helping out your neighbours. Trading goods and bartering for the things you needed. My Aunty Glad is also a great source of tales about her time at the American Air Force Base at Burtonwood where the runways can still be seen.
We don't really realise how lucky we are to live freely and be able to speak freely. A situation that would not have happend except for the efforts of our relatives and the bravery of men.
I love history and can listen all day to people telling their stories about the war. In Liverpool, they have a scheme where the pensioners go into schools and talk to the kids about how their life was during the war. What it felt like to be evacuated, to be hiding under the stairs when the bombs were falling. What it was like to come back out to find your neighbours dead and the houses in the street flattend. Or lthe look on your mothers face as she reads the telegram that's come to tell of the death of another son or a husband.
My mum still remembers seeing the bombing of Liverpool docks. She says every so often, she can still hear the sound of the bombs falling, feel the heat of the fires coming over the Mersey (she was living in Wirral at the time which was then rural and safer than the city) and hearing the screams of the men trying to get people out. She also remembers the sense of community and of helping out your neighbours. Trading goods and bartering for the things you needed. My Aunty Glad is also a great source of tales about her time at the American Air Force Base at Burtonwood where the runways can still be seen.
We don't really realise how lucky we are to live freely and be able to speak freely. A situation that would not have happend except for the efforts of our relatives and the bravery of men.
Lots of love
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Dear Lizzie, you really do write the most lovely pieces, and very enjoyable to read.
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Lizzie ever thought about writing a book.
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Whilst i'm doing my family tree i'm making detailed notes on each ancestor that i'm coming across. It's more of a reference point for me but who knows. It's turing into a really interesting tale and i've descovered a new, unexpected twist that needs some serious detective work doing. I don't know where that will lead. I'm starting to understand a lot of things that I didn't quite get before.
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That sounds interesting Lizzie, i will buy a copy if you ever do it.
It would be funny if you were related to me, we seem to have a lot in common.
It would be funny if you were related to me, we seem to have a lot in common.
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One of the things is that my paternal ancestors were all involved in all the major groundbreaking engineering projects from the early 1800's. The men were specially trained and had a part in designing brand new machinery for use in new projects. Others were involved in the manual side of things.
During the summer, I went to the Elan Valley in mid Wales and walked across the bridges that my Great Great Grandfather and Great Grandfather helped to make the nuts and bolts for. The same nuts and bolts that still hold the thing together today. I walked around the place and it was really weired, really strange. I felt very odd for a few days afterwards. Grock noticed when we got back cos she was on holiday with us too. I was actually very quiet
Anyway, the people who run the information centre have been fabulous as no-one until me has ever traced their family to the Valley. They have all been so helpful. Anyway, now I have to go to Llandindrod Welles to check out more of the archives. Hopefully later on this year after I have tried to sort out this new puzzle. I have to go over to Frodsham and check some parish records but the Vicars being a bit of a pig about it.
Maybe i'll set Grock on him
During the summer, I went to the Elan Valley in mid Wales and walked across the bridges that my Great Great Grandfather and Great Grandfather helped to make the nuts and bolts for. The same nuts and bolts that still hold the thing together today. I walked around the place and it was really weired, really strange. I felt very odd for a few days afterwards. Grock noticed when we got back cos she was on holiday with us too. I was actually very quiet
Anyway, the people who run the information centre have been fabulous as no-one until me has ever traced their family to the Valley. They have all been so helpful. Anyway, now I have to go to Llandindrod Welles to check out more of the archives. Hopefully later on this year after I have tried to sort out this new puzzle. I have to go over to Frodsham and check some parish records but the Vicars being a bit of a pig about it.
Maybe i'll set Grock on him
Lots of love
Lizzie
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Dear Lizzie, i'm off to Wales this year, i might try and get to Elan valley.
That must have stuck in everybodies mind you being quite for a time.
AS for that Vicar, you could truthfully tell him, you know someone thats high up in the Church, and to be more helpfull, you don't have to tell him it's me and that i'm only high up when i'm up the tower winding the clock.
May the lords hand weigh heavily upon him.
That must have stuck in everybodies mind you being quite for a time.
AS for that Vicar, you could truthfully tell him, you know someone thats high up in the Church, and to be more helpfull, you don't have to tell him it's me and that i'm only high up when i'm up the tower winding the clock.
May the lords hand weigh heavily upon him.
Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
There's no fool like an old fool.
There's no fool like an old fool.