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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2020 9:09:22 GMT
My Dad was 13 in 1939 but living in Bridlington he dreamed of serving with the Navy.
He served as a Bevin Boy, whisked away from his home to serve out the war, and post war years undergroud, not being 'demobbed' until 1948.
'They also serve who only stand and wait'.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2020 9:17:12 GMT
Prisoners on VE Day... oh, the irony. Yes, but in the same way Boris rose on Easter Sunday, he will be there on VE weekend to free us all.
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Post by patty on May 8, 2020 9:34:10 GMT
I've just walked my walk..just one garden decorated though do believe daughters done hers..cannot find my flags but i'll open the bubbly..
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2020 9:54:57 GMT
I'll raise a glass today to those who served, and another to friends and family, then one to freinds I've not met on TB...then one to those who built the canals....then one to the ducks...then one to the mud on the tow path..
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Post by airedaleman on May 8, 2020 10:14:05 GMT
In our corner of the village we all have bunting on the houses and I have put up the red ensign in memory of all the MN men who lost their lives and also to remember the men I sailed with who had been through it and survived. Big toast to all at 3.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2020 10:20:47 GMT
My Father was in the Home Guard and his Father was the Captain. Father often commented that it was just like the TV series and he would have been the age of Pike, and Grandpa was Captain Mainwaring. He said they practised rifle drill with broomsticks, and the older ones did indeed have to visit the loo frequently!
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2020 10:50:59 GMT
Very sad WW2 story with my mother's older brother (who she never met). He was a keen pilot who disappeared one day during aircraft testing. Crashed in the sea not even on active service. Cannon fodder and body never found. Nineteen. n n n n nineteen.
Very nasty it completely broke my mum's mother as it was her first born. Also the family was broken up with evacuations and bad things happened to the children. 3 out of the seven of them (my mum and siblings) killed themselves later which could be indirectly attributable to the war.
On other side of family the paternal grandfather was awarded an MBE for services including bomb disposal and using his wood products factory to make radio boxes and other items for the war effort. Then he did very well in the golden age of capitalism after WW2. Then he was barbecued in a plane crash in the 70s.
So on one side of family there is pure grief from the war whereas the other side there was capitalist opportunity.
It was a long time ago but the effects do last. Embedded trauma is passed down generations sadly.
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Post by patty on May 8, 2020 10:59:59 GMT
Daughters VE day..and apparently she's making English t party with Victorian Sponge and little sandwiches(nope we r not invited)
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Post by patty on May 8, 2020 11:02:37 GMT
My front garden..I only found 2 flags... We may have glass bubbly cos I found the proper stuff...
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Post by Trina on May 8, 2020 11:11:34 GMT
Paul did his weekly trek to the butcher & he had to explain(gently) that they were displaying their Union Flags upside down 'saying' they were in distress.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2020 11:25:13 GMT
Jane's Uncle served throughtout the war in Europe ... and on his way back to 'blighty' after VE day his ship was sunk by a mine and he amongst many died.
Now that is ironic.
Rog
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2020 11:45:36 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2020 12:31:19 GMT
Polish veterans were not allowed to take part in the Victory celebrations in case it upset Stalin. The fact that the invasion of Poland was the reason why the war had begun was conveniently swept under the carpet for quite probably the same reason.
Interesting but little-known fact: The term 'iron curtain' used in connection with political borders was not coined by Winston Churchill in his well-known speech, but had instead been used previously by Dr Josef Goebbels.
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Post by Jim on May 8, 2020 16:08:55 GMT
My Dad was an apprentice electrician, a reserved occupation. He got called up in 46, petty officer in the Navy, had a trip through Suez to Ceylon, so missed the action and just had fun. My Grandad was a lucky bugger, He was in the Lancs Pioneers, on his way to the front line the truck stopped, he got out for a piss, bomb landed nearby, shrapnel through his right hand, they sent him home. He died when I was 8 but I do remember his curled right hand.
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Post by phil70 on May 8, 2020 17:02:48 GMT
I only had a Red Ensign to fly but Chris dug out a union flag so we made with those , we didn't catch sight of the Spitfire or Hurricane the Battle of Britain flight had a lot on but what we did see were 2 B17 Flying Fortress in line astern heading for the USAF base at Lakenheath so that provided a bit of a distraction. Phil
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