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Hi SueMaid a better kind of c**p than occurs on some threads....lol

Allan

Good Morning Allan,

I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that there is something wrong with the beds in Australia - nobody stays in 'em long. He He........

Regards
Tec.

Good evening Tec,

Why would we want to stay in a warm, comfortable bed when we can go for walks in the middle of the night when it's cold and wet?

Mmmm.....I'll have to rethink that one!!

Allan

SueMaid,
That was an interesting story re the Bramley Schools evacuation, no wonder you were confused about the dates. I take it they did it for real in 1939. Many children were evacuated from our area, but I was too young.
My mother got through the bombing with me single handed as my father was in North Africa fighting.

My father also suffered with dementia for the last four years of his life.

Tec.

Allan,

My family consider me eccentric?

What does your OH consider you?

Methinks she has grounds for divorce lol

Tec.

Tec,

My OH worships the ground I'm to be buried in!

.......And if I'm really nice to her she might wait until I'm dead.

Seriously she thinks I'm nuts. Ive asked her to come walking with me on several occasions. Her replies would not be fit to be posted on here

Allan

Morning Sue, Allan, Tec, Colin and Berona and anyone I haven't mentioned

thank you to all who PM'd me about my inquiry about my relly, have PM'd you back, as I said the people you found may be relly's of Alan's as his father remarried when they came to Aussie and had a further 4 or 5 children. Being a uncommon name I was hopeing some-one on here may have known him. For those I haven't told, he was or is in the Navy and so was his wife Debbie, I have already been in touch with the Australian Navy web site and am waiting for a reply
thank's all for your help, hope you are all well


Diane

Edited= sue glad your sizzle went well hun.

If you get the same response to what I would get, then it would certainly not be printable!

Actually, I think my OH would use it as an excuse to get me sectioned under the Mental Health Act.

So long as it was somewhere nice, I wouldn't object.

Tec

I'm an early riser but not as early as Allan:))

Tec, my father wasn't evacuated during the war but I don't know why. He's does remember the bombers coming over. He also remembers sitting on the roof of my grandad's house waving to the British planes as they flew over. There was an airfield in Yeadon where my uncle worked. My dad used to say my uncle's work was a bit hush-hush and that he never joined any armed force during the war as the work he did was for the "war effort". Apparently a railway line was bombed but I think that was about all. I'm interested enough now to do some research on that:)) He was in the army just after the war in the Middle East. We found out - while in England - that he is entitled to a medal that he never received. My brother is following that up.

Women certainly came into their own during WW2. They had to call on resources they didn't know they had. My mother in law would tell me some incredible stories about living in London during the war. My father in law was in the National Fire Brigade during the war and he also had incredible stories as you can imagine. My MIL was born in Stockton on Tees in the north east but had come to London to do nursing. They met, married and had 2 children in London before my FIL sent them back up north. They had lost 2 homes in the bombings. I remember him telling me that he had heard there was heavy bombing in the area where the family lived but he wasn't allowed to leave his duties to go and check on them. Eventually when he was able to go and see them he was relieved to find everyone, including his parents, were still alive. He sent them north not long after that. His parents refused to leave London.

Sue xx

Edit - hi, Diane. Good luck with your research. I'll still do some digging around for you.

I'm off to bed now up early for work at 5:40am Pomm's time
speak to you all again soon
nite nite sweet dream's

Diane

Night night, Diane:)

Sue xx

G'night Diane - take care,

Sue.... That is interesting. May your Father refused to be evacuated, or maybe his dad didn't want him to go, that often happened. Some evacuees had a terrible time away from home.
Yes - the women did an incredible job in the war, working in munitions and aircraft factories. One of my aunts drove a fire engine for London Fire Brigade throughout the war. She actually started out as a telephonist on the switchboard, but as they lost so many men, she ended up driving a fire engine.
The area we lived in was badly bombed. My mother had an Anderson Shelter buried in the garden, with turf on the top. She would take me down there during the air raids. I remember the shelter, it was horrible, no light, just a candle,and an oil lamp if she could find parrafin. The place was wet, and it stank. She would sing loudly to me to try to blot out the noise above. She always sang a song "You are my sunshine" and when she died four years ago, I had it played at her funeral.
When the war was over, and I was allowed out to play, we used to play in the ruins of the bombed out houses, often finding sad little artefacts of someones life - a wedding photo, a doll etc.
Thank God our children have never suffered those times.

Tec.

I thank God I also didn't suffer through the war nor my husband. Listening to older and elderly people from Britain and Europe talking about war experiences I see that is something never forgotten.

Sue xx

Well I'm off to bed as it's 20 minutes into Monday already, and I'm certainly not getting up at 3am to take a walk with Allan.

Have a great day my Aussie friends, and a goodnight poms if you're still up.

Goodnight
Tec.

Good night Tec

Allan

Good morning Aussies/Evening Brits

Yesterday we had some very wild weather in Vic, blowing winds, rain, and hail, then the sun came out. Its crazy weather.

I woke up Saturday morning, as usually my two dogs are knocking at the back door wanting me to feed them. but there was only one, a border collie at the door.
I went out to see where the other one, a lab was, the BC took me straight to her, she was stuck in a cloth waste bag the ones that are standing on a metal frame. The frame had blown over in the wind and the lab had somehow got her head stuck through a hole that shouldn't have been in the bag. She could not work out how to get out and was really starting to panic. (all she had to do was to back up) but she was trying to come through the hole. I eventually freed her by pushing her backwards, which was really hard as she is so strong.
She enjoyed her breakfast very much this day!!!!

I hope all Aussies enjoys their day:))
And have a peaceful night Brits!!

Regards
Carole

Hi Carole

I bet your lab wont do that again in a hurry!

Weird weather here in the West especially last week with storms hailand then bright periods

Regards

Allan

Hi Allan

No, hopefully she wont do that again!!!


Have a great day, Allan:))


Carole

Thanks Carole

And I hope that your day goes well also.

Allan

Hi all
A dear friend sent this to me, thought I would share.

An older tired-looking dog wandered into my yard.
I could tell by his collar and well fed belly that he had a home and was well taken cared of.
He calmly came over to me, I gave him a few pats on his head; he then followed me into my house, slowly walked down the hall, curled up in a corner and fell asleep.
An hour later, he went to the door, and I let him out.
The next day he was back, greeted me me in my yard, walked inside and resumed his spot in the hall and again slept for about an hour.
This continued off and on for several weeks.
Curious I pinned a note to his collar " I would like to find out who the owner of this wonderful sweet dog is and ask you if you are aware that almost every afternoon your dog comes to my house for a nap"
the next day the dog arrived for his nap, with a different note pinned to his collar.
"He lives in a home with 6 children, 2 under the age of 3...he is trying to catch up on some sleep.
Can I come with him tomorrow?"

Carole xx