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Explaining Grandad' long walk 100 years ago.

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Sharron

Sharron Report 22 Nov 2019 23:51

My poor old granddad had to walk the length of the village and back in bad weather on the night of 22/11/1919 because, on the 23/11 11919, Nan gave birth to the ond and only Fred.

Yes, today would have been Fred's 100th birthday.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 22 Nov 2019 23:59

wow!

Happy birthday to Fred,

and congratulations to you to keep him going for so long, you hard-hearted person you :-D

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Sharron

Sharron Report 23 Nov 2019 00:00

No, he is not still going, Sylvia.

If he had been he would have been 100 today.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 23 Nov 2019 00:19

Ah, Sharron - but you kept him going for a very long time, with a useful life! :-D :-D

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 23 Nov 2019 02:00


Wow, Happy 100th Birthday to Fred! Sausage sandwiches all round!

Lizxx

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 23 Nov 2019 02:50

Your dad was possibly (I don't know his ranking in the family) a much appreciated son, there to help with the farm etc.
I don't suppose his parents had an inkling of the role their grand daughter would have in the final years of their son's life.

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 23 Nov 2019 03:21

Sharron, I did know that!!

But you did keep him keep him going a lot longer than might otherwise have happened.

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 23 Nov 2019 08:57

"Like"!

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

LindainHerriotCountry

LindainHerriotCountry Report 23 Nov 2019 09:32

Happy birthday to Fred, Ihope you are having a party. He will be there in “spirit”

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 23 Nov 2019 09:37

A special day of special memories.

Sharron

Sharron Report 23 Nov 2019 14:47

Fred didn't work on the farm very much, it wasn't their farm anyway, Grandad had been a shepherd there since he was seven and he was forty-two when Fred was born. He was a shepherd for something like seventy-five years.

Fred's brother, Bill worked on the same farm for fifty-odd years.

Fred aspired to greater things, he became a delivery boy for the village shop but I think he must have spent some time on the farm but never went back after he left the navy. He became a lorry drivers mate until h passed his driving test and started lorry driving.

I think Nan might not have been surprised that I stuck by Fred, she was the nearest thing I ever had to a mother and looked after me until she died at sixty-five, when I was five. I have said before on here that any tiny bit Of decency in my character is entirely down to Nan.