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Blue Maniac
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Nope, he's just really old.
Brauny Blue
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Congrats on the success...
Brauny Blue
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Thanks DM :icon_wink
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David Gwilliam
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Congratulations Brauny.
Have you thought about writing down your own History or anything you have heard about what your parents or grandparents did in the Second World War.
I know an old man who was involved in the failed invasion at Dieppe, was parachuted into France the day before D-Day knowing that if the invasion was delayed for bad weather he and his friends stood no chance and then he liberated a concentration camp. Yet he has not written any of this down on the grounds that his "grandchildren are not interested."
The growth of amateur History has been a wonderful development. It has not just been family trees but people in old houses tracing their history, war gamers. canal and railway societies and perhaps most impressive re-enactment groups.
Then there is your own History. If you are married how did you and your wife meet, what jobs did you do and why did you leave. If you were born elsewhere why did you come to Leicester. If you have children is there any reason for their names (I was named after an elderly Welsh Prime Minister).
It is easy to forget that in a hundred years time we too will be History.
Have you thought about writing down your own History or anything you have heard about what your parents or grandparents did in the Second World War.
I know an old man who was involved in the failed invasion at Dieppe, was parachuted into France the day before D-Day knowing that if the invasion was delayed for bad weather he and his friends stood no chance and then he liberated a concentration camp. Yet he has not written any of this down on the grounds that his "grandchildren are not interested."
The growth of amateur History has been a wonderful development. It has not just been family trees but people in old houses tracing their history, war gamers. canal and railway societies and perhaps most impressive re-enactment groups.
Then there is your own History. If you are married how did you and your wife meet, what jobs did you do and why did you leave. If you were born elsewhere why did you come to Leicester. If you have children is there any reason for their names (I was named after an elderly Welsh Prime Minister).
It is easy to forget that in a hundred years time we too will be History.
Brauny Blue
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Discovering information that you never thought you would find is tremendously exciting. I honestly cant tell you the buzz that its given me since Saturday. Its certainly feeding a desire to try trace other records from family members that are not with us anymore.
Cheers David.
Its a good point actually. My dad just missed WW2 (15 at the end of the war) but his brother served in the Navy in 2nd WW. Not sure about my dads father, i would refer to him as grandad except he died when i was about 3-4 yrs old, so i never knew him.
On my mothers side she had an uncle that was captured by the Japenese and escaped twice. The 2nd time he was successful, and mainly thanks to a very brave peasent farmer.
These are all things that i would love to find more info on, and after Saturday i'm encouraged to start looking at such things.
Siouxsie
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You are so right that this should be done before it's too late.
My grandfather was killed when the plane he was in was shot down over the Dutch coast in WW2 when my mum was only 3. My gran then died at an early age so I never knew much about them.
When I expressed an interest my mum produced a cardboard box she had found amongst my gran's things with all the letters my grandad had written to her during the war, the telegram notifying her that my grandfather was missing, and a couple of letters from one of the aircrew who managed to parachute out, (and subsequently spent some time as a POW), telling her what happened.
My mum could never face looking inside the box.
We eventually went to visit his grave in Holland and met some dutch people who had seen the plane come down. Through RAF records we managed to learn a lot about his training and the flights he had been involved in.
Really fascinating in the end, but hard to think of him as my grandfather, unlike my other grandfather* who only died a few years ago and I was very close to.
Good luck with your research Brauny.
*who lived on the Thames, was in the home guard and collected unexploded bombs for fun, one of which (defused we hope
) we still have.
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Brauny Blue
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I didnt mate, mainly because i spent too much time at the NA and wanted to get back to Central London. I actually regretted that later because the weather was lovely, and a pint or two by the Thames did seem an attractive proposition.
It wont escape me next time though, i've even printed a google map and was pleasently surprised to see its probaly only a 10min walk from Kew station.
Nice area from what i saw, and didnt realize the boat race was that far down the river.
Some nice university type all female crews there as well:icon_cool
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