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The War Years
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Rambling | Report | 3 Sep 2014 16:14 |
Nudge for the 75 th anniversary of 'the day war broke out'. |
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Susan10146857 | Report | 24 Mar 2014 21:06 |
I loved this thread and have just re-read it.....Yes, some may think resurrecting threads is a waste of time etc, but sometimes when things are slow or if Newbies have never seen what these boards used to be like, full of info, laughter and wit.....as well as the weekly bun fight...well, where is the harm ?....... |
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Silly Sausage | Report | 24 Mar 2014 19:33 |
He did indeed :-D |
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~Lynda~ | Report | 24 Mar 2014 19:32 |
He did Hayley, he added so many wonderful stories :-D |
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Silly Sausage | Report | 24 Mar 2014 19:29 |
Old Mac used to love this thread :-D |
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~Lynda~ | Report | 24 Mar 2014 19:25 |
Seeing as we're giving old threads an airing..........I love this thread |
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~Lynda~ | Report | 11 Nov 2013 15:43 |
Thought this a good day to give this interesting thread a nudge, and hopefully some more stories will be added |
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~Lynda~ | Report | 13 Sep 2013 15:00 |
I heard this on Radio 4 this morning, it's about the occupation of the Channel Islands, very interesting, thought some of you may like a listen................. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 15 May 2013 16:57 |
Not everybody submitted to trying to live and work on next to nothing, far from it. For those who could afford it there was a thriving black market and restaurants were open for business. |
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Joeva | Report | 15 May 2013 16:21 |
Lynda |
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~Lynda~ | Report | 18 Aug 2012 21:27 |
Pat that sounds really nice, might give that one a try :-D I'm amazed at just what people substituted one food for another with, sometimes it probably even tasted better than what it was originally. |
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PatinCyprus | Report | 18 Aug 2012 20:18 |
If we were getting low on cheese and mum wanted us to have cheese on toast she used to boil up a potato and mash it but instead of butter add the cheese to it. She then spread that across the toast and put it under the grill. I am sure this came from the war years. |
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~Lynda~ | Report | 18 Aug 2012 19:46 |
I've just noticed that an_angel_on_a_mission, had bumped this up for new members to see :-) |
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Joeva | Report | 15 Aug 2012 17:05 |
Great reading this thread for the first time today. I was only 4 when the war ended but was already at nursery school. I have never forgotten the prayer we used to say at the end of the afternoon and it is only in later years that I understood the significance of it. |
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an_angel_on_a_mission | Report | 15 Aug 2012 14:19 |
Nudge for the newbies :) |
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Jean (Monmouth) | Report | 20 May 2012 19:55 |
Thought this one could do with resurrecting for those who have joined since. Lots of first hand information. |
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~Lynda~ | Report | 10 Apr 2012 21:28 |
I'm glad you enjoyed reading the thread again Brenda, there are many memories on here, and the posters who are no longer with us, it's good to see that there memories live on. |
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BrendafromWales | Report | 10 Apr 2012 16:19 |
Spent some time last night reading this thread again.My family had been staying over Easter and after they went was feeling a bit lonely as I am on my own now. |
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~Lynda~ | Report | 9 Apr 2012 23:10 |
Michelle, I've heard lots of stories about not using a shelter because people said they'd rather die at home, than in the shelter. |
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Michelle | Report | 9 Apr 2012 22:09 |
During the war, my nan was fairly young so her memories were pretty vague. The only thing she remembered clearly was her father making sure the family were safe with blankets, warm clothing, tea and sandwiches in the shelter during the air raids before he went back to the house to bed, all during the war he never used the shelter....he always said if he was going to die it would be in the comfort of his own bed not in a damp hole in the ground. |
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