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- Thread starter summerisle
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Methuselah
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In season 1948/49 Everton had their record crowd - 78,229 at Goodison Park. I know this because I was there! Not a lot of elbow room that day.
Jamiednm
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WW2 is the most fascinating part of modern history, and potentially the most fascinating part of history altogether, in my opinion.
So many aspects to it, so many hundreds of millions of people directly affected and millions/billions more indirectly affected.
To think of the industrial scale of the militaries involved, the concept of total war between major industrialised nations, unprecedented events like D-Day...
So many aspects to it, so many hundreds of millions of people directly affected and millions/billions more indirectly affected.
To think of the industrial scale of the militaries involved, the concept of total war between major industrialised nations, unprecedented events like D-Day...
My granny lied about her age to get into the army in advance of WW2. She wrote a book about her experiences, which was restricted by the OSA. She was at Beaumanor and was part of the team that cracked the Enigma Code. She died last year having suffered from dementia for her last years. Such a colourful backstory, but like so many others of that generation, which made genuine sacrifices for their country as was the mood at the time, ended up blowing the small amount of money she’d accumulated over her lifetime paying for well intentioned, but barely adequate care, about which she knew very little. She was boss.
Methuselah
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This country was lucky that we had a generation of people like your granny. Unfortunately, I don't think we will see their like again.
trueblue84
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Some profound words from the past. Just shows that we don't need technological advancements to realise the basics of what we should do as a species, yet we still can't manage it.
Without wanting to get deeply into politics, etc, I tend to agree - that was a time when patriotism was strong, and was purely about love for one’s country. Add to that the sense that a shared ideology was under threat, and you can see why youngsters were motivated to behave in this way.
My Grandmother's first husband was killed in Passchendale during WW1. As a young widow with two babies she was given a house by the Soldiers and Sailors Trust. They built over 6,000 houses in Ireland and gave them to either widows or injured survivors of the WW1. She went on to marry a WW1 survivor and to have another 8 children (one of whom was my mother). The Soldiers and Sailors trust were a great organisation who helped these people to survive. Am very grateful to the people who started it and ran it.
chrismpw
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Near me is one of the oldest bridges over the river Thames, at Radcot. During a little known civil war between pretenders to the throne, Stephen and Matilda a 'battle' was fought there between the two sides. The bridge had been demolished and both sides lined up either side of the river where it was previously a ford.
In the battle only one man died and he was the one who shouted charge and drove his horse into the river where he drowned. The rest of his men though better of the daft idea and just watched, then turned and left.
In the battle only one man died and he was the one who shouted charge and drove his horse into the river where he drowned. The rest of his men though better of the daft idea and just watched, then turned and left.
Mo' Better Blues
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My great grandfather was from a military family from London, married an Irish girl and converted to Catholicism and was duly disowned by his family, ended up moving to Ireland around 1912-1913, in 1915 he left his pregnant wife and went to Ypre, from what the family know he was only there 2 weeks before he went ‘hanging on the wire’, back in lovely catholic Ireland his wife, my great grandmother was essentially shunned by the community and decided to head to the new world, she caught TB on the voyage, she died in New York shortly after giving birth to a son, my grandad, he was placed in an orphanage ran by nuns, by some fortuitous luck (for my future existence obviously) a priest who was from the same locality in Dublin was in America and was told about him, the priest brought him back to Ireland and he was raised by his mother’s brother, he became a boatbuilder, a real master carpenter, had 5 children and circa 1947 his wife died in childbirth leaving him to bring up his children alone, I always imagine the great grandfather up to his neck in mud during WWI and the grandfather up to his neck in dirty nappy’s during WWII. When I was a kid I used to sit with him watching the wrestling, giant haystacks and big daddy, I didn’t even like the wrestling but I liked being around my grandad and his dog, he was a quiet reserved man and had a large portrait of my great grandfather (in his regimental uniform) and great grandmother in his sitting room, he developed Alzheimer’s when I was 12 or so, died when I was 15, I miss him... just a bit of history from one of the millions upon millions of us
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Matilda was a formidable women for the time.
I once bought a milkshake that was out of date
chrismpw
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Just going to put this disclamer here.... I learned this from a talk given by a reputable historian, who did a talk about 2 battles at Radcot, the other being the later civil war that is better well known.
The battle where 1 person died could well have been in the latter war, the way my brain works these days. lol
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Honestly, I don't think anyone would have pulled you up.lol
Methuselah
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Her indoors was born in Adwalton village in West Yorkshire, the scene of a civil war battle won by the Royalists. Her indoors said the noise kept them awake.