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Most had nicknames....
Mums mum = bossy nanny
Dad's mum = curly wurly nanny (she had curly hair)
Mums nan = nanny chicken soup (she always had a pot of chicken soup on the go.
Oddly no nicknames for the grandads lol |
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"Most had nicknames....
Mums mum = bossy nanny
Dad's mum = curly wurly nanny (she had curly hair)
Mums nan = nanny chicken soup (she always had a pot of chicken soup on the go.
Oddly no nicknames for the grandads lol "
A mate of mine managed to persuade his kid that the granny on the mother’s side had been a professional wrestler.
I would love to have been there the day that one bit him in the ass. |
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By *yron69Man
over a year ago
Fareham |
Mine were all dead by time I was born.
However the near neighbourhood was populated by elderly widows so I had a few surrogate nans.
Their houses always smelt of fruitcake. They wore pinnies and all seemed to have been born in 1890. |
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"Mine were all dead by time I was born.
However the near neighbourhood was populated by elderly widows so I had a few surrogate nans.
Their houses always smelt of fruitcake. They wire pinniped and all seemed to have been born in 1890. "
We didn't grow up living near to our grandparents and there was a lovely old lady who live near the primary school in the village who was everyone's nan. We used to go round and do crafting with her. We'd take any dead animal we found and buried them in her garden and made little crosses out of lollipop sticks. We all loved her so much x |
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A quiet unassuming kind gentle man.
Only many years after his death during my military years did I find out my grandfather won the Military Medal with bar in The Somme at the ripe Old age of 16.
Wish he'd been alive to see me serve with pride |
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My dad's parents - the full biscuit tin, their love of parrots, the voluntary work, the kindness and love they had for everyone, the laughter, the pride of my grandad in my grandma's MBE and how much I miss them.
My mum's parents are still around - grandad's awful jokes on repeat and my grandma's evil cat that my dad deservedly kicked through an (open) window once after it attacked us all |
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Sterilised milk in tea, served in little bone china cups I was petrified of damaging..
More seriously, one grand dad came back after being gassed and his health was never the same..
In general if I compare how we live today, they had it a lot harder in many aspects so thankful for that .. |
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"A quiet unassuming kind gentle man.
Only many years after his death during my military years did I find out my grandfather won the Military Medal with bar in The Somme at the ripe Old age of 16.
Wish he'd been alive to see me serve with pride "
They never spoke about it did they, protecting their loved ones from the horrors and maybe a bit of guilt for all their pals who never came back so they just got on with it..
Sounds like a very brave man, albeit such a tender age too.. 
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Only a shadowy recollection of my paternal grandfather who lived with us but died before my 3rd birthday. My maternal grandmother was a musty smelling old lady with faded blue eyes who I only ever saw sitting in a particular chair in what she called the "parlour", I don't think she had much of an idea who I was as she, she died when I was 7.
The other two were long dead when I was born. |
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"A quiet unassuming kind gentle man.
Only many years after his death during my military years did I find out my grandfather won the Military Medal with bar in The Somme at the ripe Old age of 16.
Wish he'd been alive to see me serve with pride
They never spoke about it did they, protecting their loved ones from the horrors and maybe a bit of guilt for all their pals who never came back so they just got on with it..
Sounds like a very brave man, albeit such a tender age too..
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We can only imagine what he and his comrades has to suffer and witness on a daily basis.
As you say they just got on with it.
When I compare our military careers mine pales into insignificance in the cold light of day.
I'm still trying to research his history but I'm stuck at the point now there was 3 in his regiment at the same battle at the same time who were decorated.
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"A quiet unassuming kind gentle man.
Only many years after his death during my military years did I find out my grandfather won the Military Medal with bar in The Somme at the ripe Old age of 16.
Wish he'd been alive to see me serve with pride
They never spoke about it did they, protecting their loved ones from the horrors and maybe a bit of guilt for all their pals who never came back so they just got on with it..
Sounds like a very brave man, albeit such a tender age too..
We can only imagine what he and his comrades has to suffer and witness on a daily basis.
As you say they just got on with it.
When I compare our military careers mine pales into insignificance in the cold light of day.
I'm still trying to research his history but I'm stuck at the point now there was 3 in his regiment at the same battle at the same time who were decorated.
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3 men with the same name.....
Apologies I missed the crucial line |
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By *yron69Man
over a year ago
Fareham |
Old people in our day always had strange pets, spooky looking garden sheds and always grew a clump or two of rhubarb. The men were generally chubby and cheery and the women tough as old boots.
They lived, had an illness and passed silently and often without much ceremony.
I was at the municipal cemetery yesterday and noticed the graves of the elderly that had passed years ago. Most not visited for decades and often with husband and wife stacked below. Entwined for all eternity.
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Aw. My Grandma was Scottish. Scottish square sausage and saying hen all the time. When my customer's say Hen I go all warm.
My other grandparents were English. My Grandma would make my Grandad three course dinners. He was lovely, she was a bit cold to us X |
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