Personal memories

[flighty 31]

When we finally go the youngsters will have to rely on books, the net or second hand 'hearsay'.

So maybe there's fragments of encounters you've had, the curious, the unfair, or maybe hilarious...

so here's mine...people long gone,

1st company I worked for, guy had no sense of smell, been gassed in the 1st world war, Joe Goddard I think his name was.

 

Met guy in old people's home, said how cold it was driving horse drawn trams.

Met a distant relative who left his rifle behind in the landing craft in the D day landings...

The point is this was first hand conversations, I hope there's encounters people would like to share.

[Nightrider 340]

As a young boy i loved listening to my grandad's stories he told of when he was held in a Japanese pow camp in Burma , some were funny but most were horrific , but these were real life events that made for compelling listening .