Was not going to do anything for VE day as a child of a Burma Campaign airman I resent the way my Dad was part of the "forgotten" who went on for 6 months more and by the time he got home all the attention, and housing, had gone. My parents started married life sharing with her sister and 4 boys in a bomb damaged house then in a Nissan hut vacated by Polish POWs till getting a council house in 1952! Still I put my feelings aside when I found I had lots of triangles of blue all over the table from cutting the V necked scrub tops for the NHS. Roughly joined them to a left over strip, added a couple of white and a red triangle and hung on the garden gate to join my rainbow just to cheer our road up.
I had to bike round the village today to get some milk( about 2 miles) and in that distance only counted 5 other bunting efforts. Could have been more on the estates and closes off the roads but I thought there would be far more considering this is supposed to be a "retirement" village.
Perhaps I will do a display for VJ day in August!
Meanwhile lockdown drags on a bit for us. My husband decided he wanted to finish a boat model project he started 20 years ago. He dragged out the hull and the wood for it from storage but could not find the plans. Hardly surprising as we have moved at least half a dozen times since then! He went on a boat model forum and someone in France offered him the plans within 2 days! Marvellous thing this internet, and, Google translate! They apologised (in French) that he may have to wait 2/3 weeks and he replied that after 20 years that would be fine!
Glad that your Hubby will be able to get those plans.
ReplyDeleteWe don't celebrate VE day here. Which is kind of strange considering the very close ties between our countries.
God bless.
I did not know that. I thought lots of Canadians fought?
DeleteYes we love the internet, it and people can be so helpful. We only had a Union Jack, which we put up, but there were loads of houses dressed in our street, we did enjoy afternoon tea in our front garden.
ReplyDeleteThe internet has so many helpful forums. I think VE day would have been a far bigger celebration but for lockdown. My father didnt leave India until 1948, I know because I have my mums passport with my brother in. He was born in Jhansi 1944.
ReplyDeleteI had a distant branch of my grandmother's family in Indian Police throughout the war. In 1949 the wife died and the children were brought back and "dumped" here while he want back to serve until 1960s. Strange times then too!
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