Hi folks, Well, two weeks summer hols with my lad are over :( Spent a week in Dorset, my home county (I'm a Weymouth lad), catching up with family and old friends...I'd forgotten what a beautiful place it is, especially at this time of year. The scenery is stunning. Somerset, where I live, is nice t...
When we were getting preparations for my Dads' funeral we were sorting the readings out. I suggested 'High Flight' as Dad was a pilot during WW2. My mother said you know that was his favourite poem. I didn't. I really did not know he was into poetry. I didn't know that my dad could have been an ope...
[.....apart from when the RN decided that my dad and family had to go to Australia for a couple of years in the mid-sixties 8) The RAF decided my dad and family had to go to Australia for two and a half years in the mid-sixties too. Where were you ? We were at RAAF Edinburgh, near Adelaide, from Se...
Trouble is Dave as we get older we get more and more like our parents. I frighten myself sometimes. Also how much you have in common without speaking about it or knowing about it till too late. That is a very odd thing indeed..reaching an age when you suddenly realise that your folks may have actua...
It has some great footage of Malta too for all you that put time in there over the years. Thoroughly enjoyed that :thumbsup: I was in Valetta in 1960 when HMS Victorious arrived (if that was indeed the exact year)....but I was only 4 years old and I'm afraid I don't remember the occasion :lol: Anot...