tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post4402968820360428030..comments2023-07-18T07:27:08.516+00:00Comments on Siren Voices: the fantastic fusiliersSpence Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-44585439383454430662008-05-21T13:38:00.000+00:002008-05-21T13:38:00.000+00:00I haven't seen those, but I do have sexy beast on ...I haven't seen those, but I do have sexy beast on video at home. I think I bought it from Oxfam and haven't got round to watching it.<BR/>I think I shall try and do so this weekend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-7275028331730573712008-05-15T08:53:00.000+00:002008-05-15T08:53:00.000+00:00Thanks, TP!Funnily enough I was thinking about a f...Thanks, TP!<BR/>Funnily enough I was thinking about a film by Pinter just the other day (all in the context of good films that Ben Kingsley's been in). Betrayal - have you seen it? Excellent. <BR/>Another good one he did was Sexy Beast! <BR/>:)Spence Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-18050018645382986552008-05-14T09:52:00.000+00:002008-05-14T09:52:00.000+00:00Jeez Spence, this post is like Pinter.You're brill...Jeez Spence, this post is like Pinter.<BR/>You're brilliant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-81419606239080801042008-05-12T22:18:00.000+00:002008-05-12T22:18:00.000+00:00I'm a little late with my comment, but I love to t...I'm a little late with my comment, but I love to talk to the seniors. One of our volunteers flew 20 missions over the Himalayas to China. Just an average guy. My uncle was a flier and prisoner of war in Germany. Another uncle was in a boiler explosion in the Navy. Sixty years on they have to be prodded to talk about it but the stories are fasinatingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-61323226631412816542008-05-11T14:00:00.000+00:002008-05-11T14:00:00.000+00:00So true Cogidubnus, people often forget (myself in...So true Cogidubnus, people often forget (myself included) that they were once were in their teens. Where I used to live there are lots of former WW2 airbases and a lot of the "old boys" moved back up there to retire and be near their mates. Some fascinating stories to tell. The Dambusters flew from around there and I've spoken to a few of those who worked on the missions. They're so proud of their mates and what they did, even if they didn't actually fly as everyone was part of the team who got 'the birds' off the ground.<BR/><BR/>Liv xxxloveinviennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08061067320547283159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-6862372249530554472008-05-11T02:39:00.000+00:002008-05-11T02:39:00.000+00:00Funny isn't it...you look at some aged wrinkly and...Funny isn't it...you look at some aged wrinkly and rarely see below the surface...old fart you think...and then something happens, you find out a little more, and a history emerges...sometimes a mundane thing, (but still a fascinating reminder that they once knew youth too), sometimes something special, occasionally incredible.<BR/><BR/>We befriended an incredibly proud and independent old dear across the road from us, and although we knew she was nursing a bedbound husband, it was only after some years that we were admitted to her confidence, and met him...<BR/><BR/>He was a lovely old chap, and after we'd been dropping by (only occasionally you understand, because they were a VERY independent couple) for a couple of years, we discovered he'd been in the RAF and was in fact one of Churchill's "few"...and she'd been a WAAF on one of the Battle of Britain stations he'd served at.<BR/><BR/>They'd walked out for a couple of years, but had only just been married when he'd been seriously wounded in 1942, and although he hadn't originally been bedbound, he'd been almost totally housebound ever since...they were totally devoted to each other...she'd uncomplainingly nursed him for well over fifty years<BR/><BR/>Sadly he died in 2000 and she lingered on for just a couple of years after...depleted and reduced, but still fiercely independent...<BR/><BR/>Just a couple of white-haired old wrinklies...but what tales to tell...cogidubnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542717738481600745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-77835371801924434782008-05-10T15:36:00.000+00:002008-05-10T15:36:00.000+00:00Talking with older people is fun, they have some g...Talking with older people is fun, they have some great stories to tell. Interesting what he said about the Russians - they had evidently already been informed that the 'West' was the fountain of all evil, "capitalist scum" and all that.<BR/><BR/>Shame about his poor wife though. Hope she gets the help she needs, it can't be easy for either of them. Sixty years though :o) That's a special kind of love.<BR/><BR/>Liv xxxloveinviennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08061067320547283159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-29763127787789482512008-05-10T13:16:00.000+00:002008-05-10T13:16:00.000+00:00Hi TsitsiIt was an interesting call. His wife was ...Hi Tsitsi<BR/>It was an interesting call. His wife was in a bit of a state, but she calmed down and the crisis passed. <BR/>I was going to call the post 'Berlin' because I was struck by his description of the city, its isolation and struggle, and the self-imposed isolation of his wife. It all seemed to tie in somehow. I called it 'fantastic fusiliers' in the end, because despite all he'd been through he'd remained quite chipper.<BR/><BR/>It's true, I'm just a sucker for those wide-ranging monologues. It's like eating fruit cake! (?)<BR/>:) SSpence Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-24214189779826115052008-05-10T12:21:00.000+00:002008-05-10T12:21:00.000+00:00Old people have the best stories. I love old peopl...Old people have the best stories. I love old people! And I have a sneaking suspicion you enjoy these types of calls too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com