tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post8729657431478586369..comments2023-11-03T09:36:19.479+00:00Comments on THE GHOST OF ELECTRICITY: In Memoriam December 10th 1941davyhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-64510235998707607352014-07-28T17:21:45.079+01:002014-07-28T17:21:45.079+01:00The only trouble with this item is the Prince of W...The only trouble with this item is the Prince of Wales was a sister ship to the King George the 5th and the Repulse was the sister ship to the Renown . Otherwise family history very well toldAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02443506243429209515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-3612634615523488522012-12-12T15:24:39.435+00:002012-12-12T15:24:39.435+00:00Submariners - altogether a breed apartSubmariners - altogether a breed apartdavyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-82008894671689828362012-12-12T14:55:40.473+00:002012-12-12T14:55:40.473+00:00My grandad served on a submarine in WWII, somethin...My grandad served on a submarine in WWII, something he never talked about (I never asked either to be honest) but at his funeral some old members of his crew turned up and stood in the aisles to attention throughout, medals on their chests, in salute to him. I was very touched.londonleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431179744928331353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-9296655466930038792012-12-11T22:56:30.537+00:002012-12-11T22:56:30.537+00:00We do George, we sure do.We do George, we sure do.davyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-51578486253973424952012-12-11T17:49:57.491+00:002012-12-11T17:49:57.491+00:00Great post. We do have a cushy life...Great post. We do have a cushy life...Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12140350486850944468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-22752557112349678912012-12-11T14:26:29.354+00:002012-12-11T14:26:29.354+00:00Incredible - you really can't help but marvel ...Incredible - you really can't help but marvel at what that generation went through - my mum's tales of London during the blitz, doodlebugs and evacuation were eye-widening.<br /><br />Here's to your dad, the survivors and the lostMondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199468951602465556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-49386138797765845882012-12-11T12:45:55.374+00:002012-12-11T12:45:55.374+00:00gulp... thanks for this dear. and i can only echo...gulp... thanks for this dear. and i can only echo the words above really. <br />xally.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00785337830247364400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-1939777020846129652012-12-10T23:12:35.725+00:002012-12-10T23:12:35.725+00:00Great post, and more love to your Ps. Great post, and more love to your Ps. Darcyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16374469353415719429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-66061000067710866412012-12-10T21:29:11.409+00:002012-12-10T21:29:11.409+00:00Simply wonderful post, Dear Boy.
Love to your A...Simply wonderful post, Dear Boy. <br /><br />Love to your Aged Ps.<br /><br />xCamp Freddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06044827320622295436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-39645947798248230582012-12-10T18:01:24.279+00:002012-12-10T18:01:24.279+00:00Eldest daughter is off to Ypres on Friday, on that...Eldest daughter is off to Ypres on Friday, on that note...<br /><br />When I was a kid of ten or eleven one of the co-authors of this <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Sinking-Prince-Wales-Repulse/dp/1844150755/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1355162303&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">book</a> about the sinking of the Prince Of Wales and Repulse came to our house to interview Dad for it. Father didn't warm to him, especially when he told us that he'd 'missed out on the war' (like that was a bad thing) because he'd been too young. <br /><br />I told him that well, I'd missed out on The Beatles, which I remember made Dad laugh a great dealdavyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-2651211108863042782012-12-10T17:44:59.565+00:002012-12-10T17:44:59.565+00:00Thanks SA - am really glad to hear it. Thanks SA - am really glad to hear it. dickvandykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13590436106154960912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-33882299410755218392012-12-10T16:51:36.281+00:002012-12-10T16:51:36.281+00:00We do Dickie, we do.
Great post Mr H. We do Dickie, we do.<br /><br />Great post Mr H. Swiss Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13119322217065850020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-60471587797727601972012-12-10T16:06:58.443+00:002012-12-10T16:06:58.443+00:00A salutory and vivid tale; lest we forget. (And th...A salutory and vivid tale; lest we forget. (And the most incredible photograph you've found there davy). <br />You are a fine fellow for tipping your hat to your dad with such a heartfelt touching memory. Thank you.<br /><br />I've had many a beer discussion with Navy and Army guys re the importance of air power. Course it's a 'no-brainer' now, but we should remember that back in the late 30s/early 40s, military leaders did not altogether subscribe to non-traditional / revolutionary notions such as the dominance of long-range and strategic bombing from the skies. <br />This bloke wrote a powerful book at that time .. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Through_Air_Power <br />- with a forward-thinking Walt Disney subsequently funding and producing a film to support it. Given your dad's observation, it's perhaps worth reading more on it all. <br /><br />And drew is so right with his point about the post-war veterans 'just getting on with it'. Clearly far from a new phenomenon, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and associated Syndromes had yet to be named. As a word, 'Shell-shock' hardly did it justice. The wives and kids should never be forgotten either as a war raged and they 'kept calm and carried on'. Unlike today, perhaps it was a good thing that information was in short supply? Perhaps schools should have less on Tudor kings and more regular reminders covering anniversaries of the pain and sacrifice of our more recent forefathers? <br />dickvandykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13590436106154960912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-40668741747648664552012-12-10T12:48:40.095+00:002012-12-10T12:48:40.095+00:00It is important that these things are remembered n...It is important that these things are remembered not in a jingoistic way but just the sheer waste of life and potential. I'm going to sound like an old git now but I'm not sure that the generation younger than ourselves grasps the sheer enormity of what that people went through during the two world wars whether in conflict or at home.<br /><br />What always amazes me is the way they just came home and got on with things, like my grandfather who survived the trenches from the winter of 1914 'til 1918 and just came home and picked up life where he had left off. Well that's always the impression that he conveyed. But he must have been damaged in someway with the horror he would have to have seen.drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12469084438125548989noreply@blogger.com