tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post7670951015546345168..comments2024-02-09T06:24:16.626+00:00Comments on upside down in cloud: austerity BritainDru Marlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-24045310924107008352009-05-23T05:40:48.532+01:002009-05-23T05:40:48.532+01:00It's possible he was stationed just across the roa...It's possible he was stationed just across the road, Jo; there was an AA battery on the Downs not far from here. My landlady recalls the house shaking when they fired. She also recalls an incendiary coming through the roof into our kitchen. It didn't go off, which is why we still have a kitchen.<br /><br />True enough, Chandira. I hadn't realised that the OMO story was well-known until Caroline suggested it. "Just popping down to the OMO for a quick one..." ..well, it may work. My grandparents lived sandwiched between the Leyland Motors factory in Leyland, and the imitation Leyland Motors factory to attract the bombers. Fortunately, they didn't get raided much.Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-16614978859591316232009-05-22T16:43:31.589+01:002009-05-22T16:43:31.589+01:00Interesting history! I know where that is. Never b...Interesting history! I know where that is. Never been in, but I can picture the place. <br /><br />Well, you can't call a Pub the OMO, can you? The Blue Flame is a better story. lol <br /><br />Yes, I went to school near Chew, and remember the fake Bristol, some evidence was still there. One of my dad's friends was a farmer on Dundry, and used to help out with that.Chandirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629463765622067086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-49050535779466106772009-05-21T06:59:09.429+01:002009-05-21T06:59:09.429+01:00Continuing the Bristol-related war stories, my Dad...Continuing the Bristol-related war stories, my Dad started his war in the Royal Artillery commanding an anti aircraft gun crew located in Bristol. Clearly they weren't putting all their store in the Starfish ruse (thankfully). <br /><br />(Later they moved him to London, and thence to North Africa and Italy...)Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17356965133404249244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-10526625245588898842009-05-20T08:20:58.792+01:002009-05-20T08:20:58.792+01:00Sadly unsurprised. It's my experience that of both...Sadly unsurprised. It's my experience that of both men and women, either those abroad or those left at home, there are some who will be unfaithful and some who will not. But *some* get away with it more easily...Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-13895338271355795352009-05-20T07:40:36.199+01:002009-05-20T07:40:36.199+01:00MIL told me that after the war when the husbands c...MIL told me that after the war when the husbands came home, there were quite a few murders 'crimes of passion'. The murderers were let off.Anjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562210585479814093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-13927633277882461442009-05-19T20:38:00.000+01:002009-05-19T20:38:00.000+01:00On its way, James
Crikey, Caroline, I just Google...On its way, James<br /><br />Crikey, Caroline, I just Googled that and found some very racy stuff indeed, including one where some Forces wives angrily proclaimed their own virtue. Which is no doubt very sincere, though totally at odds with the anecdotal evidence I've encountered, including one chap I used to work with who combined his work in RN family welfare liaison with a more direct form of comforting.<br /><br />Moving swiftly on (as indeed he had to do on occasion)...<br /><br />It sounds as though the husband was the only one not in on the secret, Anji. Not an unusual situation, I suppose.Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-28965522893485544532009-05-19T20:22:00.000+01:002009-05-19T20:22:00.000+01:00The butchers certainly enjoyed themselves in the w...The butchers certainly enjoyed themselves in the war.<br /><br />I grew up in a house on the top of the hill and my dad told me that the lady who lived there before we did used to leave the landing light on which could be seen for miles. Her lover knew from afar it was time to visit. I imagine they didn't get up to much in the summer months...<br /><br />My mum found a grave in the graveyard when we moved there in '56.(fascination with graveyards runs in our family) She wondered if it was a cousin, it turned out to be - and guess where he had lived? I wonder if he was the one with the wife who left the light on?Anjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562210585479814093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-65551669964617302742009-05-19T12:41:00.000+01:002009-05-19T12:41:00.000+01:00OMO = Old Man Out!OMO = Old Man Out!CarolineMathiesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13433365257865445083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-64687910459819991552009-05-19T10:59:00.000+01:002009-05-19T10:59:00.000+01:00lovely story... dru, i lost the bookmark with your...lovely story... dru, i lost the bookmark with your email address - can you send it to me (your email i mean) at jdrussell2@hotmail.com. ta. jamesJames Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03199461104138671799noreply@blogger.com