tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post3807979252691574492..comments2024-03-08T21:26:51.950+08:00Comments on A geriatric grandmother: MORE OF MUM'S STORYMimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-25259373144711554452015-01-18T19:54:58.109+08:002015-01-18T19:54:58.109+08:00That 'flu epidemic was dreadful and so many of...That 'flu epidemic was dreadful and so many of the poorer people were wiped out by it.<br />I enjoyed my time as a day scholar at a convent and I think they teach children right from wrong (or they did then when the nuns were the teachers).<br />I loved the story about the 'free food' and the wafer. Had a real chuckle over it!Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-35342068772845770012015-01-18T19:53:02.724+08:002015-01-18T19:53:02.724+08:00Seems Oz is a good place for sickly people which i...Seems Oz is a good place for sickly people which is great.<br />I am so glad you are still enjoying mum's adventures and thank you for your kind comments.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-45088577169074991722015-01-18T19:52:10.935+08:002015-01-18T19:52:10.935+08:00More will soon be revealed Yam. xxxMore will soon be revealed Yam. xxxMimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-28281703564115448692015-01-18T19:51:52.763+08:002015-01-18T19:51:52.763+08:00I think even though they had been through rationin...I think even though they had been through rationing mum and her folks were reasonably healthy and intelligence will also help in cases like this epidemic. I am thankful they all survived.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-21439647749885538422015-01-18T19:50:57.878+08:002015-01-18T19:50:57.878+08:00Very extraordinary times I feel. It is good that...Very extraordinary times I feel. It is good that mum set this out in her book for future generations to read. I am valiantly trying to write my life history just for the family. It's a case of start, stop, start but hopefully I will finally get there. My life is so mundane compared with that of my mother's.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-60596929485675621072015-01-18T19:49:20.100+08:002015-01-18T19:49:20.100+08:00All will soon be revealed Buttons. Len turned out...All will soon be revealed Buttons. Len turned out to be a very respected businessman in Perth so perhaps that wee sojourn in the cell did the trick.<br />I think that crowd would have been quite claustrophobic. I remember when the war in the Pacific finished I was at school but not a lot of excitement. Perhaps an anti-climax as the war in Europe had finished months earlier.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-64719638079954339282015-01-16T17:49:52.177+08:002015-01-16T17:49:52.177+08:00I've heard stories about that flu epidemic, wh...I've heard stories about that flu epidemic, whole families were wiped out in Australia, and I imagine everywhere else too, mostly in the poorer communities where crowding was more prevalent. <br />It's so easy for young boys to be led astray, I'm glad Len was removed from Vic's influence. My own grandson went to CBC and also was not required to become Catholic, nor attend the Mass they held there, but he did attend along with his best friends and when asked why he said 'free food'! ha ha, he'd gone down the aisle for communion to get the wafer!Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-10255769077003151202015-01-16T04:48:02.194+08:002015-01-16T04:48:02.194+08:00My mother emigrated to Australia at least in part ...My mother emigrated to Australia at least in part because they had been told that my youngest brother wouldn't survive another English winter. He was a very sickly boy for a long time - but is tough as boots now.<br />I am loving your mama's story. Thank you Mimsie.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-16059907631302678612015-01-16T03:50:25.615+08:002015-01-16T03:50:25.615+08:00Hari OM
OHhhhhhaaaa.... Mimsie, you tease!!! YAM x...Hari OM<br />OHhhhhhaaaa.... Mimsie, you tease!!! YAM xxYamini MacLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18383916589808462620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-14272229840127143362015-01-16T02:37:59.674+08:002015-01-16T02:37:59.674+08:00The Spanish 'flu was horrendous. Surviving th...The Spanish 'flu was horrendous. Surviving this was miraculous. Until next time?Susan Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834094675218254410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-81593602465658832015-01-15T20:28:27.675+08:002015-01-15T20:28:27.675+08:00Frightening and exciting times to live through. H...Frightening and exciting times to live through. How wonderful you have this book that chronicles the journey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-69630911719007962572015-01-15T20:04:01.315+08:002015-01-15T20:04:01.315+08:00Oh I have to know what happened. Len's going t...Oh I have to know what happened. Len's going to the boarding school more than likely saved him from being in one of those cells permanently he was certainly heading down a bad path. I can only imagine being in the street in that crowd I would have been scared i think. Hug bButtons Thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029439906543077861noreply@blogger.com