tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post8596751351026556169..comments2024-03-08T21:26:51.950+08:00Comments on A geriatric grandmother: MOTHER'S LIFE STORY (continued)Mimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-20072988787893650742015-01-02T15:30:16.805+08:002015-01-02T15:30:16.805+08:00I can well imagine the joy of hearing good music i...I can well imagine the joy of hearing good music in the middle of a war would cause dancing in the kitchen. There is little enough to be happy about during war times.<br />I'm laughing at the two bosses scoring off each other, nice to have friendly bosses. <br />I remember hearing about the Zeppelins, but a long time ago and haven't thought about them since. I've read about the docks being targeted by bombers too, this was done to interrupt the shipping, (an attempt to cripple the country of "the enemy")and the fact that the docks areas was where the poorer masses had their homes was irrelevant to the bombers. A very sad situation though, with so many packed into such a small area, loss of many lives was inevitable. <br />Another very interesting excerpt, thank you.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-11124539924669056452015-01-02T03:54:33.314+08:002015-01-02T03:54:33.314+08:00Oh dear. I am so glad that she could find somethi...Oh dear. I am so glad that she could find something to laugh about. Such a frightening time. For everyone.<br />We tend to forget (gloss over?) the impact of war on everyone whether they are directly involved or not. Children sleeping in the subways? Families divided for safety? Awful.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-26802275877271338852015-01-02T03:03:29.332+08:002015-01-02T03:03:29.332+08:00Hari Om
Mimsie, this is valuable in oh so many way...Hari Om<br />Mimsie, this is valuable in oh so many ways; this being the centenary year of the start of that war. I was always interested in air history and particularly from the perspective of the development of the RAF... oh this may interest you;<br />"The Pomeroy Bullet was an explosive machine gun bullet deployed specifically for use against the Zeppelin threat over Britain. The incendiary bullet, developed by New Zealand engineer John Pomeroy (1873-1950) in 1902, was quickly adopted by British defence services as a means of combating the growing German Zeppelin threat in the skies above Britain."<br />...which I got from <a href="http://www.firstworldwar.com/airwar/bombers_zeppelins.htm" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>...<br /><br />I adored the image of your 'grandmother' in the kitchen... &*> YAM xxYamini MacLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18383916589808462620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-19533124545337393152015-01-01T22:48:27.414+08:002015-01-01T22:48:27.414+08:00Don't our lives seem dull when compared with h...Don't our lives seem dull when compared with hers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com