Darren L
Egalitarian
Some great stories folks, when I was little I used to love it when my grandparents told me stories from the childhood.
My paternal grandfather was born in 1910, he built a crystal radio set as a boy but when word got out he got fined as he didn't have a radio license. He did go on to become an electrical engineer and worked on the Lancaster bombers during WW2.
My maternal grandfather was born the son of a farmer and ploughed with an Ox as a boy.
My grandmother told me of how they went to school in their bare feet and when the local priest used to pass the playground he would through a handful of sweets over the wall then the children with shoes would try to stand on the toes of those without to get the sweets.
I got the impression there was quite alot of poverty during their childhood's and maybe alot they didn't want to tell, I really wish I had known them all longer and they had told me more, both my sets of grandparents were of warm and loving nature and I still miss them.
My paternal grandfather was born in 1910, he built a crystal radio set as a boy but when word got out he got fined as he didn't have a radio license. He did go on to become an electrical engineer and worked on the Lancaster bombers during WW2.
My maternal grandfather was born the son of a farmer and ploughed with an Ox as a boy.
My grandmother told me of how they went to school in their bare feet and when the local priest used to pass the playground he would through a handful of sweets over the wall then the children with shoes would try to stand on the toes of those without to get the sweets.
I got the impression there was quite alot of poverty during their childhood's and maybe alot they didn't want to tell, I really wish I had known them all longer and they had told me more, both my sets of grandparents were of warm and loving nature and I still miss them.