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To see the attitude of the men back then I recommend the Peter Jackson WW1 documentary movie, "They Shall Not Grow Old." Talk about the stiff upper lip, these soldiers are talking about some of the most horrendous of times and horrific conditions, rotting corpses, rats feeding on bodies, stepping on to decomposing bodies, and I shit you not, there's only one account where you can clearly hear the poor man break down. All the rest are very matter of fact, even humorous, talk about battle hardened.

The reason my old boy joined in 1936 was because it was that or jail ! lol Dock areas mate, they are all the same

Nice meals to enjoy once again

Moaning about the wife

Lads, can we get back to salukis and saluki hybrids, I REALLY don't want to read or talk about 'plastic hardmen.'

The only way that melt would win a proper fight is if he humpty dumpy'd them and fell on top of em!

I remember a lot of guys with shell shock and a lot of amputees. Grim.

Funnily enough I didn't ask his name, but I found out who he was, it was around 2016 and I knew there wasn't many of them left. I'm not sure if he was actually involved in combat on the beaches as he was a driver, but, no less of a hero, he knew full well before that that day could have been his last, it doesn't get any braver than that. https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/people/sheffield-ww2-hero-cyril-elliot-103-marks-birthday-with-town-hall-celebration-and-message-from-king-4179680

My old man was a prolific thief . I almost said successful. He was for the most part but disappeared for 18 months once and I put 2 and 2 together. Whilst he was away I never noticed any dropping of our standard of living. Food used to regularly arrive from the docks just as it did before. His mates looked after us and he must have had money hidden away. He was a genuine kleptomaniac. If he went into a cafe he would steal the salt, pepper and the lighbulbs,soap and shit paper from the toilet. Anything that was not tied down or locked up. Seriously. Hard times bred hard resourceful p

They had no choice but to come back and continue! They still suffered but like men they had to suffer in silence in them days. Kinell 25 years earlier men were shot for shell shock (PTSD). A generation "almost" broken and still found the strength to continue and rebuild. Built differently to todays wankers.

Cracking stuff mate, as Mushroom said, I’d love to hear his tale.

I’d rate Danny more than a pub fighter if I’m honest the man had been as game as you can come for years

Similar story, my old man went and stole things and bought a wardrobe full of hand made suit's and a nice motor here and there…..lol My wife’s grandad came home and carried on as a professional painter and decorator (had done the proper 5 year apprenticeship as you did in those days) and started a little decorators shop with his wife.

suffer you bitch

A bit more of a light hearted story. In 1945 my mam and dad were living in a tiny caravan. They were both enthusiastic catholics and my eldest brother soon arrived. Because of their dire housing conditions they were given a brand new prefab . It was actually where the rest of 9 brood were born. My mam and dad went to collect the keys and the snotty housing clerk handed over the keys with a sarcastic " dont be keeping coal in the bath". My old man was not chuffed and had to be dragged out shouting " I'm keeping water in the bath to drown you when you come round to collect the rent y

Gentlemen let's keep this a good thread in honour of those who fought and fell. Seagull that is a great picture and it's up to you to keep that man's story alive. Please if you would, share it here so we can all honour him and his mates

Got the guest suite ready at the woodland. The kids are coming to stay tomorrow .

20k? Gi or?

Aye , took the same off again tonight , dunno why they stalled .

One of the best 30 mins of my life bumping in to this chap on his travels to France in memory of the Normandy Landings. It just shows the metal of these men who went through two World Wars and managed to live normal lives and carry on afterwards.

No mate, it wasn’t….and it only got worse.

Well it wasn't a land fit for heroes was it? When they treat war heroes like that.

Some things never change so they mate

I absolutely understand and respect that.

Where I grew up in Salford in the fifties the whole landscape was flattened by German bombs. Many of the houses were damaged by bombs but people still lived in them. My granny lived in a house with a hole in the roof caused by a bomb. The whole of the upstairs of the hovel was wet through with rain and full of pigeon shit. The stairs were out of bounds to me as they were completely rotten. My grandad got no war pension and they still had to pay rent.