jukel123 9,422 Posted Friday at 19:28 Author Report Share Posted Friday at 19:28 6 minutes ago, mushroom said: 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. I remember a lot of guys with shell shock and a lot of amputees. Grim. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 50,049 Posted Friday at 19:41 Report Share Posted Friday at 19:41 13 minutes ago, jukel123 said: 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 people. He was a docker, a reserved occupation but he did his bit as well. Lots of sleepless nights warning of Luftwaffe attack and putting out fires. And then unloading ships during the day. . The reason my old boy joined in 1936 was because it was that or jail ! lol Dock areas mate, they are all the same 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Seagull 700 Posted Friday at 19:45 Report Share Posted Friday at 19:45 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. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 14,081 Posted Friday at 21:52 Report Share Posted Friday at 21:52 2 hours ago, WILF said: The reason my old boy joined in 1936 was because it was that or jail ! lol Dock areas mate, they are all the same Cheeky peaky blinder run him rascal eh! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 50,049 Posted Friday at 22:24 Report Share Posted Friday at 22:24 31 minutes ago, mushroom said: Cheeky peaky blinder run him rascal eh! Yeah, most people learn their lesson not make a lifetime career out of it ! lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eastcoast 4,530 Posted Saturday at 17:28 Report Share Posted Saturday at 17:28 I will be 60 in December this year and had no real idea about our war with Japan until meeting a chap who fought them. Got nothing at school. We were not taught about our recent history at school. I have written about this before. Was given a swift lesson on the reality of it when making a comment on Japanese historical codes of honour and that to surrender is dis-honourable and justified why they treat POW in the way that they did. Luckily I knew the man through our mutual appreciation of Jack Russells. Even though he was into his 70's at the time, he probably would have knocked me out if we were not already friends. It was not something that he had spoken about before, but once he started talking, I listened. This was years ago. Long story short, he got out of Sinapore when it fell. Hooked up with another regiment. Got taken prisoner, escaped, got back to England, got fit again, went out to fight again. And he spoke with pride about how many he killed. The war ended, and he returned to normal life. That's how they did things back then. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tatsblisters 10,955 Posted Monday at 10:26 Report Share Posted Monday at 10:26 Think as a nipper growing up in the 60s WW2 always seemed about the Germans not knowing how the POW british suffered at the hands of the japs . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THE STIFFMEISTER 17,058 Posted Monday at 14:12 Report Share Posted Monday at 14:12 On 15/08/2025 at 19:09, Halfhound said: There a great line in a film it’s says ‘years ago we had the church but that’s just another way of saying we had each other’. I’ve met some great priests and have had nuns in my family on both of my parents sides and by god I met some nasty ones as well. Anyone who was involved in the mother and baby home stuff I’m sure there’s a special place in hell reserved for them well I’d hope there is anyway. I don’t want to sound like I’m defending any of that stuff because I never would. I’m just saying there was a time the church did do some good in the community and it created a far better culture in it than what we have now the place is gone to hell The opening line in the departed 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Halfhound 164 Posted Monday at 15:56 Report Share Posted Monday at 15:56 1 hour ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said: The opening line in the departed Yeah that’s it bud great film great character Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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