tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post1944565047280414184..comments2024-03-29T12:55:00.733+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: 1944Yorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-78207271401224971272021-02-09T16:41:57.449+00:002021-02-09T16:41:57.449+00:00Thank you for your kind words for me YP.
Enjoy t...Thank you for your kind words for me YP. <br /><br />Enjoy the journey with your fathers story, from the passages you shared here - he enjoyed spinning the tale.Ellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494264576774267597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-50405314085781435672021-02-09T11:43:48.897+00:002021-02-09T11:43:48.897+00:00How marvellous that your father's railway mate...How marvellous that your father's railway material did not end up on a bonfire or in a skip. You and your brother did the right thing. Your father would surely have been pleased with you. Thanks for calling by once again DT.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-65841237032005778782021-02-09T11:40:16.127+00:002021-02-09T11:40:16.127+00:00Sounds hard to me given the brownness of a lot of ...Sounds hard to me given the brownness of a lot of the paper and the paleness of some of the typing.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-66534005839173542982021-02-09T11:38:53.407+00:002021-02-09T11:38:53.407+00:00What a lovely comment Elle. Thank you and may I sa...What a lovely comment Elle. Thank you and may I say that I am sorry for your loss even though your father left the land of the living in 1963? To lose a parent at thirteen is a heavy load to bear. By the way, I have already typed out two of the fifty pages. Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-48202516528359785362021-02-09T11:35:07.516+00:002021-02-09T11:35:07.516+00:00As a meteorologist my father also spent time in Ce...As a meteorologist my father also spent time in Ceylon CG & Elle. Perhaps my father bumped into your father in Kandy CG. They could have had a couple of beers together or walked by the lake which I also walked around in 2013.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-55629632641992568042021-02-09T11:17:56.962+00:002021-02-09T11:17:56.962+00:00A lovely account of your father.. thankyou for sha...A lovely account of your father.. thankyou for sharing. For some reason I love to hear of Ceylon... sounds so exotic - more so than Sri Lanka to me.<br />Ellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494264576774267597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-24867538173867006722021-02-09T11:15:09.227+00:002021-02-09T11:15:09.227+00:00A bit late to the table... but definitely I would ...A bit late to the table... but definitely I would encourage you to read and the with your transcription done, see what you want to do with your fathers account from there. <br /><br />Like you I felt a particular bond with my Dad who died when I was just 13yrs and that was in 1963 and yet he is often in my thoughts along with my Mum - and even though Mum and I never really gelled I miss her independent and somewhat fiesty personality very much in my day to day life.<br /><br />I was only thinking today how transient text messages and emails are! There will be little written word in the form of letters or cards for our grandchildren to ponder on and unless there are written journals - how will they know what our lives were like in the 21st century? I have letters written to my father from my grandmother and after her death my grandfather during the 2nd World War.. my Dad kept everyone - so they obviously meant a great deal and although many speak of people I do not know, the fabric of their life and the way they lived is woven through those letters... lovely reminisces and very special to me. Give that grandbabe a tickle under her chin for me. Hugs Elle xx<br />Ellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494264576774267597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-25228295623546282122021-02-06T17:06:35.502+00:002021-02-06T17:06:35.502+00:00You've had some very interesting and positive ...You've had some very interesting and positive suggestions YP, and I'll add mine - that you should definitely try to transcribe the manuscript and then publish it, or at least have it bound into a book. A lovely legacy for Phoebe, who will never know of her great-grandfather unless you leave her something tangible - and what better than a book?<br />Incidentally my father was in the RAF too, and in the same area, or Theatre of War I think they referred to it. Mainly based in Sri Lanka (Ceylon then, of course), with the occasional foray across into India. He had something to do with Radar, though he never gave away any information. He'd signed the Official Secrets Act when he studied at Cranwell College, at the beginning of the war, when Radar was in it's infancy. I still have some letters he wrote to my mother, mentioning the fantastic things that they were doing, and what brilliant minds he was working with. I still have some photos too, taken when he was at their base camp in the jungle.Coppa's girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459503600694841117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-17563371856380517762021-02-06T12:09:01.285+00:002021-02-06T12:09:01.285+00:00Sounds like it might be worth while to give it a g...Sounds like it might be worth while to give it a go, especially if you have future generations to leave it behind to. I have too many old photos without notes of who is who, and also various notes after my paternal grandfather who was a journalist with focus on local history. But they are scattered notes of this or that, and not clear to if/how related to family or not. (The typed notes are probably quotes that grandpa in turn copied from other sources; unclear for what purpose.) I've done a little bit of digging into family history, but neither my brother nor I have children (and dad was an only child), so my motivation is a bit wobbly. (After me, who'll be interested?) - After my grandfather died (at age 65) my parents did complete and published a limited edition of a book that he had been working on more systematically though, about small homesteads/crofts in the parish where he lived (a photo of each + short texts about who lived there and when). And that has been much appreciated by the local history society. My dad in turn was interested in railway history and wrote or participated in writing four books about old railways, which were published while he lived. After his death, my brother and I donated all of his railway-related papers and photos and unsold books and whatever (a big room full) to the national railway museum. Much to our relief, three guys from there came down with a big truck and took it all away... I have only kept one copy of each of the printed books, and haven't even read those properly (too full of technical details for me). But it's good to know the main part of their work has been saved for whoever might be interested in the future. DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-52585949615609756162021-02-06T10:02:33.806+00:002021-02-06T10:02:33.806+00:00Get yourself a C-pen scanner with built in OCR cap...Get yourself a C-pen scanner with built in OCR capability. You will still need to join words split between 2 lines and tidy up the occasional misreading, but it will ssve you masses of typing time.CGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06042550309690689027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-85198138739250657262021-02-06T09:52:09.435+00:002021-02-06T09:52:09.435+00:00That does sound like a good read Frances. I can se...That does sound like a good read Frances. I can see some of my precision in my father's writing too. I guess it is in the blood. My daughter has it too.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-14576981379649034462021-02-06T09:50:30.102+00:002021-02-06T09:50:30.102+00:00The last time I paid anyone to type anything for m...The last time I paid anyone to type anything for me - my university dissertation - she made a right mess of it. It was so disheartening.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-29302129868940392902021-02-06T09:40:00.298+00:002021-02-06T09:40:00.298+00:00There are plenty of agencies that would type it ou...There are plenty of agencies that would type it out for a relatively small fee.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-78622778524233820492021-02-06T09:08:18.831+00:002021-02-06T09:08:18.831+00:00Thanks for your kind encouragement Joanne.Thanks for your kind encouragement Joanne.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-12542463910568166912021-02-06T09:05:40.278+00:002021-02-06T09:05:40.278+00:00The love of nostalgia in action!The love of nostalgia in action!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-33211040241143106522021-02-06T09:05:01.734+00:002021-02-06T09:05:01.734+00:00Just the fact that I am 67 years old and should be...Just the fact that I am 67 years old and should be all grown up by now.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-52045968997211637652021-02-06T08:37:39.795+00:002021-02-06T08:37:39.795+00:00I think that your Father's journal would be a ...I think that your Father's journal would be a very interesting read...I can see where you get you writing skills from!<br />A few years ago I read a novel called " The Kashmir Shawl" by Rosie Thomas. It is the story of a young woman who finds a finely made shawl amongst her grandmother's effects and goes to Kashmir in search of its origins. A fascinating read.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576715462615744934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-48741638879526641492021-02-06T08:30:38.002+00:002021-02-06T08:30:38.002+00:00That is so very interesting. People wrote in so mu...That is so very interesting. People wrote in so much more detail in those days when they were recording events. I hope you do decide to type them all out it would be a marvellous lasting tribute to you father. The Love Of Nostalgiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16070391861450946548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-77339755984402659352021-02-06T03:00:10.807+00:002021-02-06T03:00:10.807+00:00What's pathetic about missing your dad?What's pathetic about missing your dad?kyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17733888108530605722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-4175331295399445962021-02-06T01:00:50.010+00:002021-02-06T01:00:50.010+00:00You should transcribe it. Then you would have read...You should transcribe it. Then you would have read and preserved it.<br />In the years I worked for my township, I undertook to scan and upload all the town minutes to the website. The township was founded in 1805, so a lot of minutes. I had only a clunky old scanner, so as a page scanned, I read another, to pass the time. Fascinating stuff. You dad's account of the Himalayas will be equally cool.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-48130750068075245132021-02-06T00:31:53.711+00:002021-02-06T00:31:53.711+00:00I think that if I tackle it with my reading lamp a...I think that if I tackle it with my reading lamp and a ruler I will be okay Mary. Thank you.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-60025360150714412192021-02-06T00:30:40.385+00:002021-02-06T00:30:40.385+00:00Hell - you are a hard taskmistress Debby!Hell - you are a hard taskmistress Debby!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-28150080055281070072021-02-06T00:29:38.091+00:002021-02-06T00:29:38.091+00:00Hiking and writing it seems!
Thanks for your prac...Hiking and writing it seems!<br /><br />Thanks for your practical advice Lily.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-58532482912556597662021-02-06T00:28:31.469+00:002021-02-06T00:28:31.469+00:00Thank you John.
I could add a chapter of my own i...Thank you John.<br /><br />I could add a chapter of my own in which the two young men had an encounter with an Abominable Snowman!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-86836001017761843072021-02-06T00:26:57.066+00:002021-02-06T00:26:57.066+00:00Is it too late to say - sorry for your loss Mary?
...Is it too late to say - sorry for your loss Mary?<br /><br />You seem to know what to do with typing manuscripts out. How much do you charge?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.com