Blizzard conditions in the Chilterns again, everything covered - so that's tomorrow's plans for the allotment up the creek. Oh well, will have to finish painting the woodwork in the hall - there's always a job waiting for my attention. What happened to the dreams of a life of leisure when retirement arrived........still, being busy keeps me out of mischief!
Jeannie your mum if she saw rain must have been at a base the top end of the Canal near the Med, we never saw one drop, never thought I would miss rain but you do. Never saw Naafi girls either except on the very big bases and I never saw much of them, think big prisons, some people went on from the boat and never left until time to go home.
Frank
I know she moved about a bit & was near Cairo for quite a while. She was in an RAF camp at one point, it was called something like Helouin, but always referred to as "Hell 1." I have lots of photos, but although labelled mean nothing to me. My father was in the Rifle Brigade & said he knew every grain of sand on the North African coast as they advanced & retreated before El Alamain .
Jeannie I think it would be "Helwan" near the massive army base of "Tel el Kabir", you could not throw your cap in the air without it landing on an Army or RAF base.
Stockton dry sunny patchy cloud and cold. My cold is still hanging on a touch of kidney infection not helping but work to do including three sets of bed clothes after heavy night sweats, oh well sweat it out as they say.
Highland Jeannie and Palaisglide (as in ballroom dancing?), my birth mother was an RAF Nursing Sister in Palestine and Aden and apparently after a while because it was so hot had to have leave every now and then. Am I right about this?
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Snowing here in Surrey
Woke up to a covering of snow - about 1 in - slowly the roads and paths have cleared but there is still snow on grass and roofs- all be it slushy
The day is dull and murky like the previous 2 days. Not a glimpse, hint, of sun
Beautiful bright sunshine, having a quick cuppa before going outside
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Snowing here in Surrey! About 2" so far but we are on a hill.
I know she moved about a bit & was near Cairo for quite a while. She was in an RAF camp at one point, it was called something like Helouin, but always referred to as "Hell 1." I have lots of photos, but although labelled mean nothing to me.
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My father was in the Rifle Brigade & said he knew every grain of sand on the North African coast as they advanced & retreated before El Alamain
Jeannie I think it would be "Helwan" near the massive army base of "Tel el Kabir", you could not throw your cap in the air without it landing on an Army or RAF base.
Stockton dry sunny patchy cloud and cold.
My cold is still hanging on a touch of kidney infection not helping but work to do including three sets of bed clothes after heavy night sweats, oh well sweat it out as they say.
Frank.
Highland Jeannie and Palaisglide (as in ballroom dancing?), my birth mother was an RAF Nursing Sister in Palestine and Aden and apparently after a while because it was so hot had to have leave every now and then. Am I right about this?
Sasha