Lest we forget.....
The Clock Tower Memorial with 35,000 Poppies attached to netting and provide a wonderful display at this popular east coast seaside resort.
I travel further now for lots of holidays but skegness holds so many happy memories and i'm so happy to be able to enjoy having our static van here because those memories are so precious. Disappointingly my dad only made 2 fleeting visits during all the years our mum bought us here. I am so proud of her too as she was a lorry driver during the war but never driving since then. My dad obviously didn't lose his life during the war but sustained shrapnel wounds (shiny red bumps ) on his forehead which remained for the rest of his relatively short life, dying aged just 49 yrs. He was in Burma in the ' forgotten ' army and said he had done enough travelling to last the rest of his life....
Jonathan's dad was in the medical corps and was there at the releasing of prisoners at Belsen but ever afterwards never ever spoke one word of what he witnessed.....
We will remember them and ALL of those who fought for our freedom....We are returning to Winthorpe " a couple of miles south of here this afternoon and depends on the weather as to how long but the site closes for the winter a week tomorrow...Sue :)
Wishing everyone as lovely weekend as possible as I know some circumstances can make things difficult..You are all in my thoughts xxx
Lest we forget.....
The Clock Tower Memorial with 35,000 Poppies attached to netting and provide a wonderful display at this popular east coast seaside resort.
I travel further now for lots of holidays but skegness holds so many happy memories and i'm so happy to be able to enjoy having our static van here because those memories are so precious. Disappointingly my dad only made 2 fleeting visits during all the years our mum bought us here. I am so proud of her too as she was a lorry driver during the war but never driving since then. My dad obviously didn't lose his life during the war but sustained shrapnel wounds (shiny red bumps ) on his forehead which remained for the rest of his relatively short life, dying aged just 49 yrs. He was in Burma in the ' forgotten ' army and said he had done enough travelling to last the rest of his life....
Jonathan's dad was in the medical corps and was there at the releasing of prisoners at Belsen but ever afterwards never ever spoke one word of what he witnessed.....
We will remember them and ALL of those who fought for our freedom....We are returning to Winthorpe " a couple of miles south of here this afternoon and depends on the weather as to how long but the site closes for the winter a week tomorrow...Sue :)
Wishing everyone as lovely weekend as possible as I know some circumstances can make things difficult..You are all in my thoughts xxx