jibaili

At about 8:10pm tonight my grandfather passed away..

In 1940 he was one of the 30,000 odd troups that were captured in the Allied Force's retreat at Dunkirk in World War II. After being captured he spent several months in a German prisoner of war camp.

While he was in the camp he received care packages from England that were sent from the Womens Corp. These packages were things like socks and hankies, also there was a note from the lady who had put together his particular package. Over a couple of months he continued to receive packages from the same lady and when he was released from the POW camp he returned to England and began to search for her.

After a short and succesful search he managed to find her, not long after they fell in love and got married.

And thats the story of how my grandparents met. 59 years of marriage, 3 children, 8 grand children and 2 great grand children came from a 2 or 3 line note scribbled on a scrap of paper, stuffed into a hand knitted pair of socks.

Shit like that doesnt happen anymore.

So anyways, I might be a little scattered this week and not around a lot but you now know why.

Anyways, talk to you lot later.

Jib