weird days

[William Gardner]

thease stick in my mind the day kenderdy was shot could not stop watching it on tv princess dianes funerall weid day no traffic a feeling as never before like the whole country had slowed down the speech by her brother in that church i will never forget and elton john english rose a one of said he would never sing it again and never has funny how ceartain things stick in your mind

[John Callon]

Possibly the worst day in my life (family happenings excluded of course) was the death of Elvis Presley. When the news flash came on I was totally devastated. I had everything planned to go to Las Vegas to see one of his concerts. Many years later we were on holiday in Hawaii, we were stopping on the island of Kuai, and were in this store doing some shopping. The sales assistant asked us where we came from (we lived on the Isle of Man at that time) but found easier to say the U.K. The next thing she said was that how everybody in the States really felt for us guys after the death of Princess Diana, and it must really have hurt us. My reply was her death
never affected me as much as the loss of Elvis. This was followed by a profound silence.
Regards
John

[happy daze john in oz]

Yes there are many days that stick in the mind, the sudden death of John Lennon the horrific manner of his passing. The assasination of Lord Mountbatten, the bombing of the Brightom Hotel, not the sort of thisng we expect in UK. The day I first met the mother in law!

[j.sabourn]

This may be out of the sphere of the subject, but we all have memories of people dying at a distance. July 7th. 1988 about 0230 hrs. Doing a head count of bodies and survivors picked up from the Piper Alpha. Expecting from ships present at the incident some good news, when replying none. Something inside died and arithmetical figures running through head. Thinking during the previous 6 hours or so, was only covering one face of structure, and as had 30 odd on board assumed there would be more from other parts of platform. Knowing there were 229 souls on board and assuming it was impossible so few out of so many. Knowing that if they had immediately got into the water they would have stood a good chance of making it. Most of these people however were not seafarers and suppose in a lot of cases the water was prohibitive to many. When death shows it face it affects different people different ways. The only thing worse that I can imagine is family being lost and touch wood I will not be here to see such. Those that have lost wives and children I cant think of anything worse. Cheers John S

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#3 John you sound like you had the same mother in law as me... John S

[gray_marian]

I remember when Winston Churchill was buried in 1965. It was a dreich day my mother had pulled the blinds as a mark of respect, I had my nose pressed up against the window [aged 7] and was told to 'come away'....looking back thought it was pretty decent considering she has always voted labour

[Keith at Tregenna]

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill:

Not entering the debate, but add a link to some of what he was about:

LINK: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...e=gr&GRid=2194

K.

[Keith Tindell]

Like all of us Winston had some dark actions, i have read his life story, and one of his exploits frequently quoted is his escape from a Boer prison of war camp. What they dont often tell you is that the plan to climb out of the toilet window and over the wire was devised by two more prisoners, Winston asked to join the escape plan, but was told there was not enough time for three to go while the guard was on his round. Winston knew what day they planned to go, so he used their plan, and went the day before!!!, not nice. However in later years he proved to be a great leader, KT

[Ivan Cloherty]

#7 Thinking ahead Keith is how you become a leader, thank god he did, he had his faults, but when the chips were down, he proved his worth, he has a lot of detractors, mostly by those who were not alive at our hour of need, but he will always be great in my book, and his broadcasts received with awe and enthusiasm. He made us believe in ourselves when we needed to.

[Keith at Tregenna]

Oddly named him Winston: truly he should have been Arthur Churchill: The Once and Future King is an Arthurian fantasy novel written by T. H. White. It was first published in 1958 and is mostly a composite of earlier works written between 1938 and 1941. The central theme is an exploration of human nature regarding power and justice, as the boy Arthur becomes king and attempts to quell the prevalent "might makes right" attitude with his idea of chivalry. But in the end, even chivalry comes undone since its justice is maintained by force.

K.

The title comes from the inscription that, according to Le Morte d'Arthur, was said by "many men" to be written upon King Arthur's tomb: the internally rhymed hexameter Hic iacet Arthurus, rex quondam, rexque futurus – "Here lies Arthur, king once, and king to be".


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[cappy]

#7 Thinking ahead Keith is how you become a leader, thank god he did, he had his faults, but when the chips were down, he proved his worth, he has a lot of detractors, mostly by those who were not alive at our hour of need, but he will always be great in my book, and his broadcasts received with awe and enthusiasm. He made us believe in ourselves when we needed to.

######bang on there ivan