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Thank you Cappy. I had one of those old wire recorders for a while and the a big box type tape recorder and would record messages from our London and Bradford families, play them on trips to Oz and respond back to ' The old Country'. Not like now, by golly.
Had some time off, mate. Been up and down on the hoist for a bit more than change of oil and a grease job.
All the best, me old cobber.
Richard
##richard i think our generation and particularly the older ones have been in a daily change of almost frightening speed in the changes that have happened in our daily lives .....from no telephone in the street ....no television in the street central heating unheard of men on the moon ....and knowing how long an old tramp took to oz .....you can now get there in a day ....it becomes almost unreal ......some good changes some bad changes but still a world in which with a bit of luck and a mountain of hard work we can make a good life for ourselves ........problem being a young generation seem to expect it as a right ....some will laugh at my statement ....all youth should be made to do a service for the country not armed forces ......but to learn the cameraderie that we learned as boys going to sea .....what a change it made .....to learn respect .....to accept orders ......and to stand by your buddy......but everything changes.....any way i could prattle on all day ....but glad to see yiu back on site regards cappy
According to those who claim to know theses things, there has been more advancement of man since 1945 than at any time in his history.
When you look at what has been achieved since the, both good and bad, I think they are correct in the assumption.
From the white handkerchief sized five pound note to tap and go technology!!
One of the things that concerns me is that the following generations who seem to have a disregard for remembrance need to learn the lesson that the armistice at the end of World War 1 and the reparations demanded by the French cause the depression in Germany which allowed the national socialist party to come to the forefront which of course was The Catalyst the start of World War II and then if you read the social history of WWI and to some extent the following immediate flu epidemic this was a great influence in changing the world order amongst the working man giving rise to improved representation in Parliament unionisation and in places like Russia as well as many other places the rise of socialism and communism as the under classes grew stronger so we need to remember the armistice because a lot of it gave us the turning points that led to the world that we live in today politically socially and economically