General Chat

I now have some of the photos on the computer but don't know how to send them.

OH was sitting beside him and has a bit of a sequence.

There is the" I hope she gets this bloody speech over with so that I can get my dinner" one and the "What was that she said?" Then we have him crying as she gives it to him and the next one when he drowns his sorrows in the toast. Then he is showing it off and the last one is the German guy with him.

Orders please for when I find out how to send them.

Was a bit mortified to hear that one or two people at the lunch had wondered if he understood what was happening.

He can't articulate well, due to the stroke, but he still has it all upstairs.
and he stays on top of things.

I hope the woman who told me now has the chance to make this known. Probably people have avoided coming to speak to him because they thought he wouldn't understand them.

He is not going out wearing his medals.

He already behaves like Idi Amin. I don't want him thinking he is King of Scotland.

:-D :-D.

hope he wears the medal often,what a lovely time you gave him.......even with cream down his chin I bet he was chuffed to bits. :-)

Sounds wonderful Sharron and well done to you for making it all possible <3

No, I always go to the village lunch.

It was all arranged in a couple of days. The woman who books in the diners and the woman who was doing the presentation.

A couple of people were told to bring their cameras because something was happening.

We always have two long table in the hall so there was another table put across the top behind where he sits. We took the bottles of cava and his bluenose in the car, along with a couple of photographs of him in the navy and his other medals which we displayed on the table.

It was a lovely, cosy, villagey event with about thirty people present.

I believe he is available for pantomime this year.

Well done Sharron for organising it for Fred. Quite a feat getting everyone to co-operate and to be there. Didn't he wonder why you were there?

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Sharron, you really are a gem. You sound so hard hearted, but we know that you really love the old man. And I am sure he loves you too.

Hope you got a pic of him on his bed with the medals Sharron lol

So glad all your plans worked out and for him to shed a little tear, well shows how pleased he was even if he tries to make out he's a tough old boy! All the best to him and to you, for all the care you give him and the incentive to fight on, he hasn't lost that spirit he had during the war.

I keep meaning to apply for my Dad's War Record, I only know snippets and it's too late to ask him now.

Lizx

What a very special day.Thank you for sharing it with us.
I'm so pleased for you all that it went so well and was enjoyed by everyone..

What a lovely description of him on his bed !

Gwyn

Thanks for sharing Fred's big day Sharron :-)

Lovely to read about Fred and his wonderful day. Bless him, a proper hero. Keep shining those medals!
Lynda x <3

What a fabulous day for you and Fred!

I love the image you have painted of him lying on his bed with the medals on!!

I am so glad that it all went so well xxxx

I forgot to say that the German had been a soldier in the Second World War which made their photograph particularly poignant for me.

Glad it all went so well :-D :-D :-D :-D

Oh Sharron that is absolutely fabulous!! :-D

It bought a lump to my throat and a tear to my eye!!

Well done Fred!! <3 <3 <3

Thank you for sharing.

brilliant and so well deserved for a true British hero - I love your description of him lying there with his medals on - thanks for telling us <3 <3 <3 <3

There will be a picture and the speech the councillor made in the parish magazine next month.

This really is a brilliant village to live in.

Bless him Sharron he sounds a real character. <3

Thanks for sharing Sharron, what a great day for you both.

Emma :-)

I had bought some cava for the toast. That was brought round in plastic glasses just before the presentation and he already had his nose well in to his glass! I had to stop him drinking and tell him there was going to be a toast.

Silly old sod still didn't twig!