General Chat

5 years ago this month we went into the first Covid lockdown.

It is hard to believe it was 5 years ago :-0. All those things we had to do and follow seems like a weird dream :-0

Yes it was weird at the time and seems unbelievable that we just obeyed orders at the time. Through fear perhaps? I hope I never have to go through that again.
It is, of course, all tied up in my memory with a personal horrible time.

I remember it too well. Just managed to get BIL buried And OH’s minor op done with days to spare.

Awkward to see the doctor about an infection in the op site and all the probate had to done on line and had to let the house cleared probably have too much to take as we couldn’t get back to the house.

A really sad time for so many people.

I know it was particularly so for you Ann. <3

For me, I was lucky to have my daughter here, so had company, but we followed the rules and only went out for exercise, as permitted and even then only for about 1 hour max.

A very dear friend for over 40 years died suddenly on 15th March, but by the time of her funeral, only up to 9 family could attend, so I couldn't go :-(
It made the loss even harder to accept.

It was such a difficult time for so many people and you have to wonder now if all the restrictions were really necessary.

We had last seen our son and family the previous October and were due to go and stay with them in April. In fact we didn't see them again till July 2021. 21 months is a long while. We felt we hadn't seen our granddaughters for a lifetime.

I also lost my brother during lockdown. It was hard not being allowed to see him in his last illness. The crematorium chapel seated over 100 so we were allowed to have 30 people there but nearly 100 asked to come and it was hard saying no to them. My son and dil drove from Yorkshire to Southend in snow, came to the service and then had to turn round and drive all the way back. We weren't allowed to even offer them a cup of tea.

You've brought back some memories with this thread AnnG. We can't complain as lots of people suffered more than we did. Fingers crossed that we never have to go through such a time again.

Such a long time to wait to see your family, Vera, especially at such a sad time for you.

I can't now remember how long there were restrictions.
Someone I know had to have an emergency operation in May 2021 and it was hard not being able to visit, both when they were in hospital and for a while afterwards.

There were lighter moments.
Grandson had been working in North Wales and had to isolate in a house near Snowdonia.
What a beautiful area to be 'stuck'!
Wales was particularly strict about movement between areas, so we were surprised one day, when he phoned to say that he was having a dinner party that evening. :-S
In reality, the arrangement was that a work colleague and his wife isolating next door would cook a main course, grandson would prepare a tasty dessert and at 6 pm both would go to the garden fence and swop dishes :-)

Like Vera, I can't complain. We had pleasant places to walk and everyone seemed so friendly and greeted one another from the other side of the street.
Having to spend Christmas at home and not being able to meet with more than one of my children at a time was sad, though.

Lockdown finished In July but there were still all the awful restrictions loke funerals no weddings except probably registry office with only a couple of witnesses no hospital visiting and that still applied well into 2021. Not forgetting all the young children not going to school.