General Chat

Just realised I never mentioned my maternal Grandfather - only memories of him were seeing him sat in a big old chair and wearing trousers up to his armpits. His belt was wide and black. Was told later that when he was dying from cancer he escaped from the hospital by climbing out of one of the windows (still in his pyjamas) and walked to his local pub to have a drink with his mates.

None i.m afraid cos my paternal grandad died when my dad was 3 & my mums dad died in 1939 when i was 2. i never had the pleasure of a grandad tho did have two grans.one was a lovely comfy lady . the other was an austere one who only paid state visits every two to three years. guess which one was my fav. Shirley

Mine always wore a cap but never in the summer when he would always burn his baldy head! He grew leeks and other veg in the back garden and roses around the back door and gate Ali x

My Grandad only had one leg...I have vague memory of him with two, when I had lead poisoning from paint, he sat for hours at the end of the cot tickling my feet because I liked it, and he thought I would die. So he sat and sang and tickled my feet. When he had his leg amputated he still sat for hours with me playing on the table so he could reach from his chair, and he used to ask me to take the shoe of his missing leg.

Sadly, none. Both died before I was born.

my granddad was the best! he gave me pennies, and i helped him with his little garden and when i was really small i used to call him gan gan

Never seen mine both died before i was born . Cath

Never met mine either. My Dads dad died before I was born, and my mums dad died when I was about 10, but I'd never met him, didn't know he existed...

never ever seen mine

Mine always had a pencil behind his ear when he was working with wood. Always busy growing own fruit and veg. Cycling very slowly along the road (goodness knows how he stayed upright). Always ready to have a laugh. Having to be quiet on Saturday afternoons when he was writing down the footy results. Play wrestling with him when the wrestling was on in the afternoons. He always had little bets (pennies) on the horse racing and usually won (still pennies)