Dame Vera Lynn gone
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I think Dame Vera Lynn really was a great person of the moment, uniting a country in troubled times, raising morale, and keeping people together where ever they were in the world at the time. She was way before my time, but I doff my cap to her in respect. Unfortunately, many people do not know what respect means now.
TUS373 said:
I think Dame Vera Lynn really was a great person of the moment, uniting a country in troubled times, raising morale, and keeping people together where ever they were in the world at the time. She was way before my time, but I doff my cap to her in respect. Unfortunately, many people do not know what respect means now.
Agreed.Perhaps we could erect a statue of her, if only there was a spare plinth.....?
RIP Vera
TUS373 said:
I think Dame Vera Lynn really was a great person of the moment, uniting a country in troubled times, raising morale, and keeping people together where ever they were in the world at the time. She was way before my time, but I doff my cap to her in respect. Unfortunately, many people do not know what respect means now.
I don't think so. It was a band wagon that she happily climbed on.As you say - you weren't there - so you don't know.
I was there, I don't think she was "The Forces Sweetheart", or "raised morale". She was a competent performer. That's it.
pequod said:
Agreed.
Perhaps we could erect a statue of her, if only there was a spare plinth.....?
RIP Vera
Somebody would soon come along with evidence that she once made a racist comment in 1932, and before you know it , it'll be her statue getting lobbed lobbed over the White Cliffs of Dover...Perhaps we could erect a statue of her, if only there was a spare plinth.....?
RIP Vera
The Mad Monk said:
I don't think so. It was a band wagon that she happily climbed on.
As you say - you weren't there - so you don't know.
I was there, I don't think she was "The Forces Sweetheart", or "raised morale". She was a competent performer. That's it.
Wow, you're a prolific poster on here for someone who must be in their mid 90s. As you say - you weren't there - so you don't know.
I was there, I don't think she was "The Forces Sweetheart", or "raised morale". She was a competent performer. That's it.
Bless her. She was so good in ELO...
Just kidding!
In all seriousness, an absolute legend. Great singer well into her late 70's, warm engaging personality, an honest and authentic advocate for the armed forces and a beautiful woman to boot, even into her old age. What a grand old age to live to. A life well lived I would say.
Just kidding!
In all seriousness, an absolute legend. Great singer well into her late 70's, warm engaging personality, an honest and authentic advocate for the armed forces and a beautiful woman to boot, even into her old age. What a grand old age to live to. A life well lived I would say.
The Mad Monk said:
TUS373 said:
I think Dame Vera Lynn really was a great person of the moment, uniting a country in troubled times, raising morale, and keeping people together where ever they were in the world at the time. She was way before my time, but I doff my cap to her in respect. Unfortunately, many people do not know what respect means now.
I don't think so. It was a band wagon that she happily climbed on.As you say - you weren't there - so you don't know.
I was there, I don't think she was "The Forces Sweetheart", or "raised morale". She was a competent performer. That's it.
k off little manThe Mad Monk said:
TUS373 said:
I think Dame Vera Lynn really was a great person of the moment, uniting a country in troubled times, raising morale, and keeping people together where ever they were in the world at the time. She was way before my time, but I doff my cap to her in respect. Unfortunately, many people do not know what respect means now.
I don't think so. It was a band wagon that she happily climbed on.As you say - you weren't there - so you don't know.
I was there, I don't think she was "The Forces Sweetheart", or "raised morale". She was a competent performer. That's it.
In the corner of your little field, eating thistles in the rain.
Ahonen said:
The Mad Monk said:
I don't think so. It was a band wagon that she happily climbed on.
As you say - you weren't there - so you don't know.
I was there, I don't think she was "The Forces Sweetheart", or "raised morale". She was a competent performer. That's it.
Wow, you're a prolific poster on here for someone who must be in their mid 90s. As you say - you weren't there - so you don't know.
I was there, I don't think she was "The Forces Sweetheart", or "raised morale". She was a competent performer. That's it.
Competent performer? She, if I remember correctly - I wasn't there but born just after the war - worked in a factory and came home and told her dad she hated it because 'you're not allowed to talk' (imagine that today!) and her dad said 'Well, you can sing, why not do that?'
She said she'd like to help the war effort singing to the troops and said she had no 'baggage', she would go anywhere to help.
The answer was 'Well, we could send you to Burma?'
'I'll go!' she answered.
War torn Burma! Get that around your head Mad Monk. Today's generation would run a f. mile!
RIP great lady.
Ahonen said:
The Mad Monk said:
I don't think so. It was a band wagon that she happily climbed on.
As you say - you weren't there - so you don't know.
I was there, I don't think she was "The Forces Sweetheart", or "raised morale". She was a competent performer. That's it.
Wow, you're a prolific poster on here for someone who must be in their mid 90s. As you say - you weren't there - so you don't know.
I was there, I don't think she was "The Forces Sweetheart", or "raised morale". She was a competent performer. That's it.
king bell end.
Indeed, she did go to Burma.
Do take a look at this https://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk/blighty/record.php?toke... .
It is my late father, a Warrant Officer in the British Army, in Burma, with his fellow soldiers - singing "We'll Meet Again". My father introduces the song, as featured at the end of the recent ITV 'Captain Tom's War'.
I miss my dad - had all too short in my life, but he was here, doing what he and others had to do, in sometimes awful conditions. The songs were something that brought the troops together.
Do take a look at this https://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk/blighty/record.php?toke... .
It is my late father, a Warrant Officer in the British Army, in Burma, with his fellow soldiers - singing "We'll Meet Again". My father introduces the song, as featured at the end of the recent ITV 'Captain Tom's War'.
I miss my dad - had all too short in my life, but he was here, doing what he and others had to do, in sometimes awful conditions. The songs were something that brought the troops together.
TUS373 said:
Indeed, she did go to Burma.
Do take a look at this https://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk/blighty/record.php?toke... .
It is my late father, a Warrant Officer in the British Army, in Burma, with his fellow soldiers - singing "We'll Meet Again". My father introduces the song, as featured at the end of the recent ITV 'Captain Tom's War'.
I miss my dad - had all too short in my life, but he was here, doing what he and others had to do, in sometimes awful conditions. The songs were something that brought the troops together.
Was he suffering from beri beri or some other tropical disease? His voice sounded really weird.Do take a look at this https://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk/blighty/record.php?toke... .
It is my late father, a Warrant Officer in the British Army, in Burma, with his fellow soldiers - singing "We'll Meet Again". My father introduces the song, as featured at the end of the recent ITV 'Captain Tom's War'.
I miss my dad - had all too short in my life, but he was here, doing what he and others had to do, in sometimes awful conditions. The songs were something that brought the troops together.
dandarez said:
Ahonen said:
The Mad Monk said:
I don't think so. It was a band wagon that she happily climbed on.
As you say - you weren't there - so you don't know.
I was there, I don't think she was "The Forces Sweetheart", or "raised morale". She was a competent performer. That's it.
Wow, you're a prolific poster on here for someone who must be in their mid 90s. As you say - you weren't there - so you don't know.
I was there, I don't think she was "The Forces Sweetheart", or "raised morale". She was a competent performer. That's it.
Competent performer? She, if I remember correctly - I wasn't there but born just after the war - worked in a factory and came home and told her dad she hated it because 'you're not allowed to talk' (imagine that today!) and her dad said 'Well, you can sing, why not do that?'
She said she'd like to help the war effort singing to the troops and said she had no 'baggage', she would go anywhere to help.
The answer was 'Well, we could send you to Burma?'
'I'll go!' she answered.
War torn Burma! Get that around your head Mad Monk. Today's generation would run a f. mile!
RIP great lady.
She sang a song, other women helped the war effort by building tanks, flying spitfires and putting soldiers bodies back together....
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