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riosleftsock 8:05 Tue Feb 2
What did your grandparents do (not necessarily in the war)?

My mum's dad was a cunt, had 11 kids (2 died) and despite earning decent dosh, spent it all on gambling.

My nan had to take in laundry to pay the rent.

My nan was a battered housewife who after the war, when the kids had grown up, left him and got a flat and adopted a war orphan (after bringing up 9 of her own).

My Dad'd mum died when she was only 32.

My Dad's dad did everything - served in the RAMC in the war, helped liberating the concentration camps and interviewing the survivors. Bought an ex german MTB after the war, ripped the engines out and built a house on it. Worked at the Royal College of Pathology among many other things.

You cunts?

Bromley Reject 8:08 Tue Feb 2
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My DAD was on the North Atlantic convoys. My Mum still has his certificate of gunnery framed and hanging up at home. He was decorated twice.

riosleftsock 8:09 Tue Feb 2
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I said GRANDparents.

FFS.

Dan M 8:10 Tue Feb 2
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Dad's side - Cabbie (grandpa) Charity administrator (step-grandma)

Mum's side - They ran the fish n chip shop on the corner of Prince Regent's Lane and Burley Road.

Both grandfathers served in the war. Alf, the chip shop owner, was involved in the liberation of Belsen. As a Jewish soldier with a patchy grasp of Yiddish he was assigned to communicate with the inmates.

Roby 8:13 Tue Feb 2
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My grand-dad who was from Canning Town drove a munitions truck during WW2. My grand-dad on my dad's side was from Chadwell Heath and he was a radar operator for the Navy.

Bromley Reject 8:15 Tue Feb 2
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I took a liberty

Which I enjoyed immensely

riosleftsock 8:17 Tue Feb 2
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Bromley Reject 8:15 Tue Feb 2

"I'm fucking ROFL"

Said Mr Harris' dyslexic cellmate.

ted fenton 8:19 Tue Feb 2
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My Dad's parents were dead by the time he was 11 so obviously didn't meet them but they had a shop in Devas street Poplar.
My mums Dad worked down the docks and died in 1973 and her mum died in 1958 ! I remember her as a really lovely lady.

ironsofcanada 8:23 Tue Feb 2
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English side

Grandad - Bricklayer/Stonemason, age put him in his prime between the two wars.

Nan - Lots of different bit jobs, the last I knew before she got lung cancer was doing the books for a golf course.

American/Canadian/Danish side.

Grandpa - Farmer then steam engineer. Engineer in WWII. Landed Day after D-day and built road for the advance. Wanted him to stay after but a very small town guy.

Grandma - Best home maker ever. You hear people say someone never had a bad word about anyone, that was truly her (Just passed this week.)

WHOicidal Maniac 8:25 Tue Feb 2
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Dads Dad was a Soldier, served in Afghanistan, Belgium and France during WW1, he went on to work the railroads out of Seven Sisters for 61 years

Dads Mum was a Nurse who patched him up after getting wounded at the Battle of St Quentin Canal in '18. She was the daughter of the Yates mill Family. Stayed home and raised the kids


Mums Mum was the daughter of a very famous (at the time) Playwright, Poet and Critic who sold Ladies Clothing in a high end Dublin shop until she married.

Mums Dad was also a WW1 veteran who also was an ARP warden. He suffered from 'shellshock' most of his life and was an abusive alcoholic. He worked as a Mortuary attendant.

riosleftsock 8:29 Tue Feb 2
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Good stories.

Keep 'em coming.

Steve Bacons Lenscap 8:36 Tue Feb 2
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Dad's dad - alcoholic wife-beater like my old man.

Dad's mum - hard working, salt of the earth South Wales girl from Port Talbot.

Mum' dad - was from quite a well to do family. In a tank regiment in WWII (13th/18th Royal Hussars QMO). Got blown up 11 miles inside Germany.

Mum's mum - daughter of German immigrant dad and working-class English mum from Hackney. Did really interesting stuff as a young woman, very adventurous. Worked as an au pair for an army captain in Fascist Italy for a bit. Basically, never got over her husband dying in the war. Helped look after me, my brother and sister as kids. Loved her to bits.

cosmo smallpiece 8:44 Tue Feb 2
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My mums dad sole Rossi's ice cream on Southend sea front. No idea about the other 3.

Takashi Miike 8:48 Tue Feb 2
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mum's mum - worked in a munitions factory during the war, then worked for the nhs until retirement. only recently lost her

mum's dad - briefly in the army, then worked in the dock and finally worked in the old bailey where he was badly injured when it was bombed by the ira

dad's mum - worked on the buses and was a housewife/babysitter for me and my brother

dad's dad - was in the royal navy, at one time was on the same ship as a young prince phillip. also worked in the docks until his retirement


all great people

Sven Roeder 8:50 Tue Feb 2
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I know little of them as were all dead before we went to Australia when I was 6. We hung on before going for a couple of years while my Mum's mum was still alive.
Only know that my Mum's Dad was a rag and bone man .... in Primrose Hill. Kept his horse under the Engineer pub.
And my Dad's dad was the Scottish u21 100 mile cycling champion.

Worst Case Ontario 8:57 Tue Feb 2
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ironsofcanada 8:23 Tue Feb 2

Your Grandma that just passed was the one you mentioned the other day?
Either way sorry to hear pal. I hope you aren't too upset you weren't there. You'll always have the good memories, and it doesn't seem she was the type to hold it against you.

Brussels Sprout 9:01 Tue Feb 2
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On of mine was a London cabbie, also served as an engineer in Burma.

Toe Rag 9:07 Tue Feb 2
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Mum's Dad - Sparky. Worked for the Electricity Board, I think he was based at the building on the corner of Romford Road and Vicarage Lane. Royal Navy WW2. Was on the Malta Convoys.

Mum's Mum Housewife and rock that the entire family stood on. A magnificent woman.

Dad's dad worked for BT down the Aldwych most of his life. King's Royal Rifle Corps (4th Mechanized Brigade, The Black Rats) WW2

Dad's mum - Housewife, drinker of whiskey and teller of filthy jokes up until her last day.

Northern Sold 9:14 Tue Feb 2
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Dads side

Grandad - Met me nan and married her just before joining up... Served in East Africa in WW2 in a Flying Boat squadron... his plane depth charged a UBoat and sunk it... in the celebrations back at base he had his ear drum blown out by an air horn... could not fly after that ... ended up working the rest of the war in a tropical diseases clinic.. when demobbed started work at Fords (Dagenham) ended up a foreman - loved going bingo on a Saturday night with me Nan and also loved his chrysanthemums... died age 63 from stomach cancer

Nan - met me Grandad after her fiance died on the 1st day of the war (merchant seaman) - 4 kids - loved Black Labradors - ran for Essex Beagles - went to the original London Olympics - worked as a mid wife then in a clinic - had a stroke in her 70's and lived until she was 85 - as tough as they come

Mums side

Grandad - married me nan on Christmas day 1942 St Margarets Church Barkings... 2 days later off to Burma and India with the Royal Engineers... ended up end of the war seconded to the US Army helping cleaning up the island. Loved being on stage (amateur dramatics and comedy routines) - when demobbed worked for London Underground as a senior booking clerk - took early retirement at 62 years old... 3 years later diagnosed with liver cancer ... lasted 3 months... always said best thing he ever did was take early retirement

Nan - Was a promising young dancer until a back injury put paid to it - lived through the blitz (stories galore) - worked at Magnavox in Barking (war work making parts for planes) - moved from barking to open a wool shop in Leigh on Sea - retired with me Grandad - took up painting .. had a few galleries in Leigh - lasted until December 2015 (Brain cancer)... age 90

Bless em all

Trevor B 9:16 Tue Feb 2
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My Mum's Dad was a long distance lorry driver for most of his life. Served in the Navy during WWII. Even in retirement he took up jobs to keep himself busy as he could never sit still, either gardening or later in life was actually a Chauffeur for a rich old widow.
Mum's Mum was a lovely lady who sadly I remember next to nothing of as she passed away when I was barely three years old. Had 5 children, one of whom died very young from pneumonia. I know she was a seamstress but whether she did that as a job at any time I don't know, being a Mother was her vocation.

My Dad's Dad was lovely to his Grandchildren but a right git to his own kids, so I'm told. Ran an electrical repair show in Leytonstone when I was a kid, I always remember him looking like Arkwright with his white hair and brown coat.

My Dad's Mum work in a factory I think when she was young. Had 6 Children, 2 of whom died in a house fire which she had to be pulled out of when she ran in to try to rescue her kids. I don't think she ever got over that, as a parent I'm sure you never do.

Northern Sold 9:20 Tue Feb 2
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Fucking hell Trev ... heartbreaker that re your nan

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