''We'll meet again'' The only song that made my dad cry...after my mom died.

@GreatStoriesNow933

Жыл бұрын

It was the right song at the right time that chimed with that generation.

@philipthoreau3590

Жыл бұрын

Still makes us cry.

@GreatStoriesNow933

Жыл бұрын

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@davidedge6512

Жыл бұрын

True love.

@Leningrad_Underground

11 ай бұрын

@@philipthoreau3590 So agree. I don't know why. I don't care why. It echos so emotionally across time. Timeless.

In WW2 the BBC were not at war with traditional British values (like they are now).

@GreatStoriesNow933

Жыл бұрын

One of the things that came out during the war in Iraq was that the BBC refused to describe British troops as "our" troops. It made them really quite unpopular at the time.

@dougaldouglas8842

9 ай бұрын

So true, and what is more the values were high, very high, education was the norm, proper education. Now, it is nothing but vomit of political corruption

Rarely does a tear run down my cheeks; but when civil sacrifices and sufferings are so well described I must succumb. It makes me remember that when an aggressor goes from military targets to civil ones, the attacked becomes much more ferocious in holding out and winning, a parallel to the war in Ukraine. At the same time, I remember "Dad's army" with a smile and "Good night mister Tom" as pictures of unimaginable suffering as well as waste of resources and unnecessary pollution that could have been used for progress and welfare, a failure worthy of war crimes. Keep up your excellent documentation work.👍👍👍

@GreatStoriesNow933

Жыл бұрын

Ironically, perhaps, in October 1939 (so after the Polish campaign) Hitler told the Reichstag, "War, as an enterprise, is where all participants are losers after enduring millions of deaths and billions in lost wealth". Pity he didn't practice what he preached!

Our very , very special generation. God bless them.

Being born in the early months of 1950 I remember a slim Britain and gaps in the streets where houses had been bombed out. It was mid to late sixties before fat people began to appear, we were told to feel sorry for them as they had "faulty glands". In the subsequent years it's amazing how those ''faulty glands'' have become an epidemic.

@GreatStoriesNow933

Жыл бұрын

I remember the gaps in the streets. Most of them never went until the 1980s.

@dougaldouglas8842

9 ай бұрын

Brilliant! Fat people were not the norm. Now we have barrage balloons because of the wealth of easy food, and laziness. We worked and food was not so available as it is today, and what we had was not processed, as it is now. What is more you went into a green grocers and you were overwhelmed by the smell of vegetables. Can you find the smell of vegetables now? Fat ignorant and a wealth of rubbish that passes off as food.

@alisdairmclean8605

20 күн бұрын

Exactly my observation as well. I was born in the last two weeks of the 1940s.

Excellent fun fact about how that generation's health was actually pretty good.

@tommycockles2947

Жыл бұрын

i was born in 1941,now except for angina,i still lead a healthy life compared to some people born much later

@GreatStoriesNow933

9 ай бұрын

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Very good documentary. You reported subjects that are seldom encountered, Vera Lynn and her contribution, for one example. Keep up the good work.

@GreatStoriesNow933

11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

This was interesting but sad it left out George For by,yes Vera Lynn was the forces sweetheart, but Formby was one of the people who's movies songs and personal appearances were huge as Our Gracie as the great Gracie Fields was known

@GreatStoriesNow933

11 ай бұрын

I entirely accept that Vera Lynn was not the only star of the period and George Formby may have been one that we should have included. With regard to Gracie Fields, we reached the conclusion that while she had been extremely popular with the pre-war generation, she was seen in a less favourable light by the war generation as a consequence of her leaving Britain during the more precarious period of war and only return when it appeared to be safe to do so. That remarks is not meant as any form of undue criticism of her but it is based more on perceptions and remarks made by those on the frontline at home and abroad. Thanks for your comments.

@dougaldouglas8842

9 ай бұрын

True what you say. Not in personal life could he match Vera Lynn, but good in films.

I am watching this a few days before the Austrian Painter's birthday 🎂

I still have reasonable teeth why because of rationing.

@asya9493

Жыл бұрын

A point well made ! There was no junk food in those days, apart from things like coffee made out of things other than coffee.

@GreatStoriesNow933

Жыл бұрын

No sugar and no sweets = healthy teeth!!

Dame Vera Lynn has such beautiful soul. Truely one of the finest roses. Rest in peace Dame Vera Lynn 1917-2020.

@GreatStoriesNow933

Жыл бұрын

She certainly understood that the people of the country needed at that time. What she did on the Burma front - Imphal & Kohima - was remarkable.

@kelvinsurname7051

Жыл бұрын

@@GreatStoriesNow933 she was caring lady with class, she also set up numerous charity, she never retired from her work.

During the late 40s-early 50s, family holidays were camping on farms. For a couple of weeks, we would have all the butter, eggs etc. we could eat despite rationing.

@GreatStoriesNow933

Жыл бұрын

Interesting! I was brought up to understand that the WarAg was pretty tight on consumption of the on-farm produced products.

@grahvis

Жыл бұрын

@@GreatStoriesNow933 . They were, but it didn't stop it happening in small ways. It didn't stop the illegal slaughter of farm animals either, I remember once coming across a hidden dumped sack of bullock bones, including the skull. There was the practice of fattening a pig in a pit in a back garden, so it couldn't be seen. Neighbours would help feed it and when it was slaughtered, they shared in the meat.

Notice that, other than a notable few, there weren’t any morbidly obese humans anywhere to be seen In archival footage. Tragically, today many are less healthy despite greater access to food.

@tommycockles2947

Жыл бұрын

A Mcdonalds isnt exacly a healthy food ha ha

@GreatStoriesNow933

11 ай бұрын

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Exceptionally good; thank you.

@GreatStoriesNow933

7 ай бұрын

Many thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

@stephenh3919

7 ай бұрын

You're welcome. It's clear that your work is a labour of love, and extremely professionally done. It is we who should thank you.@@GreatStoriesNow933

At the age of six in 1946; I received my first Banana. Then trying to eat it by eating the skin, was a memorable event!

@pathopewell1814

15 күн бұрын

I also had this experience. I don't care for bananas to this day!

Manchester wasn't included in the list of port cities blitzed. My Mum, who lived near Manchester docks, was bombed out three times during the war so she might not have agreed with that.

@GreatStoriesNow933

7 ай бұрын

Understood and appreciated. Nowhere was immune from bombing. While Manchester did have a docks at that time our research suggested that the Germans treated it for bombing purposes like other major industrial centres, for example Birmingham which was also heavily bombed.

True, nations of peoples involved, not just front line, but whole towns and cities. I remember the aftermath and how the pernicious British government treated us, and our soldiers, despicable times, but we soldiered on. I walked amongst the destruction, and we even had sea mines on beaches, and an amnesty for the likes of bullets, two and six we used to get from the local chemist for each box we handed in. Gas masks were not very nice, and we had an Anderson shelter, a joke, hole in ground, corrugated piece of tin on top to save you from a bomb.

@GreatStoriesNow933

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comments

I am interested to note that at 30.07 the flags of USA GB USSR and "Israel"?? . which doesn't exist until 1948.

@GreatStoriesNow933

11 ай бұрын

Very well spotted! We had not noticed that. Consequently that clip cannot be what it purports to be. Interesting - thanks for pointing it out.

@dougaldouglas8842

9 ай бұрын

It may yet be that the flag was present where the state was not confirmed, because Israel had been a state for some years, but not officially recognised until 1948, the Israel that attacked our troops.

@Leningrad_Underground

9 ай бұрын

I have recently found out that there were jewish units within the british forces. and volunteers from Palestine fought as jewish units. Churchill himself gave permission for them to carry their Flag/Banner. certainly by 1944. The zionists had as can be seen already planned their State and it's apparatus including, Flag and other symbols / institutions of State well before 1947. so it is quite likely the shot in the posting was some time between 1944 and May 1945. Later than that I think it unlikely that the US and Soviet flag would be seen in the same context. @@dougaldouglas8842