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Hope youre ok J. Sorry for your loss
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I appreciate the condolences (please thank Mrs Richt, Richt) and I am OK Karrde, thanks.Karrde wrote:Hope youre ok J. Sorry for your loss
It is a strange old family set up on my mum's side, and really I am more concerned for my mum, but she has a mixture of relief and sadness, but one mainly of relief because she had witnessed a lot of suffering in my nan since around about Christmas time.
There really does come a time when an old body can take no more, and her time had come - and it was at a good time for her and her family. What a life though, eh?
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condolences. Clearly a long and productive life. Life's too short for arguments. Even if you do live to 104.9
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What a life indeed!
I hope the family issues referred to on this thread dont taint the funeral and what needs to be a celebration of a wonderful life well lived.
I hope the family issues referred to on this thread dont taint the funeral and what needs to be a celebration of a wonderful life well lived.
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My condolences Jonathan. To think she was born 5 years before the start of WW1 is amazing.Jonathan wrote: There really does come a time when an old body can take no more, and her time had come - and it was at a good time for her and her family.
I know what you mean when you write the above - my grandma was 93, and really it was just sheer will power that kept her going, the body just wears out...
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Condolences johnathan 104wow, some people don't even make half that age. What a life she must have had and lived through.
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Cor what a lot you nan must have seen. A case for a celebration of a long life if ever there was (with a few tears of course).
RIP Jonathan's Nan.
RIP Jonathan's Nan.
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sorry for your loss Jonathan - thats a terrific age to make. My next door neighbour died last year at 93, great lady, sounds the same - she was just physically worn out.
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Hi, Jonathan. My thoughts are with you and your mum. The older someone is the easier it is to see them go, but it still leaves a void which can never be filled.
I re-read the thread and thought this post below a most fitting epitaph:
I re-read the thread and thought this post below a most fitting epitaph:
uncsimes. wrote: Born the year Baden Powell started scouting for boys and in the year of the first London Olympics (also the first Olympic games that allowed women athletes).
It was also the year of the first Model T Ford, and the year that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were killed in Bolivia.
Born in the same year as Ian Fleming, Oskar Schindler, James Stewart and Don Bradman.
David Lloyd George was the Chancellor, with Asquith in Number 10. Roosevelt was the US president.
She'd have been 17 before she could have watched television, and 19 before she could have seen a 'talkie'.
Must be incredible to see how the world has changed over that period.
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Thank you Flyman. I too have re-read the thread this evening. Incredible to think just how much has changed in that time.Flyman wrote:Hi, Jonathan. My thoughts are with you and your mum. The older someone is the easier it is to see them go, but it still leaves a void which can never be filled.
I re-read the thread and thought this post below a most fitting epitaph:
uncsimes. wrote: Born the year Baden Powell started scouting for boys and in the year of the first London Olympics (also the first Olympic games that allowed women athletes).
It was also the year of the first Model T Ford, and the year that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were killed in Bolivia.
Born in the same year as Ian Fleming, Oskar Schindler, James Stewart and Don Bradman.
David Lloyd George was the Chancellor, with Asquith in Number 10. Roosevelt was the US president.
She'd have been 17 before she could have watched television, and 19 before she could have seen a 'talkie'.
Must be incredible to see how the world has changed over that period.
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Sad news Jonathan.
We will raise a glass to her memory in Wales
We will raise a glass to her memory in Wales
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Had to laugh at Pa's comment re. what's you Nan doing at the weekend
Hopefully he's chatting her up as I type!
Hopefully he's chatting her up as I type!
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Oh how sad, I had visions of this thread going on for another few years yet and becoming massively famous.
In all seriousness, as others have said, incredible to imagine how the world has changed in her lifetime. Absolutely incredible.
My condolences and hugs to you Jonathan and RIP Doris. x
In all seriousness, as others have said, incredible to imagine how the world has changed in her lifetime. Absolutely incredible.
My condolences and hugs to you Jonathan and RIP Doris. x
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good call.toffeelover wrote:Had to laugh at Pa's comment re. what's you Nan doing at the weekend
Hopefully he's chatting her up as I type!
RIP Doris. Condolences Jonathan.
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Not sure if I want Pa chatting up my nan It makes a good read going back through the posts, which as cheryl says has been a good one and it would have been nice to have run long. Thanks to everyone who contributed for the birthday celebrations and now her passing. Only until Christmas did she really suffer any problems and got the hump that she wasn't in the home she had been for at least 70 years.
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I actually had a night out with a Doris last night.Jonathan wrote:And murf wins a night out with my Nan in rough and ready Wellingborough!murf wrote:Doris!
(She is a young puppy (a King Charles??) at my dog's training classes).
RIP Doris, you deserve it after 104, nearly 105 years.
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Sorry to hear the news Jonathan
but this should cause for a celebration too.
What an achievement
PS My Nan is "only" 95 so I've set her a daily exercise routine and strict diet so she can compete with the best, not that I'm competitve or anything
but this should cause for a celebration too.
What an achievement
PS My Nan is "only" 95 so I've set her a daily exercise routine and strict diet so she can compete with the best, not that I'm competitve or anything
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Good going bluenosey. Look after your nan!bluenosey wrote:Sorry to hear the news Jonathan
but this should cause for a celebration too.
What an achievement
PS My Nan is "only" 95 so I've set her a daily exercise routine and strict diet so she can compete with the best, not that I'm competitve or anything
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Obviously now Doris has set the standard and Bluenosey you must explain to her that she has to keep up with the pace.bluenosey wrote:Sorry to hear the news Jonathan
but this should cause for a celebration too.
What an achievement
PS My Nan is "only" 95 so I've set her a daily exercise routine and strict diet so she can compete with the best, not that I'm competitve or anything
And that no matter what the temptation Del Horno definitely not the right move
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Well, it's working. Nan turned 100 todaystevejtr wrote: ↑15 Mar 2013, 21:31Obviously now Doris has set the standard and Bluenosey you must explain to her that she has to keep up with the pace.bluenosey wrote:Sorry to hear the news Jonathan
but this should cause for a celebration too.
What an achievement
PS My Nan is "only" 95 so I've set her a daily exercise routine and strict diet so she can compete with the best, not that I'm competitve or anything
A familiar looking face amongst the cards....and handwritten by Lizzie too
We had the main celebration on Sunday but quite a few turned up today. She's still living in the same council house, which has been her's since 1947. Still fiercely independent but like anyone of that age, she has good days and bad days.
17 October 1917 was when Nan entered the world. The same month as the Battle of Passchendale and the Russian Revolution. She's certainly seen a few changes over the years.
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Happy birthday Grandma bn.
Just seen an article on the news about a local lady who is 110 today. Only 4 aged 110 or more in the country apparently.
Just seen an article on the news about a local lady who is 110 today. Only 4 aged 110 or more in the country apparently.
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Thanks guys
Here is a copy of the card :-
No money in it, unfortunately
Here is a copy of the card :-
No money in it, unfortunately
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Happy Birthday to Bluenosey Senior.
My folks had a similar card last week for their 60th Wedding Anniversary. One of my elderly relatives is 99 (not exactly sure how she's related to me- I've got a very big and very complicated family - comes from growing up in the country - always had to be a bit careful who you went out with when I was a kid...). Anyway, she reckons the secret to old age is a glass of whisky every night, so there's hope for me yet. She's quite a connoisseur actually - likes Islay malts
My folks had a similar card last week for their 60th Wedding Anniversary. One of my elderly relatives is 99 (not exactly sure how she's related to me- I've got a very big and very complicated family - comes from growing up in the country - always had to be a bit careful who you went out with when I was a kid...). Anyway, she reckons the secret to old age is a glass of whisky every night, so there's hope for me yet. She's quite a connoisseur actually - likes Islay malts
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That's great news! Well done her.
My remaining grandad is on 94. He served in WW2, and because he was in the backup services on D-Day I found out recently he is entitled to the Legion D'honneur from the French government.
It arrived last month
My remaining grandad is on 94. He served in WW2, and because he was in the backup services on D-Day I found out recently he is entitled to the Legion D'honneur from the French government.
It arrived last month
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Massive congratulations, Bluenosey snr snr. My paternal grandmother made it to her mid nineties, and my maternal grandfather is still kicking it large in his mid nineties (WWII RAF pilot) (still has the moustache). Long may they all live.
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Panorama at 20:30 tonight (Monday)
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Sadly, Nan couldn't quite make it to 101
But overall a celebration of someone's life when they have managed to make three figures
Let's hope we can keep this thread going with the next FISOer related centenarian.
But overall a celebration of someone's life when they have managed to make three figures
Let's hope we can keep this thread going with the next FISOer related centenarian.
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my last grandad died aged 95 in March.
I think that makes him just about my oldest ancestor ever (I've done a lot of family history).
He's put down a line in the sand to beat
I think that makes him just about my oldest ancestor ever (I've done a lot of family history).
He's put down a line in the sand to beat
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