egbert Posted 1 November , 2005 Share Posted 1 November , 2005 This is Granddads officer trunk from 1918; it was sent back to Grandma when her husband left her, my 3 year old father and his brother for ever, May 1st,1918 on the battlefield between Merville and Bois de Nieppe.The trunk is locked and who knows what's inside? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted 1 November , 2005 Share Posted 1 November , 2005 Go on, then, Egbert. I'm curious. Gwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger Posted 1 November , 2005 Share Posted 1 November , 2005 Please open it before Sunday, I have to go back to sea for a month. Roger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gord97138 Posted 1 November , 2005 Share Posted 1 November , 2005 Well! Are you going to open it? Or do We pick the lock! gordon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybee Posted 1 November , 2005 Share Posted 1 November , 2005 I'll play! Tins of food, extra socks, and sheet music. Mundane to the ridiculous. How did anyone resist unlocking it until now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Strawbridge Posted 1 November , 2005 Share Posted 1 November , 2005 According to your avitar the trunk belonged to a grand-dad of the German persuasion. Had it been the second world war I am guessing that it will be full of earth from Poland where he was helping to shift the country back to the homeland bit by bit. However being the first world war I think that it will be empty. His kit would have been divvied out to his surviving mates and it was just the box that was shipped home as no-one wanted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ypres1418 Posted 1 November , 2005 Share Posted 1 November , 2005 Secret papers never been seen before. A map of the UK with all the pubs shown in red! Come on you have to open it now, we're dying to see whats inside. Mandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Wills Posted 1 November , 2005 Share Posted 1 November , 2005 No, take the money!! (Egbert - a long time ago there was a TV game show called 'Open the Box' in which successful competitors culd choose between a cash prize or the unknown contents of a box. The audience encouraged the contestants with shouts of "open the box" and "take the money") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBettsMCDCM Posted 1 November , 2005 Share Posted 1 November , 2005 No, take the money!! a long time ago there was a TV game show called 'Open the Box' in which successful competitors culd choose between a cash prize or the unknown contents of a box. The audience encouraged the contestants with shouts of "open the box" and "take the money") <{POST_SNAPBACK}> "Take Your Pick".............Open the box was an option,they say your memory starts to go when you pass 50,{From one who knows!} Your Quiz & Inqusitor tonight is Mr Michael Miles...........Werent Sunday evenings gentle way back then! It'll be full of Reichsmarks,pre Inflation............Loaf of bread anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Clay Posted 1 November , 2005 Share Posted 1 November , 2005 Harry and Kate remember "Take Your Pick" with Michael Miles on the telly. This old geezer remembers it on the wireless (radio for younger pals). Radio Luxembourg, 208 metres medium wave, only receivable in reasonable fidelity after dark (now why was that, wireless techies?), so daytime Radio Lux broadcasts were all en francais. I digress. The thing I recall was the "generosity" of the money offered for the key. "I'll give you 5 bob"... "No, I'll open the box"..."7/6 then"..."No, I'll open the box"..."10 bob?" etc. THey brought it back, briefly, a few years ago IIRC. As for what's in Egbert's grandad's trunk - his (German) field-marshal's baton, the manuscript of THE (unpublished) novel of the Great War (it would have pushed even Mr Blackadder's opus into the shade) - and the items suggested by busybee. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 1 November , 2005 Author Share Posted 1 November , 2005 Thanx a lot for youe encouragements Before I can open the box, I need to find the key! Last week I restored this old lock and freed it from 87 years of rust; wow I found the key -so we might do the job; maybe piece by piece, day by day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw Posted 1 November , 2005 Share Posted 1 November , 2005 Oooh Egbert, you are a tease ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted 1 November , 2005 Share Posted 1 November , 2005 It's a beautifully unusual key! Think of your grandad handling it, inserting it into the padlock, carefully lifting the lid and........ Gwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie Posted 1 November , 2005 Share Posted 1 November , 2005 Egbert has been reading Des's blog, and taken some lessons in how to draw out the suspense. Cheers Kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ypres1418 Posted 1 November , 2005 Share Posted 1 November , 2005 If we were any nearer to him we could go 'over there' and kidnap his wife til he opened the box! Mandy Ps Ok so he wouldn't do it and we would be laft with the misses I know but it sounded good to start with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie Posted 1 November , 2005 Share Posted 1 November , 2005 Cheers Kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
songbird Posted 1 November , 2005 Share Posted 1 November , 2005 I wish he would hurry up, I've only joined so I can find out what's in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie Posted 1 November , 2005 Share Posted 1 November , 2005 Welcome to the forum, Songbird. Cheers Kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernardmcilwaine Posted 1 November , 2005 Share Posted 1 November , 2005 mandy if you kidnap my missus i will run down there and get the box for you and you can keep her as long as you want OHHH what bliss that would be,maybe the dog would come back home,bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piscator Posted 1 November , 2005 Share Posted 1 November , 2005 You could borrow my Wife for a couple of months, but she only does cleaning and cooking now, and its the cooking thats the problem, its too good, if she's away me and the dogs might lose some weight. Just about to tackle a couple of bowls of London particular(soup) followed by steamed treacle pudding. oh dear! I can feel the calories already. And Egbert, for goodness sake dont keep us in suspense, I dont care if your G-Dad was in the Irish Salvation Army Len Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBettsMCDCM Posted 1 November , 2005 Share Posted 1 November , 2005 I know its been eighty years;since the contents last saw light of day,but could I offer a couple of suggestions ........................... Patience,patience........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted 1 November , 2005 Share Posted 1 November , 2005 Do be a good chap and open the box-carefully, of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunners dream Posted 1 November , 2005 Share Posted 1 November , 2005 The suspense is killing me! How about just using a small piece of C4? Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Phillips Posted 1 November , 2005 Share Posted 1 November , 2005 OPEN THE BOX!! I don't want the money!! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
songbird Posted 1 November , 2005 Share Posted 1 November , 2005 Has Egbert gone to sleep? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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