neverforget Posted 10 November , 2019 Share Posted 10 November , 2019 2 minutes ago, Knotty said: Not Aussie or Kiwi, bet you will get his country of origin nowš I wouldn't put money on it! š Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 10 November , 2019 Share Posted 10 November , 2019 (edited) Number 15 on a list of 26 Canadian Nobel prize winners: Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson. (Thought it was Banting at first, who was second on the list.) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_B._Pearson Edited 10 November , 2019 by neverforget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 10 November , 2019 Share Posted 10 November , 2019 You have him sir, theseĀ Canadians have a habit of throwing up some interesting Great War personalities, Lester B Pearson 14th President of Canada, with a ācolourfulā military career. Sorry about the delay in replying, was watching that ChannelĀ 4 programme Ā āThe Unrememberedā, itās created a bit of a sh*tstorm in the CWGC. It appears that they have had no input or redress to the allegations that there should be no commemorations givenĀ to native Africans that gave their lives in the Great War. Mind you a programme presented by an existing MP (suspended for the duration),is something to be taken with a pinch of saltš Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 11 November , 2019 Share Posted 11 November , 2019 (edited) I watched that.Ā Shocking and shameful in my opinion. 50% mortality rate makes you think too, though that estimate wasn't consistent throughout the programme. Also, it was presented very much a la politician, first claiming that there were no memorials at all, when in fact there areĀ (few as they are). On the whole though, it was very uncomfortable viewing from a British, and supposedly christian point of view. Edited 11 November , 2019 by neverforget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 11 November , 2019 Share Posted 11 November , 2019 12 hours ago, Knotty said: Lester B Pearson 14th President of Canada, with a ācolourfulā military career. Sorry to be picky, but Canada doesn't have a President: it has (currently) a Queen. Pearson was the 14th Prime Minister of Canada. Ā Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 11 November , 2019 Share Posted 11 November , 2019 Sorry Ron, to take a line from our politicians....I will take due diligence and check next time.š Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 11 November , 2019 Share Posted 11 November , 2019 On 05/11/2019 at 10:47, Gunner Hall said: Marilyne, can you recommend anything else on the subject?Ā I am not Marilyne, but Diane Atkinson's 'Elsie and Mairi go to war' is worth reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 11 November , 2019 Share Posted 11 November , 2019 On 07/11/2019 at 10:11, Knotty said: returned to be a surgeon in the Royal Navy. And I've never heard of him. Tsk me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 11 November , 2019 Share Posted 11 November , 2019 Hi seaJane And thereās me think you would beat everyone to him, you just canāt get the staff ...as they sayš Haven't seen you on here of much of late,trust you are in good health? Ā John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 12 November , 2019 Share Posted 12 November , 2019 (edited) Thank you John, I am fine - have been very busy at work, but last week I was away, living in the picture below. Time for a WHIT, or Whose House Is This?Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Edited 12 November , 2019 by seaJane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 12 November , 2019 Share Posted 12 November , 2019 Good Morning sJ, I have been there, albeit several years ago,Ā so I will not spoil it, .... āprime spot for writersā ( almost a cryptic clue š) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 12 November , 2019 Share Posted 12 November , 2019 11 hours ago, seaJane said: I am not Marilyne, but Diane Atkinson's 'Elsie and Mairi go to war' is worth reading. Thanks SJ,Ā A book recommendation from a fellow Librarian.Ā Ā I'll probably end up buying it for stock too.Ā Clueless about the house, BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 12 November , 2019 Share Posted 12 November , 2019 10 hours ago, seaJane said: but last week I was away, living in the picture below. Time for a WHIT, or Whose House Is This? Ā Given the scary blizzard pictures you posted and Dai's suggestion that it was somewhere in Wales would we be on the right track? Ā Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 12 November , 2019 Share Posted 12 November , 2019 Aha!Ā Ā Where did the suffragettes place their device? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 12 November , 2019 Share Posted 12 November , 2019 1 minute ago, Gunner Hall said: Aha!Ā Ā Where did the suffragettes place their device? Great minds think alike, G.H. That said, we could well both be wrong of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 12 November , 2019 Share Posted 12 November , 2019 Famously,Ā Although great minds think alike,Ā fools never differ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 12 November , 2019 Share Posted 12 November , 2019 11 hours ago, seaJane said: Thank you John, I am fine - have been very busy at work, but last week I was away, living in the picture below. Time for a WHIT, or Whose House Is This?Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Could it be the back view of Fawlty Towers? Ā Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 12 November , 2019 Share Posted 12 November , 2019 6 minutes ago, Gunner Hall said: Famously,Ā Although great minds think alike,Ā fools never differ....... Certainly more applicable in my caseš 5 minutes ago, Ron Clifton said: Could it be the back view of Fawlty Towers? Ā Ron As viewed from the hanging gardens of Babylon, or Sydney Opera House? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 12 November , 2019 Share Posted 12 November , 2019 Seems like the suffragettes had marched back to barracks and placed themselves into the Z reserve,Ā Ā well before his nibs moved into this house.Ā My mistake. Ā Ā Ā Ā Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 12 November , 2019 Share Posted 12 November , 2019 7 minutes ago, Gunner Hall said: Seems like the suffragettes had marched back to barracks and placed themselves into the Z reserve,Ā Ā well before his nibs moved into this house.Ā My mistake. Ā Ā Ā Ā Were we correct in thinking that it was Ll.G's residence though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 12 November , 2019 Share Posted 12 November , 2019 Oh yes.Ā Ty Newydd.Ā Wikipedia helpfully adds that this meansĀ Ā "The New House"Ā Ā and that it has a "Chinese Chippendale balustrade" too.Ā -No i have no idea either......Ā Ā 5 minutes ago, neverforget said: Were we correct in thinking that it was Ll.G's residence though? Ā Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 12 November , 2019 Share Posted 12 November , 2019 13 minutes ago, Gunner Hall said: Chinese Chipp My hometown used to have a Chinese Chippy. They bought a local Fish and Chip emporium and expanded the menu into the Chinese food to run alongside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 12 November , 2019 Share Posted 12 November , 2019 On ā05ā/ā11ā/ā2019 at 11:47, Gunner Hall said: Ā Marilyne, can you recommend anything else on the subject?Ā Ā Ā Sorry I answer only now, I must have missed your postā¦ things are a bit busy here at the coordination cellā¦ To answer the question, there are a couple of works that deserve attention: Christine Hallett's other book "Veiled Warriors" Elisabeth shipton "Female Tommies" Penny Starns "Sisters of the Somme" Samatha Philo gill: the Women's army Auxiliary Corps in France And then is a great number of memoirs that are not only very enjoyable to read but also very informative; Olive Dent: "A volunteer nurse at the front" Edith Appleton: "a nurse at the front" (ed by ruth Cowen) Beatrice Hopkinson: "Nursing through shot and shell" (Ed by vivien Newman) Dorothea Crewdson: "Dorothea's war" Mary Borden: "The Forbidden zone" Kate Luard: "Unknown warriors" These are the main works I've been reading for my project on the women buried on the Western front. What is interesting to see is that a lot of the nurses who wrote their memoirs are somehow familiar with the tragedies and some knew the victims intimately. Ā M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 12 November , 2019 Share Posted 12 November , 2019 Many thanks Marilyne.Ā Ā A much ignored subject and one that deserves more recognition.Ā Ā Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 12 November , 2019 Share Posted 12 November , 2019 3 hours ago, neverforget said: Were we correct in thinking that it was Ll.G's residence though? You were! I don't know about the balustrade but the bay window upstairs, supported by the colonnade, was designed by Clough Williams-Ellis. Portmeirion is just down the road. Ā https://www.tynewydd.wales/ sJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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