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My Dad mentioned to me an interview he heard on Radio 2 yesterday afternoon between Steve Wright and the Wigan Owner, Dave Whelan. Wright pressed Whelan to recall a part of his book where he was on a train at the end of the war:-
Whelan was a young lad who had been to see his Aunty, his Aunty had packed him off back home on the train, on the way home he got talking to a soldier and it turned out both Whelan & the soldier were getting off at the same stop, the soldier asked Whelan where he was going and what his address was, the soldier turned out to be his Dad who he had never met!
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Posted 20 August 2009 - 07:53 PM
MP-Spire, on Aug 20 2009, 08:38 PM, said:
My Dad mentioned to me an interview he heard on Radio 2 yesterday afternoon between Steve Wright and the Wigan Owner, Dave Whelan. Wright pressed Whelan to recall a part of his book where he was on a train at the end of the war:-
Whelan was a young lad who had been to see his Aunty, his Aunty had packed him off back home on the train, on the way home he got talking to a soldier and it turned out both Whelan & the soldier were getting off at the same stop, the soldier asked Whelan where he was going and what his address was, the soldier turned out to be his Dad who he had never met!
Whelan was a young lad who had been to see his Aunty, his Aunty had packed him off back home on the train, on the way home he got talking to a soldier and it turned out both Whelan & the soldier were getting off at the same stop, the soldier asked Whelan where he was going and what his address was, the soldier turned out to be his Dad who he had never met!
Earlier this year i met for the first time a cousin the family hadn't seen since my dad took him to Peterboro as a baby nearly 50 years ago,first time he had been back to the UK since he left Swansea aged 10,another cousin traced him to Melbourne Australia last year,when i get the chance i will be meeting the rest of his family in Melbourne.....
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Posted 21 August 2009 - 07:28 AM
MP-Spire, on Aug 20 2009, 08:38 PM, said:
My Dad mentioned to me an interview he heard on Radio 2 yesterday afternoon between Steve Wright and the Wigan Owner, Dave Whelan. Wright pressed Whelan to recall a part of his book where he was on a train at the end of the war:-
Whelan was a young lad who had been to see his Aunty, his Aunty had packed him off back home on the train, on the way home he got talking to a soldier and it turned out both Whelan & the soldier were getting off at the same stop, the soldier asked Whelan where he was going and what his address was, the soldier turned out to be his Dad who he had never met!
Whelan was a young lad who had been to see his Aunty, his Aunty had packed him off back home on the train, on the way home he got talking to a soldier and it turned out both Whelan & the soldier were getting off at the same stop, the soldier asked Whelan where he was going and what his address was, the soldier turned out to be his Dad who he had never met!
Nice little story MP. What did 'ask Elvis' have to say about it?
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Posted 21 August 2009 - 07:45 AM
MP-Spire, on Aug 20 2009, 08:38 PM, said:
My Dad mentioned to me an interview he heard on Radio 2 yesterday afternoon between Steve Wright and the Wigan Owner, Dave Whelan. Wright pressed Whelan to recall a part of his book where he was on a train at the end of the war:-
Whelan was a young lad who had been to see his Aunty, his Aunty had packed him off back home on the train, on the way home he got talking to a soldier and it turned out both Whelan & the soldier were getting off at the same stop, the soldier asked Whelan where he was going and what his address was, the soldier turned out to be his Dad who he had never met!
Whelan was a young lad who had been to see his Aunty, his Aunty had packed him off back home on the train, on the way home he got talking to a soldier and it turned out both Whelan & the soldier were getting off at the same stop, the soldier asked Whelan where he was going and what his address was, the soldier turned out to be his Dad who he had never met!
wonderful story mp, makes you glad to be alive surely a film in the making starring tom hanks no doubt
" He who laughs when things go wrong.....has just thought of someone else to blame it on "
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Posted 21 August 2009 - 01:21 PM
Dema Reborn, on Aug 20 2009, 09:06 PM, said:
Earlier this year i met for the first time a cousin the family hadn't seen since my dad took him to Peterboro as a baby nearly 50 years ago,first time he had been back to the UK since he left Swansea aged 10,another cousin traced him to Melbourne Australia last year,when i get the chance i will be meeting the rest of his family in Melbourne.....
Sell em some club raffle tickets whilst you are there.
God I hate this league.
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Posted 21 August 2009 - 01:34 PM
As a kid me and the family once went to Skegness and met with our next door neighbours even though we didn't even know they had gone...... Spooky...
Guess I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue!
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Posted 21 August 2009 - 01:37 PM
Town_Fan, on Aug 21 2009, 02:47 PM, said:
As a kid me and the family once went to Skegness and met with our next door neighbours even though we didn't even know they had gone...... Spooky...
Sounds like you are still a kid
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