tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post8669256788253354419..comments2023-09-28T10:08:44.827+02:00Comments on Gwynt: Grandma's Been..........Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-12647096277846633052013-06-06T07:26:42.205+02:002013-06-06T07:26:42.205+02:00Oh lovely. I cam easily imagine you screwing up y...Oh lovely. I cam easily imagine you screwing up your little face at the prospect of kissing grandfather. An amusing image.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-27703988164121050862013-06-06T04:35:38.608+02:002013-06-06T04:35:38.608+02:00I'll be looking forward to the continuation of...I'll be looking forward to the continuation of this gripping tale.<br /><br />(I didn't like kissing my grandfather because he had whiskers.)susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-79311207121736168342013-06-03T07:44:43.045+02:002013-06-03T07:44:43.045+02:00I fear so, Ellena.I fear so, Ellena.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-71434792791586495162013-06-02T19:29:46.448+02:002013-06-02T19:29:46.448+02:00I read your post again because I was looking for t...I read your post again because I was looking for the spot where you say "my father and I never kissed". It says a lot of your father/son relationship. Found the spot in your answers on comments made. While searching the post 'father talking AT you' started flashing. Says as much.Ellenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14965850008354379369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-81897254039291528272013-06-02T18:04:21.719+02:002013-06-02T18:04:21.719+02:00Bruce: Only momentarily. You have now joined a v...Bruce: Only momentarily. You have now joined a very select group.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-37220935185145008412013-06-02T17:35:17.905+02:002013-06-02T17:35:17.905+02:00Good 'un, Thomas. (Now that ought to confuse ...Good 'un, Thomas. (Now that ought to confuse you.)Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-30919337389727289882013-06-02T09:00:44.129+02:002013-06-02T09:00:44.129+02:00Hi Zephyr: So pleased!Hi Zephyr: So pleased!Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-81442444168930618252013-06-01T19:40:08.563+02:002013-06-01T19:40:08.563+02:00What a delightful post, Tom!
"Just what the d...What a delightful post, Tom!<br />"Just what the doctor ordered:"<br />smiles and chuckles and an eagerness to read more!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-35564754694332217402013-06-01T16:30:12.281+02:002013-06-01T16:30:12.281+02:00Hullo Marja-Leena: Ah me! A man of many parts fo...Hullo Marja-Leena: Ah me! A man of many parts forsooth! Thank you, and I'm glad you're enjoying the ride.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-75480553105727250992013-06-01T16:25:25.990+02:002013-06-01T16:25:25.990+02:00Oh Tom, this is just wonderful and so funny, a bit...Oh Tom, this is just wonderful and so funny, a bit like some of the old British comedies I used to watch on TV. And another side to your writing and personality which I'm enjoying getting to know.marja-leenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634791656471132347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-40007747100291829652013-06-01T16:05:03.587+02:002013-06-01T16:05:03.587+02:00Zhoen: Although age did come into it for me, when...Zhoen: Although age did come into it for me, when the 'kisser' was old, moisture content was certainly a major factor. Gender, also, was an issue, very largely I suspect because my father and I never kissed.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-73704950210998763152013-06-01T15:59:15.927+02:002013-06-01T15:59:15.927+02:00Natalie: Thank you for your comment. Yes, I was ...Natalie: Thank you for your comment. Yes, I was living in London at that time. In fact I didn't leave London until I entered the RAF at 18. We were evacuated for one weekend during the war, but the conditions were so intolerable that we returned to London. I may have lived in Kent, just outside London for a brief period of convalescence, sometime in the two years before WW2 started, but those years are obviously beyond conscious recall.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-88077578904782082772013-06-01T15:53:01.649+02:002013-06-01T15:53:01.649+02:00Hi Ellena: No my grandma was a very uneducated Ea...Hi Ellena: No my grandma was a very uneducated East Londoner. I believe it correct to say that if you were born within the sound of Bow bells, you were deemed to be a cockney. Bow Church is situated in the City of London, (one of the fifty churches in the area built by Wren) but was bombed during WW2, its bells not sounding thereafter. I was born close enough to the church to come within the sounding area of its bells. It is highly likely that all my relatives on my mother's side did also. My father's? Don't know, but unlikely, although they were Londoners.<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-14259487915764304202013-06-01T15:47:33.812+02:002013-06-01T15:47:33.812+02:00I remember as a small child having to "kiss g...I remember as a small child having to "kiss goodnight" everyone present. Some aunts and uncles this was lovely, some a terrible onus. The best dryly kissed my cheek or head, the worst gave "wet" kisses, or any kind of kiss near my mouth - eww. Age nor gender mattered - only moisture content. Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-44446080726934444342013-06-01T15:13:46.885+02:002013-06-01T15:13:46.885+02:00Tom,you have a more than photographic memory! Audi...Tom,you have a more than photographic memory! Auditory as well as visual. I'm very impressed by and envious of such total recall. I can see and hear the scene so clearly and experience it from the perspective of the little boy you were.<br />Were you living in London then? I recognise the Cockney pronunciation.Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-61748749060714721052013-06-01T14:03:26.076+02:002013-06-01T14:03:26.076+02:00What pleasure to read this. Is Grandma speaking We...What pleasure to read this. Is Grandma speaking Welshis? Even if not so your story made me also think of young Tom Jones whom I liked but not as much as Moustaki.<br />(when I ask to be corrected, please please do so. Message to all who read this comment). Ellenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14965850008354379369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-76158095462091353392013-06-01T13:38:25.250+02:002013-06-01T13:38:25.250+02:00Rouchswalwe: I can well imagine! This is thrilli...Rouchswalwe: I can well imagine! This is thrilling drama, the cutting edge of excitement!Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-5210070858371875272013-06-01T13:19:39.243+02:002013-06-01T13:19:39.243+02:00I am on tenterhooks!I am on tenterhooks!Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-41061252986084348192013-06-01T11:04:19.292+02:002013-06-01T11:04:19.292+02:00Hi Jean! Glad you enjoyed it. Next instalment ne...Hi Jean! Glad you enjoyed it. Next instalment next Saturday.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-45206486050298713282013-06-01T10:34:39.155+02:002013-06-01T10:34:39.155+02:00Fabulous writing, Tom - I was there, and would lov...Fabulous writing, Tom - I was there, and would love to read more. Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690685768980280402noreply@blogger.com