15-09-2018, 03:31 AM
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No I didn’t really know my grandparents. The ones on my moms side had died before we were born. We knew these grandparents when we lived in England but we never really got to know them. My mother hated our grandmother and when we moved to Canada she didn’t have a phone so it was hard to stay in touch. When I was about 8 or 9 years old she came to visit and slept with me in my room and I didn’t really like it and I forever felt bad about it cause I wish that I could have known them better.
15-09-2018, 05:12 AM
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Yes I knew my maternal grandparents....I remember my gran was a very good cook and whenever we visited she always had things cooking, her Yorkshire puddings were lovely ....I wish I could make Yorkshires like her.Through my child's eyes everything was happy but in truth it wasn't and they separated in their sixties...quite unusual for that generation. My granny lived till she was 99 years old just a few days from her 100th birthday.
I knew my maternal great grandma slightly too....she lived till she was 100 years old....when I looked her up on the census recently it put her occupation as home sackmaker. I expect she had a hard life I wish I had known her well enough to sit her down and ask questions.
15-09-2018, 08:45 AM
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I had all four grand parents when I was born, although my paternal grandfather died when I was very young and I have no memories of him. My paternal grandmother was the feisty one - she was a 'match girl' a suffragette and during WW1, was conscripted to work in Woolwich Arsenal.My maternal grandparents were the ones who took me to India and I stayed with them for seven months in Kerala.
15-09-2018, 09:02 PM
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I never met my mothers parents, he died a few years after being gassed in the first world war and she died ten years later, well before I was born.My father’s father was a retired train driver who didn’t like kids, he was a grumpy old git so we left him to himself. Dad’s mother was the greatest, she was kind, wise, funny, loving and a terrific cook, she had lots of ghost stories that she’d tell my older brother and me at the fireside in Winter, we spent most of our time with her, my dad was a long time TB patient and his mother took us two kids to make it a bit easier on my own mother, there were five kids in all.
I will never forget that woman and I’m eternally grateful to her for giving me the confidence I needed at an early age, God rest her soul.
15-09-2018, 09:44 PM
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Lived next door to my maternal grandparents for a while; we were in no 1 and they 3. They had had 11 kids so could handle kids well. Always friendly – grandma used to have a bowl of onions in vinegar and a lump of cheese and all the grandkids that were around lined up for a sandwich – treat of the day! Grandad always gave me a penny when I left to go home wherever that was!Paternal grandparents were a different story – they lived 20 mins walk away in a slightly more up market area and in a way were snobs. We moved in with them to assist grandma, cos grandad had a terminal illness. He lived perpetually in the front room and we saw him rarely unless he came out for 20 mins to say hello to everyone! Grandma ‘looked’ after us kids whilst mum and dad worked full time – perhaps an unusual arrangement in those days? But she was surly and just did the minimum that was required. Grandpa died early in the piece so we stayed on to support grandma. Ma and Pa decided to move to another county for a better life and the plan was for grandma to tag along – but at the last minute she pulled out – it was all too much for her but for us the best decision – we had a better life without her but did go back to visit her from time to time
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