A good man your dad Tommy Much like my own father :-) Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 23/01/2013 20:05, thomas veale wrote: > Jan i lived in Falmouth all my young life your request brought back a > MEMORY of Italian prisoners in Falmouth in 1940/41 there were Italian > prisioners of war down on the central army barracks down on the Bar behind > the fences and barbed wire it was summer time and we kids were throwing > stones at them , when suddenly i was held by the ear it was my father on his > way home from the docks he asked what was i doing i said throwing stones > at the nazi,s he said no they are Italians and people like you and me, he > took out a chocolate bar, and said give it to him pointing at one of them , > a soldier said OK the man shook his head but dad said yes the man took a > piece and handed the rest back, to me LESSON LEARNED Tommy veale > , thats as close as i can get it kind regards

nivard thank you and yes he was and a true and proud Cornishman never raised his fist to another soul (did when he was drinking a pint)hahaha ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 4:57 PM Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] pow > > > A good man your dad Tommy > > Much like my own father :-) > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 23/01/2013 20:05, thomas veale wrote: >> Jan i lived in Falmouth all my young life your request brought back a >> MEMORY of Italian prisoners in Falmouth in 1940/41 there were Italian >> prisioners of war down on the central army barracks down on the Bar >> behind >> the fences and barbed wire it was summer time and we kids were throwing >> stones at them , when suddenly i was held by the ear it was my father on >> his >> way home from the docks he asked what was i doing i said throwing stones >> at the nazi,s he said no they are Italians and people like you and me, he >> took out a chocolate bar, and said give it to him pointing at one of >> them , >> a soldier said OK the man shook his head but dad said yes the man took >> a >> piece and handed the rest back, to me LESSON LEARNED Tommy >> veale >> , thats as close as i can get it kind regards > ------------------------------- > Listmom: [email protected] or [email protected] > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information > http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >