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---- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Ashwin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 5:41 AM Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] pow > Hi all . > Does anyone know what year and date the Italian prisoners of war were in > St Erth , cornwall . around the 1940s .Janet > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Great story Tommy, your dad sounds like he was a good man ----------------------------, Tam---------------------- From: "thomas veale" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 7:05 AM To: "Jan Ashwin" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] pow > 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---- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Jan Ashwin" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 5:41 AM > Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] pow > > >> Hi all . >> Does anyone know what year and date the Italian prisoners of war were in >> St Erth , cornwall . around the 1940s .Janet >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

thank you tam he was just a good father fought in WW1 never went to church lived by the quote of Cassandra this day is yours yesterday is dead tomorrow is yet to come ----- Original Message ----- From: "tam smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 4:59 PM Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] pow > Great story Tommy, your dad sounds like he was a good man > > ----------------------------, > Tam---------------------- > From: "thomas veale" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 7:05 AM > To: "Jan Ashwin" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] pow > >> 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---- Original Message ----- >> >> >> >> >> From: "Jan Ashwin" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 5:41 AM >> Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] pow >> >> >>> Hi all . >>> Does anyone know what year and date the Italian prisoners of war were in >>> St Erth , cornwall . around the 1940s .Janet >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > ------------------------------- > 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 >