I would certainly like a copy of your book also Maureen!! Although born just after the war, I can recall the stories my Mother and aunts told me of their experiences during the war. As I also now live in Australia, thought I would mention the 'Merseysiders' club here in Victoria which has been going for quite a number of years. If anyone is interested..... Marg from Melbourne Oz -----Original Message----- From: eng-merseyside-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-merseyside-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ron Fitzpatrick Sent: Sunday, 22 October 2006 10:32 AM To: eng-merseyside@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] An Aussie/Scousers get together Margaret, I would like a copy, Please!! Ron Fitzpatrick. Adelaide South Australian Scouser. Ex Liverpool. ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 9:53 AM Subject: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] An Aussie/Scousers get together > What a splendid idea Maureen! I'm on the Far South Coast nr. Bega. I have > friends in Brisbane and Adelaide. We might all have to meet in the middle > at Ulluru. There must be more of us around. Kiwis welcome too of course!! > A nice thought Maureen but probably not very practical in veiw of the vast > distances in our country.Strictly speaking I'm not a scouser but my Mum > was. I love the idea of the cushion over your heads to confuse the enemy > bombers?!. Or was it to save a nasty bump on the head due to flying > shrapnel?!! Our Anderson shelter was at the bottom of our garden. A deep > hole in the ground with curved corrugated iron over it. We would stand in > the back doorway waiting for a lull and my Mum to say "Run!!,NOW" > She was worried about the canary in case of gas. She was told they hadn't > got around to gas masks for canaries yet. My little brother's had a mickey > mouse face. I was envious. Mine was just a plain boring black one. At > school we had to wear our gasmasks for half an hour every day during > lessons. To get us used to the idea I presume. Moving into the underground > shelters on the school playing fields when the Air Raid warning sounded > was a well rehearsed procedure. Monitors carried blankets and First Aid > boxes etc while the rest of us took whatever was with us at the time to do > with the lesson in progress. We always went in through the big doors but > had to come out when the All Clear sounded by climbing up the iron ladder > and squeezing through the escape hatch at the other end. There always > seemed to be water slopping around under the duck boards. I wonder now how > we ever managed to learn anything. > Marged will be wondering if it was a good idea to revive all these old WW2 > memories! I will write that book Marged but it definately won't be > published!! Margaret > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MERSEYSIDE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MERSEYSIDE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MERSEYSIDE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message