Maywalk
Maywalk
- Location
- Leicestershire UK
perusing the different threads on the forum reading sad and lovely animal stories too and just wondered if anyone would be interested in reading the book I wrote concerning my own life that has finished up worldwide. IF anyone would be interested I will put a chapter up each day in the diaries section plus a photo or document to go with the chapter if possible.
It would never have been written if I had not broken my right hip and left arm in 2005 if it was not for my son ticking me off when he called to see how I was coping after spending 9 weeks in hospital and trying to get going again.
He asked me if I was ok and I said I was fed up with not being able to walk or knit because my arm had to be reset again. My son then said to me "Mother I taught you how to use a computer so why not write down the experiences you had as a child and how things were for you during the war years."
That was how the book came into existence.
It was really written for my family to put in the family coffers but the chap who printed it was SO
impressed with it he asked if he could show it to the local paper because it also concerned THE town mentioned in the book that I, with my brother and mother was evacuated too.
From then on many folks wanted to read it so I decided to have it published and all proceeds after printing costs taken out going to my local Rainbows Childrens Hospice.
I have had many folk coming to me from worldwide asking me for the tales because they are all true stories and even now at the age of 91 I am still getting invitations to talk to folk at various venues.
In the past month had the Living History Society asking me if they can come and get a tape recording of me telling the tales of long ago. It is now in the Library for future reference.
I had a message last week from a teacher at a local school asking me if I would go to talk to the children and tell them what it was like to become an evacuee but it wont be until round about April time so with a bit of luck and as long as this blasted virus allows I hope to fulfil this invitation.
It probably is NOT everyones cup of tea as the saying goes and I wont be offended if folks are not interested in that era.
Keep well everyone.
It would never have been written if I had not broken my right hip and left arm in 2005 if it was not for my son ticking me off when he called to see how I was coping after spending 9 weeks in hospital and trying to get going again.
He asked me if I was ok and I said I was fed up with not being able to walk or knit because my arm had to be reset again. My son then said to me "Mother I taught you how to use a computer so why not write down the experiences you had as a child and how things were for you during the war years."
That was how the book came into existence.
It was really written for my family to put in the family coffers but the chap who printed it was SO
impressed with it he asked if he could show it to the local paper because it also concerned THE town mentioned in the book that I, with my brother and mother was evacuated too.
From then on many folks wanted to read it so I decided to have it published and all proceeds after printing costs taken out going to my local Rainbows Childrens Hospice.
I have had many folk coming to me from worldwide asking me for the tales because they are all true stories and even now at the age of 91 I am still getting invitations to talk to folk at various venues.
In the past month had the Living History Society asking me if they can come and get a tape recording of me telling the tales of long ago. It is now in the Library for future reference.
I had a message last week from a teacher at a local school asking me if I would go to talk to the children and tell them what it was like to become an evacuee but it wont be until round about April time so with a bit of luck and as long as this blasted virus allows I hope to fulfil this invitation.
It probably is NOT everyones cup of tea as the saying goes and I wont be offended if folks are not interested in that era.
Keep well everyone.
