I got A trip to poland and visits to various holocaust sites Chocolates as always Very hand tripod torch for work A few other bits and pieces
Nice selection Lee, especially the trip. I received: a great little book called The World's Worst Weapons (quite a few made me laugh) A History of 219 Squadron signed by two pilots a book on RAF ground equipment (with some great pics)
Why does this not surprise me ?? :becky: lucky you ! Well we haven't had our Christmas yet .... but I did get an early present yesterday ... a bookcase !! woohoo !! :clapping: Your trip will be wonderful Lee ... do you know where you're going yet ?
No David !! We have ours at New Years ...... that started a long time ago when the boys were young and they'd go to Dad's for Christmas and then we'd have ours at New Years !! Stan Claus ... Santas brother comes to our house .... ( Santa's too pooped by then !! ) in the old days I would get paid at the end of the month ... so that ... plus after Christmas sales helped them to "make out" like bandits !! .... so the plan was - when the boys got married they would still do it ... then there would be no fighting with inlaws ..... it works out well for us !! :clapping: Annie PS I haven't seen your holocaust site Lee .... where is it ?
The best! A back and neck massager. Neck to lower back. Fantastic. My niece gave me "The Western Front Diaries" by Jonathon King (624 pages). Will be a very good read I am sure. Check this out! The Western Front Diaries Hidden under the shadow of Gallipoli for decades, the breathtaking story of what really happened on the Western Front has finally been brought into the bright light of day. And here is what the story is ... The Anzac's Western Front campaign has a greater impact than Gallipoli in almost every respect: five times more soldiers (250,000 rather than 50,000) more than five times the amount of men killed (46,000 compared to 8,709) more than five times as many battles, with troops serving there for four times longer, and five times the sum of Victoria Crosses were awarded to Australians (a total of 52). The Diggers serving on the Western Front also helped win the war, but it was at an almost unfathomable cost. Using hundreds of brutally honest and extraordinary eyewitness accounts of the diggers in the muddy and bloody trenches, 'Western Front Diaries' reproduces their private diaries, letters, postcards and photographs to tell of their heart-rending experiences, battle by bloody battle. With its gallery of unpublished photographs, 'Western Front Diaries' is straight from the mouths of men who fought there ... it doesn't get more honest, raw or breathtaking that this ... Contents: Foreword - Steve Gower, AO, AO (Mil) - Australian War Memorial - In Flanders Fields and the Menin Gate Reply Preface - Five tmes greater than Gallipoli Introduction - All too quiet on the Western Front Part 1: 1914-1915 The stage is set for the Anzacs' arrival - A seemingly inexorable buildup - 1914: The first year of war - 1915: The second year of war Part 2: 1916 Out of the frying pan into the fire - Battle of Verdun - The first Anzacs start leaving Egypt - First frontline experience - First Australian raid - The Battle of the Somme, history's worst battlefield toll First big battle - Fromelles, the worst one-day death toll Second big battle - Pozieres, the worst killing field of all - Pozieres, Percy Smythe's account Third big battle - Mouquet Farm, dying in the mud Part 3: 1917 The year of neck-and-neck struggle - January 1917, winter report - Germany's strategic retreat - Battle for Lagnicourt - Battle of Arras - America joins the fray - Battle of Vimy Ridge Fourth big battle series: Bullecourt (1) and (2) - Bullecourt (1), abandoned by tanks in no-man's land - Lagniciourt, losing and regaining a village on the same day - Bullecourt (2), no thanks to the tanks Fifth big battle series, Ypres in Flanders - Messines - (i) Menin Road - (ii) Polygon Wood - (iii) Broodseinde - (iv) Poelcapelle - (v) Passchendaele - Battle of Cambrai Part 4: 1918 Year of victory on the Western Front - The German Spring Offensive Sixth big battle series: Battles that halted the German offensive - Halting battle (i), Hebuterne village - Halting battle (ii), first Dernancourt - Halting battle (iii), first battle for Morlamcourt - Halting battle (iv), first Villers-Bretonneux - Halting battle (v), second Dernancourt - Halting battle (vi), Hangard Wood - Halting battle (vii), Hazebrouck (aka Battle of the Lys) Seventh big battle series: Villers-Bretonneux and beyond the Somme - Turning point battle (i), second Villers-Bretonneux - Turning point battle (ii), second Morlancourt - Turning point battle (iii), Ville-sur-Ancre - Battle of Ainse - Battle of Cantigny - Battle of Belleau Wood - Battle of Noyon-Montdidier - Turning point battle (iv), third Morlancourt Eighth big battle: the long-awaited breakthrough Hamel Ninth big battle: Amiens, Germany's 'black day' Tenth big battle series: post Amiens mop-ups - Mop-up battle (i), Lihons - Mop-up battle (ii), Etinehem - Mop-up battle (iii), Proyart - Mop-up battle (iv), Transloy-Loupert system - Mop-up battle (v), Chuignes Eleventh big battle series: final victory roll - Victory roll (i) & (ii), Mont St Quentin and Peronne - Victory roll (iii), Hindenburg outpost line (aka Hagicourt) - Victory roll (iv), St Quentin Canal - Victory roll (v), Montbrehain, the Australians' last battle Part 5: Post War The high prices of peace - Combatants killed - Total killed - Civilian deaths - Apres la guerre - Farewell to old France - Returning to Australia - Tragedy and triumph - Success stories - He sent his son Appendix Timeline of World War I Who was who Territorial recruitments of the AIF in WWI Allied formations in WWI Contributors Acknowledgements Picture Credits Bibliography Index
I got this ghastly 'flu!!!!! And some nice jewellery and a written IOU from the other half to celebrate when he (and now I) are fully recovered. Had first part of family get together Christmas Eve, next is tomorrow when we will all be together over Christmas for the first time for a few years. ..... just wish I felt a bit brighter! Still everything is prepared now and I'm off to bed. Too tired to even think straight. Best wishes to all of you and yours!
Hi all, happy Boxing Day and all that. A framed Hudson print A Mossie pencil print signed by numerous veterans (and a 105 Sqn Mossie too!) Doug Hurst's The Forgotten Few The first five Harry Potter movies on DVD Harry Potter box set of books Die-cast 1/32 scale Mack B61 dump truck Laser distance/volume measurer Set of wood chisels Wanted on DVD Some polo shirts Tool rack General reference book on the war Sheet metal, "craft-built" CAC Boomerang
Nana, I hope you and hubby feel better soon. I've locked myself in my flat after reading about this current spread of flu eep: Spidge, I've always wanted one of those massagers. Let us know what it's like. And the book sounds like a great read. Andy, I think you've trumpted us all. A very nice haul. Would love to see a pic of the Boomerang
Two Teasedale pencil prints, signed by the pilots. An obersver & Met Wing cloth Brevets. 4 Sweetheart brooches (3 RAF 1 WW1 tank commander) PJ's MP4 player. it red and it shiny and it MINE! (Cat killed the last one by knocking it off the drawers in the heavy glass bowl it was in) 2 new 617 books G&B Choklits Antique costume jewellery gorgeous silver and onyx pendant A set of WW2 service medals for a WAAF An external hard drive for the puter Did i mention the shiny MP4? 2 graphic novels 'Queen & Country' and the first 3 Discworld novels A set of first class stamps created using one of my Vulcan photos. Am i beating Andy yet? :clapping:
Let's just say I'm good at finding bargains all at one time! Hope you're feeling better, Nana. Nice one, Kitty. I should add my first edition of Arctic Drfit by Clive and Dirk Cussler...signed by both and the cover artist... What's an MP4?
