What a day!

[elegaer]

Mum and I were planning to go down to Gran's today to try and persuade her that she needed daily care, of some description. Half way down, we heard that she'd fallen again, and had been carted off to Chichester hospital for assessment. So we assembled at her house and drunk tea and spent the day talking to the hospital and the occupational

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[inzilbeth_liz]

Oh gosh, what a mixed day for you. I do hope your gran will be OK. I know all about mums falling and ending up in hospital and it's always such a worry. But what a fabulous find! You do look like your dad, don't you think.

[elegaer]

It's weird, I somehow manage to look like both mum and my father. Thank goodness I didn't get his ginger hair though! :P Everyone says I look like mum, but I always thought I looked like my father. But that's just from photos, I never really knew him well enough to really know

[elegaer]

Shame it didn't last :P

[sally_maria]

I'm sorry to hear about the fall, but hopefully now she'll get the attention she needs.

Old pictures are fascinating. After I went to France a few weeks ago my Dad dug out pictures of my grandparents visiting the same area in the 1920s - it's fascinating to see them as young people enjoying themselves on holiday.

[elegaer]

They really are. I brought home a big carrier bag full of photos, to scan them all when I get a week free! Everything from family holidays to family pets, weddings, school photos, and an album full of Grandad's photos that he took in Germany in the war, all the places he went to, lots of photos of his fellow soldiers relaxing and enjoying precious time off, all labelled with names and ranks - I wish I could find their families and share the pics!

[the_marquis]

Check for a Regimental Old Comrades Association and failing that try the British Legion who may be able to help.

[elegaer]

oh thank you! I'll eventually do that, when I've scanned all the pictures etc