[Misc] Parents and memories..

[The Clamp]

Sorry if this is morbid, I mean it more as a celebration of my late parents.
So today is the 5th anniversary of my Father’s passing and also what would have been my late Mother’s birthday. On the way back from my night shift I dropped into church and lit two candles for Cath and Bill.
I don’t feel sad, I feel reflective.
I hadn’t seen my Dad for 30 years. Got back in touch and he was dying. We had 18 months to get to know one another again and we really had a good time. Going to all the places we visited when I was a kid and catching up. We had a short but good time together .
I’m feeling the need for positive things today.
What good times will you or did you remember with your folks and what good times and memories will you create with your children?
I mean this to be a positive thread.
TC

P.S I’m back from night shift , bed beckons so don’t be offended if I go silent.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

My Dad making me bacon sandwiches before school when I was the most ungrateful of adolescents... I remember him seeming very pleased about being able to bestow this luxury on me despite my lack of appreciation at the time, and now, as a parent myself, I fully understand it...

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

My dad at football (Partick Thistle aka The Maryhill Magyars) when I was a wee boy just being weaned into being a junior Jag. Bloke in front of him on the terraces put his umbrella up. Twice my dad asked him politely to put his umbrella down as we couldn't see tbe game. Twice he was met with a slurred torrent of abuse. He didn't ask a third time. Instead he got his lighter out and torched the damn thing

 

[AmexRuislip]

Sorry if this is morbid, I mean it more as a celebration of my late parents.
So today is the 5th anniversary of my Father’s passing and also what would have been my late Mother’s birthday. On the way back from my night shift I dropped into church and lit two candles for Cath and Bill.
I don’t feel sad, I feel reflective.
I hadn’t seen my Dad for 30 years. Got back in touch and he was dying. We had 18 months to get to know one another again and we really had a good time. Going to all the places we visited when I was a kid and catching up. We had a short but good time together .
I’m feeling the need for positive things today.
What good times will you or did you remember with your folks and what good times and memories will you create with your children?
I mean this to be a positive thread.
TC

P.S I’m back from night shift , bed beckons so don’t be offended if I go silent.

Memories are the key, remember the good times, thoughts as always

 

[The Clamp]

Memories are the key, remember the good times, thoughts as always

Thanks man

 

[The Clamp]

My dad at football (Partick Thistle aka The Maryhill Magyars) when I was a wee boy just being weaned into being a junior Jag. Bloke in front of him on the terraces put his umbrella up. Twice my dad asked him politely to put his umbrella down as we couldn't see tbe game. Twice he was met with a slurred torrent of abuse. He didn't ask a third time. Instead he got his lighter out and torched the damn thing

I like your dad!

 

[The Clamp]

My Dad making me bacon sandwiches before school when I was the most ungrateful of adolescents... I remember him seeming very pleased about being able to bestow this luxury on me despite my lack of appreciation at the time, and now, as a parent myself, I fully understand it...

How often as an adult does anybody make you bacon sarnies! Good Dad.

 

[The Clamp]

As context, my Dad was a diver in the RN , spent his time in the Falklands retrieving bodies, from both sides, from the sea. Mum was a nurse Fromm Belfast on the Falls Road treating anyone that came in. English or Irish. They saw some stuff that couple.
Apologies, bit of a day for me.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

As context, my Dad was a diver in the RN , spent his time in the Falklands retrieving bodies, from both sides, from the sea. Mum was a nurse Fromm Belfast on the Falls Road treating anyone that came in. English or Irish. They saw some stuff that couple.
Apologies, bit of a day for me.

You should be very proud of them both mate. Take care today.

 

[Hampden Park]

Chin up M8Y, may both your parents RIP, keep your memories safe in your head. i salute them both (Mum/Dad Clamp)

 

[The Clamp]

You should be very proud of them both mate. Take care today.

Thank you

 

[The Clamp]

Chin up M8Y, may both your parents RIP, keep your memories safe in your head. i salute them both (Mum/Dad Clamp)

Roger that. Thanks

 

[Badger Boy]

As context, my Dad was a diver in the RN , spent his time in the Falklands retrieving bodies, from both sides, from the sea. Mum was a nurse Fromm Belfast on the Falls Road treating anyone that came in. English or Irish. They saw some stuff that couple.
Apologies, bit of a day for me.

Parents to be proud of, Mr Clamp. Always remember them at their best.

 

[The Large One]

Well, there is this...

https://nortr3nixy.nimpr.uk/showthread.php?363219-My-father-and-the-Goldstone

 

[Sussexscots]

My dad at football (Partick Thistle aka The Maryhill Magyars) when I was a wee boy just being weaned into being a junior Jag. Bloke in front of him on the terraces put his umbrella up. Twice my dad asked him politely to put his umbrella down as we couldn't see tbe game. Twice he was met with a slurred torrent of abuse. He didn't ask a third time. Instead he got his lighter out and torched the damn thing

Firhill for thrills! Would love to have seen that!

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

As others have said, always cherish the memories and take care of yourself today.

I lost my mum a week before my 13th Birthday - people say ' that must have been hard for you' - maybe, but it was a lot harder for her - the most wonderful, funny, forgetful, caring, sensitive, absent-minded person I've ever met. She wasn't even 40.

I have fantastic memories of her.

I think about her, and my dad who I lost 10 years ago, pretty much every day.

 

[Weststander]

Luckiy for me, my parents are still here (I’m seeing them tomorrow). Not always a bed of roses (which is reality for many people), my fairly aggressive at times Dad mellowed once he got past 50. Good memories of family holidays in Cornwall and Devon as a kid, also he passed on his love of listening to music, and when I’ve needed help and a roof to stay under as an adult they’ve been loving.
[MENTION=33848]The Clamp[/MENTION] - all the best to you today. Great that you spent precious time with your Dad, as you explained.

 

[Mr Bridger]

As context, my Dad was a diver in the RN , spent his time in the Falklands retrieving bodies, from both sides, from the sea. Mum was a nurse Fromm Belfast on the Falls Road treating anyone that came in. English or Irish. They saw some stuff that couple.
Apologies, bit of a day for me.

My father was also a diver in the Royal Navy , which is where he met my mum ( who later took up nursing) Although I was born in Emsworth they had the good sense to move to Brighton and he then took me to watch Brighton games when I was a boy, so thanks Dad

 

[BBassic]

My dad when he first took me to the Goldstone started a slow clap when one of their players went down injured.

I remember thinking he was just my dopey father being dopey but before long he had what felt like almost the entire ground joining in with him and he stopped being 'dopey' and became like some sort of puppet master or conductor controlling the actions of a few thousand people. Bloody incredible.

I'm lucky enough that I still sit with him now up in WSU, he's moved on from slow claps though. They were sooooo 1992.

 

[Insel affe]

Sorry if this is morbid, I mean it more as a celebration of my late parents.
So today is the 5th anniversary of my Father’s passing and also what would have been my late Mother’s birthday. On the way back from my night shift I dropped into church and lit two candles for Cath and Bill.
I don’t feel sad, I feel reflective.
I hadn’t seen my Dad for 30 years. Got back in touch and he was dying. We had 18 months to get to know one another again and we really had a good time. Going to all the places we visited when I was a kid and catching up. We had a short but good time together .
I’m feeling the need for positive things today.
What good times will you or did you remember with your folks and what good times and memories will you create with your children?
I mean this to be a positive thread.
TC

P.S I’m back from night shift , bed beckons so don’t be offended if I go silent.

Memories are so important and define us as people, mine are not of my parents but of important people who have passed who meant the world to me some friends taken far to early leaving families themselves or my auntie and especially my gran, who looked after me until they could not anymore through ill health (cancer) god i miss her so much, I wave & blow her a kiss to her every time i drive past Hove cemetery most mornings on the way to work.

Making memories for my daughter is the most important thing in the world, for her to know someone will always be there for her and love her no matter what. That is one of the reasons I no longer have a season ticket, she is in breakfast and after school clubs, the only time we see her to spend quality time is the weekend, so I pick and choose games, my daughter is more important.

I just bloody hope she appreciates it....

Take Care Mr Clamp