tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post7467324068308040670..comments2024-03-08T17:06:56.189+00:00Comments on mrs miniver's daughter: maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13955194101659665925noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-72828546921820756652012-01-08T17:53:20.733+00:002012-01-08T17:53:20.733+00:00PS Thanks to everyone for your kind birthday greet...PS Thanks to everyone for your kind birthday greetings ... and Darlene, thank you for your lovely sparkly Christmas card.maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955194101659665925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-80701861360654831252012-01-08T17:41:42.497+00:002012-01-08T17:41:42.497+00:00I hate to destroy any glamorous image you hold of ...I hate to destroy any glamorous image you hold of me yomping into Port Stanley waving a Union Jack. What actually happened was that a party of us went out from Portsmouth on a launch, boarded the ship a couple of miles out at sea - and that's how I came to sail back from war with flags flying and bands playing. A complete gate-crasher! <br />Honesty compels me to admit that I was too gormless to have given any thought as to how one boarded a battleship in a pair of high-heeled shoes. (In case any reader is equally gormless it involves a steep ladder up the side.) I tipped on to the deck in an undignified knicker-flashing heap and can only say that HM's Navy behaved like officers and gentlemen as they hoisted me to my feet. Of course, I was more decorative in those days and they had been short of female company for many months ...maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955194101659665925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-48714763675593868152012-01-08T12:32:42.552+00:002012-01-08T12:32:42.552+00:00oh, and Happy Birthday!oh, and Happy Birthday!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-16128765241801369202012-01-08T12:32:13.301+00:002012-01-08T12:32:13.301+00:00When Mrs. Thatcher became Prime Minister a woman h...When Mrs. Thatcher became Prime Minister a woman had been running the country for nearly three decades ;)<br /><br />(from a staunch royalist...)StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-6375589548582584602012-01-08T12:06:47.454+00:002012-01-08T12:06:47.454+00:00Birthday greetings and I think lots of us talk to ...Birthday greetings and I think lots of us talk to people who have gone ahead of us.Mysticahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10941269615559681014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-59071957870594388682012-01-07T18:10:45.437+00:002012-01-07T18:10:45.437+00:00Happy Birthday, hope you had a great day yesterday...Happy Birthday, hope you had a great day yesterday. The film does sound interesting, but I'm not 100% sure about it as Mrs Thatcher is ill. And like everyone else I'm intrigued about the destroyer. I was at university in '82, so was probably in the bar while you were on the ship!scrumptious dayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01419573938670000694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-10673319691032848042012-01-07T15:02:33.930+00:002012-01-07T15:02:33.930+00:00Birthday Greetings Mary! I'm certain that you...Birthday Greetings Mary! I'm certain that you are not as old as I, since I graduated in the 60s. I have mixed feelings about the film as Baroness Thatcher is still alive. <br />Do tell about the destroyer, please?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-4193583703843671672012-01-07T14:03:05.322+00:002012-01-07T14:03:05.322+00:00Belated birthday wishes! And yes, the destroyer?Belated birthday wishes! And yes, the destroyer?Cornflowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17779286635989616330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-15925119329609742382012-01-07T09:06:14.235+00:002012-01-07T09:06:14.235+00:00Happy Birthday Mary - but please - never mind Mrs ...Happy Birthday Mary - but please - never mind Mrs T, I must know more about the destroyer. I spent a lot of time on strike too. It was like a game I'm ashamed to say.Lucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-48712511094332518002012-01-07T00:38:41.717+00:002012-01-07T00:38:41.717+00:00Happy birthday, Mary! And you have a long way to ...Happy birthday, Mary! And you have a long way to go before I would even begin to consider you anything close to old.<br /><br />The Iron Lady opens here in a couple of weeks...can't wait!Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07415316482631852565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-62578938200376036372012-01-07T00:22:34.566+00:002012-01-07T00:22:34.566+00:00Sue, I suppose Meryl looks like Mrs T might have l...Sue, I suppose Meryl looks like Mrs T might have looked after a very successful facelift!<br />Definitely worth seeing, despite a few reservations.maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955194101659665925noreply@blogger.com