Stories from WW2

[Jaques]

Originally Posted by cinderella

John, I've been looking for this phone for years!! I am going to look into getting a landline (a requirement for this phone), so I can buy a fully restored and functioning phone. And I want the original ringing mechanism too, DAMMIT!!! No, beeps, buzzes, or virating sounds - I want that loud ringing again - the way it should be!!!

....when i lst began working as an office junior in l964, aged l5, we had those phones on our desks!!!

My Dad was a desert rat with monty's 8th army during the war, before i was born, he and my mum wrote letters to one another for the 6 long years he was away and when they died, i read them, i cant tell you how moving they were, i have seldom been so moved and as my parents i couldnt imagine them being young and in love - well you dont do you - i have her wedding dress, his war medals and these letters, along with photos and other momentos i shall always keep............