My granddad would’ve been 100 years old today. Happy Birthday Poppa!
That’s the two of us together when I was small. He died a few years ago now, and for another few years before that wasn’t really ‘himself’ due to Alzheimer’s, but other than that he was busy and active his whole life. He was a fireman in London during the Blitz.
He then stayed on in the fire service for the rest of his working life. He’s on the far right in the above cartoon – I think the date on it is 1949, but it could be ’48 or even ’40. I won’t go into some of the stories he had to tell now, but there were some dramatic ones! He travelled a lot, too, I think mostly after he’d retired.
So that’s it, really – happy birthday to you, Poppa, and Happy Centenary!
That cartoon is way cool! What a great memento. I wonder whose idea it was to do it/have it done.
It is, isn’t it? It went along with a newspaper article about the firestation – my Mum has a copy.
Oh he looks like he was a lot of fun. You are a doll too. Happy Birthday Poppa from Salt Lake City, Utah.
He was indeed, thank you! :-)
Lovely tribute to your Poppa!
ICLW
Thank you!
What a nice way to remember your grandfather! Love the cartoon!
Thank you :-) I’m really pleased we have a copy of it.
What a great cartoon – and what a wonderful way to acknowledge a special day.
Jenni – ICLW #12
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Such a lovely tribute to your grandfather! And what a great picture of the two of you. Definitely a treasure.