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Eric · 10-12-2008, 21:32

I remeber all of my grandparents, tho' my grandad Ashton died when I was four ... he had been wounded and gassed in the Great War ... my grandma Slater (nee Webster) died of cervical cancer in the early fifties ... my grandma Ashton died in '62 ... she'd had a hard life, working in the mills full time and taking care of her invalid husband .... my grandad Slater died also in '62 of complications from lung cancer ... a hard man, with a soft heart .... when I think of them, all different, I get some idea of what it meant to be Lancashire.

10-12-2008, 21:32	#23
Eric God Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Kingston, Ontario, Canada Posts: 9,290 Liked: 2347 times Rep Power: 58528	Re: Grandparents I remeber all of my grandparents, tho' my grandad Ashton died when I was four ... he had been wounded and gassed in the Great War ... my grandma Slater (nee Webster) died of cervical cancer in the early fifties ... my grandma Ashton died in '62 ... she'd had a hard life, working in the mills full time and taking care of her invalid husband .... my grandad Slater died also in '62 of complications from lung cancer ... a hard man, with a soft heart .... when I think of them, all different, I get some idea of what it meant to be Lancashire.