Too young to remember the outbreak, Don (and welcome back, too!), but I can recall running from our house to the air raid shelter with the glow of a V2 engine exhaust passing overhead. Being fascinated by a crashed Junkers 188 in the field opposite the same house. Saw Queen Elizabeth's coronation on my grandmother's TV, the first in our family - black and white of course. Starting grammar school in 1950, with a brand new uniform for the first time ever.
Much later, sailing into Table Bay at 5:30 in the morning, what an amazing sight. The table cloth in full glory, with the sun rising over the wharves. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of willdo-1 Sent: Thursday, 30 December 2010 10:13 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT Ya know you're "old" when you remember... Yeah, But who remembers when WWII broke out? When the Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, The Arc Royal and so many others I can't remember for the moment, were anchored all at the same time in the roadstead outside Cape Town harbour; and the U Boats stopped local fishing trawlers from Hout Bay out at sea to buy fresh fish? They used a variety of currencies that included Sterling, US and South African. And I took pictures with a folding Kodak from our front stoep (stoop) or verandah for the Brits which afforded a wonderful view of Table Bay. D Dr E D F Williams 41660 TOIVAKKA Finland Ph: +358(0)400706616 On 30/12/2010 13:49, paul stenquist wrote: > Fascinating, Boris. > > On Dec 30, 2010, at 1:44 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > >> My first memories are from the Moscow-Kiev overnight train when I was >> like 5 or 6 on out way to my great uncle and aunt living there at the >> time (before Chernobyl). To make that vaguely on topic I should >> mention that my great uncle from Kiev had some range finder camera >> (probably Soviet clone of Leica) and I remember having to sit rather >> still when he prepared the gear and took my pictures. Then I recall >> the announcement of Brezhnev's demise. The ceremony of becoming a >> pioneer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_movement). Our first >> color TV set some time throughout the 1980s... The events of Aug 1991 >> and me sitting in front of that TV set trying to tune in to the BBC >> or CNN or whatever channel that was apparently broadcasting over to >> us. I also recall the Electornika supermarket kind of shop when I was >> like the 8th grade. My programmable calculator bought at the time >> still works by the way. My first cup of real black coffee towards the >> end of school. Wonderful memories of Moscow > State University class rooms where I was listening to math and physics lectures having ran away from Kerosinka that happened to be not too far away. Got A's later one 'cause I kind of knew the material... >> >> So, effectively, as my age suggests I am the child of 1980's. I remember the Moscow Olympic games, obviously, and the sad song and the Bear balloon flying over and away from the Luzhniki sport's arena... >> >> So, Elizabeth, ma'm, I suppose that would be a good alternative /wink/ to your experience, would it not? >> >> Boris >> >> >> On 12/30/2010 3:46 AM, Elizabeth Masoner wrote: >>> Ok, the age question thread made me start thinking how different >>> each generation's experiences are. Mine are kind of a mismash >>> because my parents were much older before they started their family >>> and almost all of my cousins were old enough to be my parents. >>> Thought it might be fun to do some comparing of stuff we remember. >>> >>> The Aldridge Family radio program >>> The Shadow radio program >>> It being safe to eat anything you got on Halloween >>> (homemade/unwrapped/etc) Riding the go-kart down the main street in >>> town and not getting in trouble with the police All grown ups having >>> the authority to call you down if you acted up in public Walking >>> home from school to eat lunch The first big CB craze (my dad bought >>> us handheld CBs to use as walkie talkies - wow did we hear some >>> stuff) Challenger Explosion Ronald Reagan getting shot When the >>> K1000 was metal and glass (my first SLR) Lawn darts that had points >>> >>> ~Liz >>> http://lizmasoner.wordpress.com/ >>> http://thornsnclaws.wordpress.com/ >>> http://photography.about.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
