The thigs people throw away !!!

51highland · 05-09-2006, 08:19 PM

Found this in a skip, story of HMS Mauritius, commissioned 1940, scrapped 1965. Googled and found amongst other things a gentleman who has lost his copy, on bbc peoples war pages. Think I'll send it to him when I have read it. The ships crew were apparently given the opportunity to buy a copy at wars end in 1945. Gives accounts of war time activities from 1940 to 1944.

Can't believe somebody would ditch this book.

Cpl Rootes · 05-09-2006, 09:02 PM

lol

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I'll send it to him when I have read it.

how very considerate of you

51highland · 05-09-2006, 09:29 PM

Your response comes across as somewhat cynical Cpl.

Paul Reed · 05-09-2006, 09:42 PM

Hi mate- I think it's a wonderful jesture. Well done for thinking of it, and I am sure the RN Vet concerned will be chuffed.

spidge · 05-09-2006, 10:48 PM

A friend who has one of the largest collections of WW1 material on the Australians was given a bag of "stuff" from a friend who found it at the tip.

The bag contained diaries with writings and poems and day by day accounts from Anzac Cove to the end of the war.

The children o this soldier cleaned up the house when he passed away and just threw it all out with the other rubbish.

05-09-2006, 11:03 PM

In some ways its understandable, not everyone realises the importance of historical documents.

Herroberst · 06-09-2006, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by spidge

A friend who has one of the largest collections of WW1 material on the Australians was given a bag of "stuff" from a friend who found it at the tip.

The bag contained diaries with writings and poems and day by day accounts from Anzac Cove to the end of the war.

The children o this soldier cleaned up the house when he passed away and just threw it all out with the other rubbish.

Such a tragedy, all too familiar, a moment of silence please.

Rescued from the Dump, all in mint condition:

1942 issue shovel

1943 issue 50 cal ammo box(flaming bomb)

1944 Gerry can marked

A piece of Living History is a Historian's high.

Andy in West Oz · 06-09-2006, 03:25 AM

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Originally Posted by spidge

The children o this soldier cleaned up the house when he passed away and just threw it all out with the other rubbish.

Unbelievable!

Way to go 51Highland, a wonderful gesture.

Cheers

Andy

lancesergeant · 06-09-2006, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by 51highland

Found this in a skip, story of HMS Mauritius, commissioned 1940, scrapped 1965. Googled and found amongst other things a gentleman who has lost his copy, on bbc peoples war pages. Think I'll send it to him when I have read it. The ships crew were apparently given the opportunity to buy a copy at wars end in 1945. Gives accounts of war time activities from 1940 to 1944.

Can't believe somebody would ditch this book.

Good on yer I say, getting a copy of that book, will bring the memories flooding back to the vet. It would in all honesty have and meant more to that bloke, than it would to yourself. It will probably make your day as well as his.

What is rubbish to one is another's thoughts and memories on paper. You would think people would twig to the historical value of such items if not the sentimental value, what with the current fad in family trees, ancestors and all that. It beggars thought what items are being disposed of to be lost for ever, just for the sake of a good clearout.

lancesergeant · 06-09-2006, 05:01 AM

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Originally Posted by spidge

A friend who has one of the largest collections of WW1 material on the Australians was given a bag of "stuff" from a friend who found it at the tip.

The bag contained diaries with writings and poems and day by day accounts from Anzac Cove to the end of the war.

The children o this soldier cleaned up the house when he passed away and just threw it all out with the other rubbish.

I think thrown out with the rubbish, would be more accurate than saying with the "other rubbish", Spidge, lol.

05-09-2006, 08:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
51highland Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ipswich Posts: 713	The thigs people throw away !!! Found this in a skip, story of HMS Mauritius, commissioned 1940, scrapped 1965. Googled and found amongst other things a gentleman who has lost his copy, on bbc peoples war pages. Think I'll send it to him when I have read it. The ships crew were apparently given the opportunity to buy a copy at wars end in 1945. Gives accounts of war time activities from 1940 to 1944. Can't believe somebody would ditch this book. __________________ 51 highland www.keep-em-moving.com Là á Bhlàir's math na Càirdean (Friends are good in the day of battle) Na diobair caraid's a charraid (Forsake not a friend in the fray) Cuimhnichibh na suinn nach maireann . Mairidh an cliu beo gu brath. (In memory of the Heroes who are no more. May their Fame live on forever)

05-09-2006, 09:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
51highland Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ipswich Posts: 713	Re: The thigs people throw away !!! Your response comes across as somewhat cynical Cpl. __________________ 51 highland www.keep-em-moving.com Là á Bhlàir's math na Càirdean (Friends are good in the day of battle) Na diobair caraid's a charraid (Forsake not a friend in the fray) Cuimhnichibh na suinn nach maireann . Mairidh an cliu beo gu brath. (In memory of the Heroes who are no more. May their Fame live on forever)

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Paul Reed Ubique Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK/France Posts: 2,861	Re: The thigs people throw away !!! Hi mate- I think it's a wonderful jesture. Well done for thinking of it, and I am sure the RN Vet concerned will be chuffed. __________________ The WW2 Society: Remembering those from Britain & The Commonwealth who served 1939-45 - http://www.battlefieldsww2.50megs.com/ww2_society.htm

05-09-2006, 10:48 PM	#5 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,962	Re: The thigs people throw away !!! A friend who has one of the largest collections of WW1 material on the Australians was given a bag of "stuff" from a friend who found it at the tip. The bag contained diaries with writings and poems and day by day accounts from Anzac Cove to the end of the war. The children o this soldier cleaned up the house when he passed away and just threw it all out with the other rubbish. __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

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