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World War 1 Ends Officially in 2010
Astonishingly, the final event of The Great War has taken place, 92 years after the end of hostilities. With the final installment of the reparations to be paid by Germany to France, the book can,...
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Ideal Christmas Gift
Now is the time to think about ordering a copy of "Letters from the Trenches" for a Christmas present. I will supply the book, signed, with a personal dedication. At the moment, I'm including a set of...
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Insight into Harry's World - TV Programme
The BBC showed ""World War One from above" on Sunday. It's still available on-line but probably only in the U.K. (Note the consequent careful spelling of programme - with 2 "m"s and an "e") .A French...
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World War 1 from Above
A follower from the U.S. has informed me that the "World War 1 from Above" programme is available on YouTube and is well worth a look. In the supporting material, there is a very good account of the...
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Two related sites
I have been pleased to contribute to help others with similar material to get moving. Harry's blog and book has certainly stimulated several other similar websites particularly Dieter Finzen's...
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Harry, from 1920
William Henry Bonser (Harry) Lamin 1920 onwards.I have been dreading writing this. Possibly, because I don’t know enough about the man to make a decent job of it. Also, it has to mark the end of the...
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William (Bill) Lamin 1916-2010
Sadly, Bill, my father passed away yesterday afternoon, 30th December, aged 94. It wasn't completely unexpected, he has been very frail for quite some time.Bill (Willie in the blog) was born 9 months...
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Apologies and Sad News
Dear all,This is my first post on my father's blog. He has asked me to write to you all to update you with what's been going on for the last few months. As you have no doubt noticed, there has not been...
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Harry Lamin 1921-1961
Written by Catherine, Bill's daughter:After the war Harry went back to work at the lace factory. At this point Dad draws on his own memories of Harry. He describes remembering staying with him with his...
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An update
Sorry to hijack this blog, but after all of the lovely comments from readers I felt it was important to update you all on what was going on.After some more inconclusive tests, the doctor down in...
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Every day is a battle
Dad was released from hospital on Friday, on the condition that he has 24 hour care organised at home.We have carers that come in every morning and every evening to get him out and put him to bed and a...
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4th August - DIY chemo
Dad has asked me to remove posts relating to his illness - after his prior insistence that every step be documented, he has now decided it is too personal for him so I have taken down all the posts...
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Making History - Radio 4
We've had a request from a gentleman at the BBC to use some of Harry's letters in a radio 4 programme following up a listener’s search for information about her grandfather’s war service in Italy in...
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A Christmas Update
Boxing Day 2011, I am visiting dad again and he has asked me to update you on his progress. For the past few months he has been taking the chemo pills every few weeks and has made some progress...
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15th January - 3 Million Views!!
Dear all,Dad has asked me to write a quick note to share that between the various blog sites he has clocked up 3 million views, which is pretty impressive!Thank you all for your emails of support after...
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7th March - Radiotherapy
Dear readers,Just a quick update to let you know that dad is halfway through his second week of a 4 week course of radiotherapy. We suspect this will be "kill or cure" and I will give you more...
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23rd March - radiotherapy over
A little update - dad has just finished 4 weeks of radiotherapy. He is weak and wobbly - speech is bad, balance is bad and strength is bad, but somehow we were expecting worse. He's glad it's over and...
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24th June - Post Radiotherapy
I haven't posted for a while for the simple reason I didn't know what to say - dad has been in the local community hospital for about a month and we were all feeling incredibly pessimistic about the...
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28th June - Good News At Last
Dad saw his consultant today and was told some excellent news.....according to the specialist, dad's tumour has not shrunk....it's gone altogether!This means that his weakness and lack of balance, as...
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15th September - the aftermath
During August dad began physiotherapy, we have since been told that he has ataxia, which is a neurological issue that can be caused by a trauma or can just occur in some people. We believe this has...
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Just a little update to warm the winter months.....at the end of October my niece, Bill's granddaughter, turned 3. To mark the occasion a small party was held, however Ellie's birthday also marked the...
View Article26th March.....Changes
After my last positive post a lot of things have changed. Firstly, after Christmas, my dad had to ask Maureen to leave as she had spent about 2 out of 5 weeks at home and, while we all appreciated that...
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Time passes, as it is wont to do and things change, sometimes for the good and sometimes not.Dad has asked me to post again, because he has not updated you with his progress for a number of months. The...
View Article22nd October...time flies
I write this for the last time at my dad's lovely little cottage in west Cornwall. It has been a tough slog, but dad has finally found a home that he likes and so will no longer be returning here. My...
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On Saturday evening I received a call from the local hospital to say that my father, Bill Lamin, passed away peacefully in his sleep. He fought a long battle with a brain tumour and the after effects...
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