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RIP Dame Vera Lynn

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  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    RIP
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    RIP
  • No.1 in South London
    No.1 in South London Posts: 3,961
    RIP wonderful lady................. we'll meet again
  • Bod
    Bod Posts: 177
    RIP
  • bristoladdick
    bristoladdick Posts: 1,147
    RIP
  • Scratchingvalleycat
    Scratchingvalleycat Posts: 759
    A life well lived. 
    Brought a tear to my eye today
    RIP
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,883
    RIP Dame Vera
  • The Prince-e-Paul
    The Prince-e-Paul Posts: 6,688
    When I saw a documentary on her time visiting troops in Burma it brought years to my eyes thinking of my grandfather being a 20;year old out there for years. Seeing all the young men's faces was destroying. 
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,824
    RIP
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,480
    The Prince-e-Paul said:
    When I saw a documentary on her time visiting troops in Burma it brought years to my eyes thinking of my grandfather being a 20;year old out there for years. Seeing all the young men's faces was destroying. 
    Have very good pal now living in Sydney whose father was a Chindit in 21Column, he became a Colour Sargent, fought hand to hand combat at the Battle of Imphal and saw action in many other skirmishes.
    Survived the war but caught Malaria in the process which weakened his internal organs.....he died around 1968, a relatively young man, as a result of the complications he suffered.
    He was a fabulous geezer......a true working class Cockney gentleman if ever there was one.
    Used to keep us teenagers enthralled with the tales of his days in Burma which us lads used to drag out of him bit by bit.
    He explained the suicide (Banzai) charges of the Japs, from time to time they’d reach the Chindit emplacements and then it kicked off for real.....not like a scrap in a pub or a street fight, that’s child’s play in comparison .....this was real him or me unto death stuff. I could scarcely believe that this little unassuming, kind and friendly middle aged bloke sitting not a few feet from me could have actually hurt a fly, let alone killed men in cold blood whilst staring into their eyes.
    Hour after hour they kept coming.....but they somehow held out......I could have sat listening to him for hours.
    God bless you Bill......the bravest man I ever met.
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  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,476
    RIP true a true national legend who became a star whilst the country was facing its darkest time. 
  • The_Organiser
    The_Organiser Posts: 3,999
    RIP Vera, they don’t make them like you anymore. Keep singing up there.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,791
    Sad news but she had a good life. 
  • charltonman2016
    charltonman2016 Posts: 1,118
    Amazing lady and what a life. A legend that will be sorely missed but never forgotten at all!!! RIP Dame Vera
  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    Very sad her passing but what a wonderful life. She was my Dad’s favourite. He was born the same year and when he too passed away a month short of his 98th birthday they played We’ll meet again at his funeral service. I had held it together until they played that song, which brought back memories of Dad telling me of his war stories and his younger days growing up in Lewisham. A wonderful man and a remarkable lady, hope they get to meet again. Rip Dame Vera.
  • Blackheathen
    Blackheathen Posts: 6,655
    A legend.  Rest In Peace Dame Vera.

    A talkback caller remembered her concert tour of New Zealand and how, working in a hair salon in Auckland, she took a booking for a Mrs Lewis, Dame Vera’s married name.  She remembered Vera Lynn as being the nicest lady.  Partway through having her hair done she got out her knitting while chatting away.
  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,680
    RIP Vera.
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,902
    Bless her RIP
  • HantsAddick
    HantsAddick Posts: 2,423
    Someone who really is a true legend. R.I.P. Dame Vera, a wonderful, long life.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    edited June 2020
    RIP Vera Lynn. 

    From being Vera Welch, a girl without any showbusiness roots and the daughter of a plumber and dressmaker from the East End, to becoming Dame Vera Lynn, a national Treasure and Icon who must've had the longest career ever in the fickle world of song. 
    Singing and entertaining from 7 to still selling music past a Century.

    The Girl done good; a True British Legend.

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