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Reflections by James Hepplewhite

by Sunderland Libraries

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Jim Hepplewhite
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Washington Village, Co Durham
Background to story:听
Civilian
Article ID:听
A4293803
Contributed on:听
28 June 2005

Sunday morning so very early, standing, on the village green.
I stood there pondering! Just what my life had been,and all the things I'd seen.
It seems not so many years ago, I stood here before.
And yes! I did - the country was at war.
I stood here and watched the search lights that followed the German planes,
That came to drop the bombs to set the area in flames.
So here I am, no lights or planes to watch, but birds, trees and oh the squirrels too.
So peaceful here just now, the trees and fliowers in bloom.
I stand and think, about sixty years between these events, and time is moving on.
These years between!I wonder how quickly they have gone
Then I think about my age, and time is moving on.
And so I write this down! for this may be, my swansong

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Message 1 - I was with you.

Posted on: 28 June 2005 by Frank Mee Researcher 241911

Hello Jim,
Yesterday with my little dog I stood on my own green of my youth, Norton Green on Teesside. We walked the old mill lane past my old house where we kept pigs hens geese and dad fed us out of the walled garden.
Nothing much has changed and the memories flooded back. Reading your lines a few moments ago I was with you.
A different age with different standards, Have things really got better I wonder.
Regards Frank.

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