You know how my history threads about obscure stuff?
A disproportionate amount come about because someone meets me and says:
"Oh? You did THAT thread?! Reminds me: my family has a legend about x happening. But we tihink it's rubbish"
It might not be. DM me your famliy legends.
A disproportionate amount come about because someone meets me and says:
"Oh? You did THAT thread?! Reminds me: my family has a legend about x happening. But we tihink it's rubbish"
It might not be. DM me your famliy legends.
that thing you heard your grandfather did in the war that sounds suuuuuper sketchy?
Might not be. I have at least two largely unknown SOE ops in the thread bank because of crazy grandad stories and one more i'm still trying to track down info on.
SOE did weird shit.
Might not be. I have at least two largely unknown SOE ops in the thread bank because of crazy grandad stories and one more i'm still trying to track down info on.
SOE did weird shit.
That story your family tells about someone who helped them escape something awful?
How do you think I learned about Mary Burchill?
How do you think I learned about Mary Burchill?
https://twitter.com/garius/status/1220711078100897793
Don't even get me STARTED on the guy at a conference who told me the crazy story about his dad, a flying boat pilot and...
....well it's a story that ends with the surrender of an entire army, so I'll save it for the thread.
....well it's a story that ends with the surrender of an entire army, so I'll save it for the thread.
Seriously though. You would be surprised at the amount of stories about normal people doing incredible things that get lost in the grand sweep of history, but survive in family memory.
But those memories are fragile, unless investigated.
And my DMs are open.
But those memories are fragile, unless investigated.
And my DMs are open.
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