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Post by milly on Jun 1, 2020 15:11:09 GMT -5
Mums been in for nigh on 10 weeks and has just gingerly coming out the residential block she lives in to sit in the sun with me and is very anxious so took her mind off it today by showing her the new scooter which she only saw from her top floor window and does not have very good sight, she said it made her day and she caught up with a few other oldie's there.
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Post by bluegoatwoods on Jun 2, 2020 8:03:39 GMT -5
Very good!
My Mom is 91 years old. Her general physical condition looks similar to your Mom. And she's still pretty vigorous.
But I doubt if I could get her to take a seat on a scooter.
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Post by mrchilled85 on Jun 2, 2020 13:17:34 GMT -5
being shut away for so long is not good for anyones mental health im happy she got to come out and see your bike and talk to others tho
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Post by milly on Jun 2, 2020 16:08:55 GMT -5
Very good!
My Mom is 91 years old. Her general physical condition looks similar to your Mom. And she's still pretty vigorous.
But I doubt if I could get her to take a seat on a scooter.
She managed to get out on her own today which was really good as she suffers with anxiety after being cooped up inside and was saying on the phone earlier how she really likes this one and when she watches me leave on the Django she always says there is something not quite right but not sure what, just her intuition telling her something and mum's usually right when she says things like that over the years. You may never know I did not think my mumwould anymore but she proved me wrong. There's hope for your mum yet!
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Post by milly on Jun 2, 2020 16:15:33 GMT -5
being shut away for so long is not good for anyones mental health im happy she got to come out and see your bike and talk to others tho
Thank you I totally agree it's no good for mental health in a tiny little appartment hardly seeing anyone and warden phones in once in morning see if all is ok but there is no one about to speak to and most of her old friends have passed away. Only a few residents speak to her and they all been told to stay in to. Yes it was good to get her out just gentle persuasion and it payed off. She really enjoyed herself
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Post by bluegoatwoods on Jun 7, 2020 12:15:05 GMT -5
Hey, Milly!
I have a cousin-by-marriage locally here. He grew up in Wales. Came here as a young adult in the early 1980s after marrying a Yank. My wife's cousin. The name of his village is Cwmamon. Or maybe Cwmaman. We'd pronounce it C'mom on. I suppose you'd pronounce it similarly.
Is it familiar to you?
I've seen a few photos of the place and it certainly looks a good deal like the photos you post.
As a matter of fact there's a recent story about this guy that has a scooter connection. I ought to share it with you folks. I'll do that in another thread.
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Post by milly on Jun 7, 2020 16:45:37 GMT -5
Hi bluegoatwoods Cwmaman is a former coal mining village near Aberdare, Wales. The name is Welsh for "Aman Valley" and the River Aman flows through the village. Cwmaman literally means: valley of the river Aman. It's approx 50mile away in the valleys from us in Lampeter area. I go through there from time to time. I will take some pics next time and post them up on the forum or message them to you.
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Post by bluegoatwoods on Jun 7, 2020 19:03:43 GMT -5
Now that you mention it, this cousin by marriage showed me some video footage of that village from about 50 years ago. And it included miners coming out of the mines. It looked as though the mines were on higher ground than the village itself. And that reminded me of a tragedy that happened not long before that. 1966, if I remember right.
Another Welsh village. With a coal mine up in the mountain above and behind. There'd been heavy rains and the mountain all but collapsed in wet mud and dirt. I still remember the photo in Life magazine.......I was only a kid then......of a huge brown, wet landslide with merely the ends of the town sticking out on either side. I was told that the townspeople were digging childrens bodies out of the school, weeping and crying as they did it. And I believe it. It would surely make me cry.
If I ever knew the name of that village, then I've forgotten it. But that photo left an impression on me.
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Post by milly on Jun 8, 2020 17:34:56 GMT -5
Yes that was Aberfan when slag heap number 7 slid down the hill apparently there were lots of springs underneath it. I remember it as a kid too. Horrendous for those that suffered it.Death toll was 144 (28 adults, 116 children).
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Post by bluegoatwoods on Jun 9, 2020 14:08:59 GMT -5
I think that's probably exactly the same photo that's been in my memory all this time. Some differences, though. I seem to recall less of the actual town being spared. But no doubt that's distorted memory.
And "Aberfan" does ring a bell. I guess I did know that name at one time.
The children killed at school! And their parents and neighbors frantically trying to dig them out......What can one say? It hurts merely to think about it.
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Post by bluegoatwoods on Jun 9, 2020 14:17:44 GMT -5
One other bit of distorted memory: in my mind it was wet, brown mud.
But black/gray slag makes much better sense.
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Post by Steve B on Sept 18, 2020 14:14:44 GMT -5
Mums been in for nigh on 10 weeks and has just gingerly coming out the residential block she lives in to sit in the sun with me and is very anxious so took her mind off it today by showing her the new scooter which she only saw from her top floor window and does not have very good sight, she said it made her day and she caught up with a few other oldie's there.
In all honesty, that was the most nerve racking 8 seconds of my life.
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Post by jloi on Sept 18, 2020 19:23:10 GMT -5
good for Mom Milly . we need activity .
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