VE day 75 years ago Edna was at the party

Yes a few days late but I just saw the clip, and it is a bit of a feel-good one.

Warning - there be bagpipes. Just a little bit but Edna, a Scottish WREN who vividly remembers VE day, is a wee cracker (maybe even a stoater) and it's a nice clip. Had me crying and laugh

The accent isn't strong, you won't need subtitles, especially if you're just here for the bagpipes.








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(If you can't see the clip in your country, and want to, I found it by searching for Joanna Lumley VE day)
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Viv applause

Will watch the video clip later but just wanna pop in and say that I absolutely adore Joanna Lumley and even more so after her contribution to the Gurkha Justice Campaign! thumbs up
Mimi cheering crank the volume really loud when you listen grin

Yeah I admire her too applause before your time but ask Art if he remembers her as Purdey - not even sure if the New Avengers made it to the US though cool
Cool As Hell, Viv cheers

"Pinky" got her Honor Flight to D.C. just a few years ago ...

Still likes to tell how she was the only woman on a plane with eighty guys flirty

She turned 98 in January & is the Senior Member & "Glamor Gal" of our Vets For Peace Chapter.

It's great that such heroes get the recognition while they're able to appreciate it!

cowboy
Viv, Mimi and I just watched the video and had the same reaction as you. The New Avengers series did make it to the US but I can’t remember it too much as I was but a wee lad back then. rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing
Mic, in your video I was waiting for the punch line - that “YOU” were the patient in WW2 that Pinky most remembered. rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing
H Vivwave

Will watch in a bit..Just taking five from exercise.
I'm tellin' ya, mimiart, if Pinky was a mite Younger and/or I was a mite Older ... smitten

She used to to stand-up comedy back in the day.
She's razor sharp & can be devastatingly sarcastic devil
Suspect she & MiMi would get on well.
Also Viv -- if both survived, of course.

Pinky's also Ginger. What's NOT to like?! love

cowboy
Mic cheers isn't she though? Heaven forbid I do make it to 90 but I'd like to be that sharp if I do. Pinky sounds a character and you know what, if Edna's granddaughter is anything to go by, Edna was a ginger too.

Can't keep a good ginger down, it seems. grin

And yeah, I liked the way they tied in that old clip of the Lancasters too laugh
Art, yeah I wasn't sure you'd remember the New Avengers although Purdey lingers in the memory of all who were teenagers back then. Especially the boys innocent

Glad you and Mimi enjoyed the clip cheers















shortest clip I could find. None of her trademark high kicks though.

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