Dame Vera Lynn

[DRM]

A true national treasure, Jeremy Vine played out radio 2 with We'll meet again, but the version he used was dreadful with an organist playing the music, rather than the normal band accompaniment

 

[Dirk]

The passing of an era.
She bolstered my parents generation during the war and I used to enjoy her TV show when I was a kid.
Little known fact. Vera owned a house in Hollywood.*

*That's Hollywood just south of Birmingham. It was on the main Alcester Road on the left going out of town.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I've just had a little tribute to Dame Vera by playing my two favourite songs she sang so well.

 

[Mr Whyte]

she lived in ditchling?

Yes Dame Vera Lynn did live here in Ditchling.
RIP to a much loved singer and person.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Why does it have the line "Britons Awake" in a song about England?

I presume it just fits in and sounds better. In those days Great Britain was just seen and thought of as 'England' by many,so no compromise. I've just looked it up. It was composed and written by..... Ross Parker and Hughie Charles.[ No chance of asking them as they're long gone.

 

[Dave7]

Watched a special on tv last night. It was very moving. Some of the old soldiers that went through the hell of Burma were in tears as they recalled how she built thier morale up.

 

[PaulB]

It was a very brave move by the British Phonograph Industry to start World War Two in order to boost their singer's career though, wasn't it?

 

[winjim]

Why does it have the line "Britons Awake" in a song about England?

Never mind that, where on Earth did those bluebirds apear from?

 

[Foghat]

Yes Dame Vera Lynn did live here in Ditchling.
RIP to a much loved singer and person.

Dame Vera was indeed a truly nice person, speaking in my capacity as former-young-child-getting-patted-on-the-head-by-kind-lady....which always made my day.

 

[byegad]

Never mind that, where on Earth did those bluebirds apear from?

An American wrote the song, and the Bluebird is an American Bird. Like all left ponders, he obviously didn't know/care about getting things right for the British.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

I hear she's getting a State funeral. Don't know where, don't know when. Some sunny day probably.

 

[Foghat]

Little known fact. Vera owned a house in Hollywood.*

*That's Hollywood just south of Birmingham. It was on the main Alcester Road on the left going out of town.

And some time before moving to Ditchling, she lived at the rather pleasant, if somewhat shaded, Clayton Holt at the foot of the South Downs below Clayton Windmills. Tried running it as a smallholding I believe.

 

[DRM]

Never mind that, where on Earth did those bluebirds apear from?

Datsun wasn’ It, 180B model

 

[Brandane]

In those days Great Britain was just seen and thought of as 'England' by many,so no compromise

Sadly, that is still the case with the great unwashed. Come north of the border (similarly if you step into Wales or Northern Ireland) and you'll find that is definitely NOT the case, and never was! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿