My Dad’s great aunt (or something) married one of Henry Ford’s sons, and used to send back highly inappropriate and very expensive gifts to her family in the impoverished South Wales valleys, like fur coats and original paintings etc. They all thought she was bonkers, until recently it occurred to me and my Dad that she was trying to help them out financially because she couldn’t send money.
They used to play with the stuff as kids.. what a shame..!
Hearing WWII stories seems odd to me – my Dad’s family were all miners so never fought, and my Mum’s Dad was a desk jokey in the RAF so never fought either, and died of lung cancer in the 50s. So I don’t have any military stories at all.
I should go back and look up some more stuff though, whilst my folks and my aunts and uncles are still with us.
Oh and my Mum’s Auntie was a bridge Grand Master.