Hello grandads What was rationing like for you?

Aside from Fire, the Wheel, and medical discoveries/advances, what are the greatest inventions of your lifetime, and why?… Jet Engine, Computers, Mobile Phones, Dyson?

With technology, media and globalisation, how comes no-one has found a better guitarist than Hendrix since he died in 1970?

Why do Grandads hate pop music, and did they ever like it (when they were younger)?

I certainly did - I think most Grandads will have done.  There are many things you learn at school that you might think you will never need to know once you have left.  Names of the worlds rivers, the speed of light and the periodic table.  Unless you think you are going to be an [...]

Question: Did you use any air-raid shelters in the war?

What is the best way to learn about electricity? I’ve recently qualified as a teacher and I would usually ask my Grandad as he was a mining electrician and knew all sorts of strange facts, but unfortunately we lost him last christmas. I’m glad I found this site. I was really close to him and [...]

It is really sad when this happens. But it is not unusual - it happened to me a bit when I was your age!  All you can do is work hard to get back in with your family. Show them you love them by the effort you are making to change - It may be difficult [...]