tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post4841122905309440990..comments2023-11-03T07:29:16.334+00:00Comments on The Potty Diaries: It was twenty years ago today...Potty Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-17344790478664883282009-11-11T10:48:31.102+00:002009-11-11T10:48:31.102+00:00HCM, I know, it's amazing to think it was 20 y...HCM, I know, it's amazing to think it was 20 years ago when my psyche tells me that I was only just out of nappies then. Clearly not true...<br /><br />Sharon, I only realised last night that it didn't go up until the early 60's; for some reason I was convinced it had been there since at least the early '50's. Incredible to think that at a time when the rest of Europe was enjoying so much more freedom, the Soviet Bloc was cutting it back.Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-38366450640958582932009-11-11T08:37:23.257+00:002009-11-11T08:37:23.257+00:00I can actually vaguely remember the wretched thing...I can actually vaguely remember the wretched thing going up! The coming down was watched with great joy in our house. <br /><br />The fall meant that friends my husband met behind the Iron Curtain during his student days were finally able to leave their home countries and visit us in the UK. It was momentous to say the least as people who had only existed on paper or in photos for me turned up on our doorstep. We were so glad he had maintained contact over the years.sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03247276433803886670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-68699493712560352672009-11-10T20:10:08.552+00:002009-11-10T20:10:08.552+00:00I also couldn't believe it is 20 years ago. Ca...I also couldn't believe it is 20 years ago. Can't remember what I was doing at the time which means it was either a particularly dull phase in my life, or a an exceptionally excellent one!! Amazing to see that in our lifetime though.Hot Cross Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17052268534992433595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-2174993754288407022009-11-10T20:03:21.628+00:002009-11-10T20:03:21.628+00:00So Irene, are you saying you were there? How exci...So Irene, are you saying you were there? How exciting if yes...<br /><br />Sparx, you and me both. And I think the world was much more local-minded then in any case; what went outside our town, let alone our country was often not reported much...<br /><br />Paradise, incredible isn't it how such small things - catching one boat rather than another, for example - can impact so hugely.<br /><br />NVG, yes, bearing in mind I didn't bother to go I would be with you on that.<br /><br />Kate, those battlefields and graveyards are awe-insipiring (in the most serious way) aren't they?<br /><br />Iota, fishes or parrots. I may have to let the blogging world decide with a picture...Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-41165155144884024872009-11-10T18:20:03.426+00:002009-11-10T18:20:03.426+00:00I am too busy pondering the idea of gloves that lo...I am too busy pondering the idea of gloves that look like fishes to share any Berlin Wall memories with you...<br /><br />I was working in the Civil Service at the time, and had just started going out with a guy who worked in the Foreign Office, so it was all pretty exciting, I seem to remember. I had to pretend I knew far more about European history than I really did, because everyone else seemed so knowledgeable.Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-42925823489248303892009-11-10T16:12:20.667+00:002009-11-10T16:12:20.667+00:00I have been setting a quiz with a friend, and was ...I have been setting a quiz with a friend, and was ashamed to reveal that I hadn't remembered the date. Twenty years. So much has happened. I remember watching it on TV, and thinking this is a memorable, amazing, historic event.<br /><br />I also remember driving to France with an ex boyfriend. We were trying to get to the South of France, but suddenly realized we didn't have time, and ended up on the battle fields of North Eastern France amongs the mass graves. Very sobering and not exactly what we had in mind!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14967282294766601919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-8975374468948156662009-11-10T14:17:20.500+00:002009-11-10T14:17:20.500+00:00The Doctor and I were just talking about this watc...The Doctor and I were just talking about this watching the news last night. We both remember it happening, but not thinking 'Wow, this is a really historic moment.' It just seemed like the natural order of things, given all that had happened with perestroika etc, and the Fall of Communism seemed inevtiable. But looking back on it now, it had such huge symbolism and significance.nappy valley girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-1079890719395586732009-11-10T13:21:37.794+00:002009-11-10T13:21:37.794+00:00yes it made me feel old too. I hadn't fully re...yes it made me feel old too. I hadn't fully realised though until reading about it a few days ago that it was a mistake & miscommunication that caused the border to be opened. Fascinating how history/life etc so often pivots in a signifiicant way on a mistake/chance occurrence etc.<br />I have a similar thing but with teh 2nd world war (no I don't remember that!!) my father-in-law escaped with his mother & sister from Burma (where HIS father had been killed in action)& the British boat ahead & behind them got bombed by German U-boats & both sank killing everyone. Theirs made safe passage, so my father-in-law survived, grew up, married & had his first son, my husband.Paradise Lost In Translationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08507703496080523959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-66114764838743626582009-11-10T12:35:12.454+00:002009-11-10T12:35:12.454+00:00Hi - also commented at BMB... I can't think of...Hi - also commented at BMB... I can't think of many immediately personal ways in which this affected me beyond the general change it made to the fabric of modern life overall however you have prompted me to talk to my German friends about this and ask them what it was like for them - something I've never thought about doing. Gods, I didn't realise I was so narrow...Sparxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04075991922896922279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-82785191893697888802009-11-10T12:23:37.318+00:002009-11-10T12:23:37.318+00:00I would not have traveled from Sweden to former Ea...I would not have traveled from Sweden to former East Germany by ferry and driven to Berlin and seen the wall in pieces and driven through the Brandenburg gate and seen all those funny little cars in East Berlin. Yes, Trabants they were called and they were all over the place. There were also people selling everything that was Soviet made as souvenirs to the hungry tourists and I am sorry that I didn't buy anything, fool that I am. I liked their commercialism.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.com