tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post2735052303494655437..comments2024-03-28T15:33:17.736-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Dame Vera LynnPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-69252850955916465272009-09-02T14:23:43.497-05:002009-09-02T14:23:43.497-05:00Thanks for another great series of posts! These a...Thanks for another great series of posts! These are especially meaningful to me as my mother's parents were members of the Dutch resistance/underground during the war. After the war, my grandfather, Henry Van Veldhuizen (who I was named after) was commandant of a prison camp for Dutch collaborators prior to his immigration to Cananda.<br /><br />HankHHankHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-54289413434792279242009-09-01T15:33:44.264-05:002009-09-01T15:33:44.264-05:00Peter,
Thank you very kindly for the link to the ...Peter,<br /><br />Thank you very kindly for the link to the recent <b>BBC</b> interview with Dame Vera. It was fascinating to learn that she felt sure the outbreak of war 70 years ago would be the end of her then-emerging entertainment career. <br /><br />And just look at the affection those old troopers have for her. <br /><br />What a gal!<br /><br />I was also disappointed to learn that the <b>BBC</b> video could not be embedded. Yesterday, I <a href="http://trochilustales.blogspot.com/2009/08/well-meet-again.html" rel="nofollow">posted a lengthy piece</a> about Vera, and having found the link to the interview on your site, I updated my post, with a hat tip to you, of course! <br /><br />Thanks again.Trochilushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07661310034696479920noreply@blogger.com