after clive dunn shuffled off this mortal coil this week [a fine actor..and singer of ''granddad'']

[stokemaveric]

it got me thinking what do you remember of your granddad??

[Old_Geezer]

Never met either. Had a step grandad who was alive earlier in my life though.

[marval]

My maternal granddad died before I was born, my paternal granddad died when I was two. So sadly no memories at all, just a picture of me with my Dad's dad.

[stokemaveric]

my granddad was a pilot in ww2 always remember him smoking a pipe...

[magicmick]

Like og never saw my grandads, ihave 2 grandsons so they do get a little spoiled

[Stephen_G]

Never knew my Grandfathers, mav. Either both died before I was born or just after.

[Maydup]

My maternal grandad was always up at dawn and walked everywhere. He was small and thin and never sat still.
My paternal grandad was large and round and a great fan of the TV.

[sherrardk]

My maternal grandfather was the nicest, kindest, most unjudgemental man ever. He died two years ago, just weeks after my mother and I miss him more than I do my mother.

[ummmm]

My grandad died 4 weeks ago :-( I have nearly 40 years of memories, which I'm thankful for, but there are too many to type.

My other grandad died in 1989. I loved him. His death was the first time I felt heartbreak.

[stokemaveric]

i guess i was lucky to have known him then i was 18 when he died..he was 72..the same age as my dad..his son... [both of lung cancer]how uncanny is that??

[stokemaveric]

ohhh ummmm inm so sorry to have asked this question please accept my apology i didnt know about your loss x

[erin-x]

I don't remember much about my maternal Grandad, he died when I was 9. That seems quite old but I just don't :-(

My paternal Grandad died the year before I was born. I don't think I would have known him anyway. My mum never even met him and my parents had been together 6 years when he died!

[Prudie]

I only knew my paternal grandfather. He was Welsh and a pillar of the local community. He was mean, selfish and very Victorian in style. I had no fondness for him at all.

[Jeza]

Only Grandparent I had was my paternal grandfather. When I asked him about the war he said "you don't want to know about that". In later years when I asked my father about his youth he said exactly the same. So I cannot relate to the past. When I tried ancestry, I got no joy because I know nothing.

[flump1]

I had unconditional love from my Granddad and I adored him. When he died, a bit of me went with him. Wonderful memories of working the farm with him .

[ummmm]

Don't worry Stoke. It's nice to read about granddads :-)

[stokemaveric]

thank you ummmm.......

[karenmac60]

My maternal grandfather was a quiet and distant man who died when I was 22. My paternal grandpa was a laugh a minute who died 8 years ago. He'd gone downhill over the last 5 or 6 years of his life after being knocked down. I also knew 2 of my great grandfathers, one died when I was in my teens and he was a lovely man who was injured in ww1 but had a huge garden that he worked on till he was in his late 80s.

[ummmm]

Seeing how many people didn't know their granddads does make me appreciate my time with him. He was a grumpy fecker though...so grumpy he was hilarious!

[askyourgran]

I don't quite remember my paternal grandfather he died when I was 5 years old. My maternal grandad had been a miner all his working life, I took my 6 month old daughter to Durham to see him. He still had strong arms, when he hugged me goodbye I thought I'd break, he died a year later at 86 years old. He was always a stern looking man with not much to say, always involved with the church when mum was small.

[Bluestone]

Ahh, Ummmm, that's sad. Sorry to hear of your loss :-(

I don't really have many Granddad memories. My Mum's Dad dies when she was a child - horrible circumstances, so I have only bad thought about that. My Dad's Dad passed away when I was 8/9. I do remember him, but not enough.

Now, if you'd had asked about 'nanny's', I have lots and lots of lovely memories there... :-)