Season 1 · Episode 134
S1 Ep134: History - Ralph's Dad and World War Two - An Amazing Story!
December 2, 20241h 0m
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Show Notes
Get ready for this amazing story! In today’s episode I speak again to Ralph James. We follow up on our previous podcast with an in-depth discussion of his father’s remarkable experiences during the Second World War, across many theatres of war and including torpedo and Kamikaze attacks!
We chat about
- Life as a Captain’s Steward.
- Air Raid Precautions (ARP) service before the Royal Navy.
- Blitz experiences.
- Being on an Aircraft Carrier in the Battle of the Atlantic.
- Being torpedoed.
- Sailing with Winston Churchill.
- Liverpool and the War.
- Experiences in North America.
- Rubbing shoulders with Hollywood stars.
- Sailing to Ceylon.
- South Africa and the ‘Bootle Villa’!
- Racial Discrimination.
- Prickly Heat and Bat Eclipses in Sri Lanka.
- Kamikaze attack!
- The lessons of war.
- Wider discussions of war, ethics, humanity and resistance.
- ‘Winning the Peace’.
- Contemporary authoritarianism.
- And so much more…
Check out my YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1dQzS8KBgeT9iA7MAqhQpA - The channel now includes playlists about associated topics.
Follow me on BlueSky - https://bsky.app/profile/northandsouth.bsky.social
Check out the CIC website – www.northandsoutheducationcic.co.uk – You can fund the charity through this page
Please support the Podcast at https://ko-fi.com/northsouthpodcasts?ref=onboarding_email_share2
We chat about
- Life as a Captain’s Steward.
- Air Raid Precautions (ARP) service before the Royal Navy.
- Blitz experiences.
- Being on an Aircraft Carrier in the Battle of the Atlantic.
- Being torpedoed.
- Sailing with Winston Churchill.
- Liverpool and the War.
- Experiences in North America.
- Rubbing shoulders with Hollywood stars.
- Sailing to Ceylon.
- South Africa and the ‘Bootle Villa’!
- Racial Discrimination.
- Prickly Heat and Bat Eclipses in Sri Lanka.
- Kamikaze attack!
- The lessons of war.
- Wider discussions of war, ethics, humanity and resistance.
- ‘Winning the Peace’.
- Contemporary authoritarianism.
- And so much more…
Check out my YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1dQzS8KBgeT9iA7MAqhQpA - The channel now includes playlists about associated topics.
Follow me on BlueSky - https://bsky.app/profile/northandsouth.bsky.social
Check out the CIC website – www.northandsoutheducationcic.co.uk – You can fund the charity through this page
Please support the Podcast at https://ko-fi.com/northsouthpodcasts?ref=onboarding_email_share2