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My Little Nana. She had my mum when she was in her 40's so she was well into her 70s when I was born and, despite her living to 92, I still never had nearly enough time with her. She was a wonderful lady with nothing but love to give and I would love to sit and chat with her for an hour.
 
I think for me it would be my late 'in-laws', I never met them, but feel I know so much about them, would love to have an hour chatting to them, just to get my own perspective.

I can think of loads of 'famous' people, so might have to come back to that one.
 
My Grandad.

He survived WW1 and the Mesopotamia campaign, although I'm told he was deeply psychologically scarred by the experience.

I have only a faint memory of him as he died when I was 4.
 
My Mum & Dad who sadly passed away within weeks of each other

They never got to see me get married or see there granddaughter, and I sure could do with there advice and support right now
 
I have so many people I would like to talk to.......Family Wise It would be my grandparents as I have always been close to them but still need their words of wisdom......otherwise I would like to meet Jesus, Mohammad, Hitler, Joan of Arc, King Arthur and Marilyn Monroe.......and not to forget the first choice of Mother Theresa
 
My mum and dad, because after 23 and 13 years respectively, I still miss them dreadfully.

And my children, because I didn't get to know them for long enough.
 
Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Einstein, Charles Dickens, Chaucer, Brunel, Nelson, Leonarda da Vinci - the list is endless
 
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What a sentimental lot we are ....

... just to add .... I'd give just about anything to have an hour on that bench with my mum (gone for 7 years now) ...

... And then another hour with my dad (9 years gone) ...

So much I'd love to tell them ...

(Just looked for a smilie to add, but can't find an appropriate one ...)

Lovely thread. Thanks . X
 
For some reason I find it greatly heartening that so many miss, and clearly have great love and respect for their parents/grandparents etc.
 
Another sentimental one I'm afraid. My grandfather. I only knew him after he'd become very ill. I'm told what a fantastic life he had, I'd love to hear about it
 
Granny & Granda for me. They added a wee bit of magic to my early childhood and never got the chance to thank them.
 
I think I would like to talk to my grandad too, but for maybe slightly different reasons. He died before I was born, before my parents were married and I have always been given the impression his death wasn't mourned perhaps quite as much as one would expect. He was Irish, came over to England to find work and met my Gran. However he was a heavy drinker, something she didn't know until after they were married, quite handy with his fists by all accounts and caused 'problems'. I would love to ask him about his family, his early life, that kind of stuff, the part of my heritage I will never know about because it was simply never discussed. When I was young and asked about doing my family tree, my Gran genuinely struggled to remember his parents names and was patently uncomfortable talking about him, so I never pushed the issue.
I was very lucky, I had a lot of time with my other grandparents and my parents, despite my mum passing away in her late 50's - the grandparents had their children young and lived long lives. I would be very happy to spend time with any of them again but realise I am luckier than so many folks having had that time. :)
 
Both my grandfathers to learn what WW1 was really like so I could pass it on to my grandchildren
 
My choice would be Oscar Wilde, superb humour.
 
My gran. I was 18 when she died. I never really spoke to her about her past.
 
I think I would like to speak to myself aged about 15 or so, to tell me to get my arse in gear and sort out a proper career route.

Oh and whatever you do don't have any kids as you are not cut out for it :exit:

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Carl Sagan.

A truly inspiration and brilliant human being. If everyone took the time to read his books or watch his television masterwork, the world really would be a better place.
 
To continue the theme that seems to be forming. The person I would most like to sit next to on the bench would be the man who I looked upto and admired my whole life, my grandfather. Although he passed away when I was 13, he taught me so much about life and about the type of man I should become. I would love to just take a short time, to sit next to him and discuss life and the choices I have made throughout the years. The thing I endeavour to do everyday is to make him proud of who I have become. Although 23 years have passed by, not a day goes by without thinking of him.
 
Probably my mum but I fear I'd be too much of a blubbering mess to do it, and besides I still talk to her, wouldn't mind some time with my 3 grandparents who died before I was born...

Famous people hmm, not that many to be honest, I'd like to spend some time with artists time Turner or Monet, or great engineers like Brunel
 
My mum...taken too soon just before xmas..so much to say that went unsaid..love her dearly always and miss her so much!
 
My great, great grandmother Sarah who raised my grandmother and who I was named after.
She would have been born in the mid 1800s, so clearly I never met her but from what I understand she was a very strong woman, who insisted on maintaining her independence, managing her own business and juggling career and childcare.
I'd kind of just like to know a bit more about the woman I was named after.
 
SarahLee said:
My great, great grandmother Sarah who raised my grandmother and who I was named after.
She would have been born in the mid 1800s, so clearly I never met her but from what I understand she was a very strong woman, who insisted on maintaining her independence, managing her own business and juggling career and childcare.
I'd kind of just like to know a bit more about the woman I was named after.
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Well she sounds very impressive, even more so when you consider in the 1800's women were more expected to be keepers of the home and children than to be the bread winner, so more power to her
 
My mum. She died from cancer 31 years ago, when I was 20.
I brought my wedding forward so she could see me getting married, but she died before I got married.
I'd love to sit on the bench with her, and show her pictures of my children and grandchildren,and tell her about my life.
I think she would be proud.
 
Hypatia, or Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace.
 
My big hairy friend, Mulloch.

He was my oldest Golden Retriever whom we had to say goodbye to last August. Whenever I was out with my retrievers, we always used to have a rest when we came to a bench such as this...Mulloch firmly believed that his place was by my side, so he'd always jump up and sit beside me whether it be a bench or the couch in the house. He would then 'assault' me with his big paw or nudge me with his aggressive nose, wanting attention.

Despite still having two very lively retrievers (and very thankful I am for that), I till miss by big friend every day.
 
It would have to be my Mam. She died in 1984 and it still hurts. Would she feel proud of her family and their acheivments, I suspect she would. She died when my youngest of three sons was 15 months old, the last photo taken of her was with him on her knee. She idolised her three grandsons, and knew that I secretly wished to have a daughter. My eldest son hit the jackpot and became the father of quads! Truly a miracle as I believe the chances of this happening naturally are 64000000 to one! 4 identical girls. I know she would say "well you finally got your girl x4
 
MWHCVT said:
Well she sounds very impressive, even more so when you consider in the 1800's women were more expected to be keepers of the home and children than to be the bread winner, so more power to her
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TBH I don't know how much 'family myth' has grown up around her and how much is absolute fact (my grandmother obviously worshipped her grandmother) but I still think she sounds pretty cool and would have loved to have met her for myself :)
 
It looks a nice big bench, so all four of my grandparents. The GF that died when I was very young and who I never got to know, the GM I should have talked to more when we had time to ourselves but I was too young, the GM that wouldn't talk about herself (now that I know why), and the GF with whom I only really started to have a real conversation with just before it became too late.

And I could sneak an extra five minutes, my GGGF and his cousin - because it's bugging me which one of them learnt photography first and taught the other, and whether or not I'm right about the cousin having a black-sheep brother who was also a photographer.
 
SarahLee said:
TBH I don't know how much 'family myth' has grown up around her and how much is absolute fact (my grandmother obviously worshipped her grandmother) but I still think she sounds pretty cool and would have loved to have met her for myself :)
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Like all great myths there's some truth to them :thumbs: well at least I hope so..
 
An hour wouldn't be enough with Mum and/or Dad, so I'll go for my natural maternal grandfather who was killed in Sicily during the war.
 
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