The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #69774 Message #1187186
Posted By: Bob Bolton
17-May-04 - 09:11 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Bridal Train (The Waifs)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bridal Train - Oz girls marry WWII GIs
G'day R-J,
Well ... that probably was the way the dear old Admiral pronounced the family name ... and it was the way my Pommy grandfather (who was stationed just off there, with coastal artillery) at the start of WW II pronounced it ... but that doesn't necessarily mean the locals agreed!