John Wilson
speaker
2,755 appearances
21 recordings
7 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 6d ago
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Nobody ever did that.
But do you think there was an expectation that you wouldn't talk about it?
There was an expectation that we don't talk about these things because it's uncomfortable for everyone.
That sort of thing has gone now.
People kind of overshare.
Here I am oversharing.
You know, it's currency now, whereas before it was a private event.
And it's particularly when you come from a naval family where, you know, you know what the risks are.
But I think nowadays there's far more attention paid to the families.
In fact, I know there is because I help a charity called the Naval Children's Charity, which looks after people who are disabled.
you know, in trouble because they've lost a parent.
Because, of course, nowadays it's women and men, mothers and fathers who are at risk.
But I think in those days there was a very much a kind of culture of just don't mention it and keep going.
And I think that was probably left over from the Second World War.
And, you know, you just keep going.
But it's also the fact that it was a military family, so there's an expectation of a sort of stoicism, isn't there?
Yes, absolutely.
I mean, my mother was completely not from that world at all.
How did she cope with that?
Well, I don't really know.
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