My first post (so be gentle)
Hi, apologies for my first post being rather slushy and long winded but here goes.
My grandad died when I was about 5 years old. I remember him as "jelly grandad". This is what I have always called him because when he was alive every time we went to visit him and my nanny he'd always phone up to ask what colour jelly I wanted for pudding (I was the only one allowed to choose out of myself, sisters and all my cousins as I was the oldest and he was very proud of me, his first grandchild). The answer was without fail 'red jelly'. But he always used to phone up anyway (I think he just liked to wind me up by saying there was a red jelly shortage and that we had to have green jelly (never actually happened thank god!)).
A few years ago (about 7) I found some 8mm projecter type footage in the loft at my nannys house and I thought I'd see what it was (because I'm nosey) and there was me in my little walker chair thing running around crashing into the person filmings legs (you never got to see who was filming). I asked my mum who it was filming and she said it was my grandad. It breaks my heart that there is no actual footage of him on those films. But the thing is I know he's there laughing at me chasing him and that's enough to make those films my most precious possesion. So now when I watch them, sitting there eating my red jelly, I think about all the times when my family have said I am so similar to him and how proud he would have been of me and I always hope that's true.

P.S my boyfriend has a stormtrooper helmet that I've got my eye on too.
(tillyecl Tilly, Thu 8 May 2008, 14:38, 3 replies)

*click*
That's very sweet.
I have very similar feelings towards by Grandma who died when I was eight.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Thu 8 May 2008, 14:40, closed)

Probably worth
getting the films digitised and transferred to DVD. Then you can make backups.

And I dare say your boyfriend will be impressed that you take such an interest in his helmet.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 8 May 2008, 15:01, closed)

My boyfriend obviously spends too much time on B3ta
Because his first reaction to my story was also,

"That's not the only helmet your interested in! Mwahahaha"

It's just someone else had beaten him to actual replying with it.
(tillyecl Tilly, Fri 9 May 2008, 19:33, closed)