0:00:04 > 0:00:09John Leishman was one of many who served during the Second World War.
0:00:10 > 0:00:15Now he's going back to the beaches of Normandy to revisit and to remember.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18Some of those memories are painful.
0:00:24 > 0:00:28It just burst into flames. Just a ball of fire.
0:00:28 > 0:00:34How that pilot suffered. I'll never forget it.
0:00:34 > 0:00:39John's own story is one of war and romance,
0:00:39 > 0:00:45but this journey is also about remembering those who never had the chance to see their nineties.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Your eyes are filling up with tears.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Well...
0:00:52 > 0:00:56these men were probably full of bullets.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00What a difference from tears to bullets.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39To celebrate her Diamond Jubilee, the Queen came to visit
0:01:39 > 0:01:41and thousands wanted to see her.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45# We want the Queen! We want the Queen! #
0:01:45 > 0:01:52They lined the streets and the big ticket in town was an invitation to a party at Stormont.
0:01:52 > 0:01:57Loads of people phoned the radio show, angry that they couldn't go,
0:01:57 > 0:02:01and there was one caller who brought the programme to a standstill.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05'Let's speak to John. You're almost 93? Is that right?
0:02:05 > 0:02:09- 'I'm an ex-serviceman. - Did you get a ticket?- No.
0:02:09 > 0:02:16'And I was at the Battle of El Alamein against Rommel in 1942.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20'And I landed on Sword Beach on D-Day.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24'I'm almost 93 and I'd love to go back to Normandy
0:02:24 > 0:02:29'to pay my respects to the heroes that never came back.'
0:02:29 > 0:02:34John Leishman, who served King and country, couldn't get a ticket.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39But the First Minister was listening and John got to meet the monarch.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41I remember you...
0:02:41 > 0:02:47He was even able to tell the Queen that she'd changed the spark plugs on his car
0:02:47 > 0:02:52when the young Princess Elizabeth served in the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service.
0:02:52 > 0:02:57- You had dungarees on you. - I could have done.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59God bless you.
0:03:02 > 0:03:08'It was clear that John was a hidden gem of a character in Northern Ireland
0:03:08 > 0:03:12'and I wanted to unearth his decades of stories for myself.'
0:03:12 > 0:03:16- Hello, John!- Good morning, Mr Nolan. - Good to see you.- And you, sir.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20- You're a lively man! - I'm fit as a fiddle!
0:03:20 > 0:03:26- I can't get down any more. - I can get down. One, two, three.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31- You're actually touching your toes! - Yes.- Let me get this right.
0:03:31 > 0:03:36There's as far as I can get and I'm 38! Look. I can't get any further.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39Aye.
0:03:40 > 0:03:45There are proud pictures all around John's living room.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49He was stationed in Northern Ireland in 1940 and when he met his wife, Florence,
0:03:49 > 0:03:52it was to become his home.
0:03:52 > 0:03:59But shortly after they were married, John was sent off to serve in France, Africa, Egypt and elsewhere.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05- This is you, look. A young man.- A young man.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08- 20 years of age. Where's the date? 1940.- Yeah.
0:04:08 > 0:04:14- 'He might have left Northern Ireland, but all thoughts were of home.'- You got Forces Favourites
0:04:14 > 0:04:21coming through on the radio. And you listened with the earphone on to hear what was going on.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24And...it brought back memories
0:04:24 > 0:04:26of the mainland,
0:04:26 > 0:04:30and then it brought back memories of Florence.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33"I wonder what she's doing tonight."
0:04:33 > 0:04:39Vera Lynn used to sign off with her Family Favourites or Forces Favourites.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43She used to sign off with Goodnight Sweetheart.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47I would lie in the desert there thinking of Florence.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51And I would say, "This is it. Florence, this is for you."
0:04:51 > 0:04:53And I would sing...
0:04:53 > 0:04:56- #- Goodnight, sweetheart
0:04:56 > 0:05:00- #- I'll see you in the morning...- #
0:05:00 > 0:05:04# Goodnight, sweetheart
0:05:04 > 0:05:08# Goodnight. #
0:05:08 > 0:05:13The German bombers used to come over at night. They dropped these big flares
0:05:13 > 0:05:17and the whole desert lit up as if it was daylight.
0:05:17 > 0:05:23And then the bombs would start to drop and you were lying in wee sand holes
0:05:23 > 0:05:26hoping that none of them would come your direction.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29And you were thinking of the wife,
0:05:29 > 0:05:33just praying that this raid would go over
0:05:33 > 0:05:36and you would live for another day.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40That's at Pegasus Bridge.
0:05:40 > 0:05:46And that's the first cafe that was liberated due to the D-Day landings.
0:05:46 > 0:05:51And the paratroopers just landed below that cafe
0:05:51 > 0:05:54on the left-hand side of the canal.
0:05:54 > 0:05:59In 1944, John was involved in the invasion of Normandy.
0:05:59 > 0:06:05The first of the D-Day forces landed on the beaches of Northern France on the 6th of June.
0:06:07 > 0:06:12Hundreds of thousands of troops soon followed, including John's regiment.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19- That's Sword Beach.- Where's your wife? Where's your wife?
0:06:19 > 0:06:23- She's coming... There she's there.- Oh, I see.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26It doesn't last for long.
0:06:26 > 0:06:32- She was walking across towards my camera.- In the green? - That's my wife in the green.
0:06:33 > 0:06:39- It was only for a second or two. - But what a lovely thing to have on film forever.- Yes.
0:06:39 > 0:06:45'Over the decades, he's been back with his family and other former soldiers to France,
0:06:45 > 0:06:49'but I wanted to go with him so that I could understand for myself
0:06:49 > 0:06:54'why Normandy is just so important to John.'
0:06:54 > 0:06:58# Goodnight, sweetheart
0:06:58 > 0:07:03# Goodnight. #
0:07:04 > 0:07:09- He's asking if you have any knives or guns in your bag.- No!
0:07:09 > 0:07:10No, no.
0:07:10 > 0:07:16I laid my guns down in 1945 when the war was over.
0:07:16 > 0:07:21'There's no doubting John's excitement about returning to France,
0:07:21 > 0:07:26'but in the airport there are moments of reflection, a chance to think about what happened
0:07:26 > 0:07:28'just a plane ride away.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31'But then the singing starts again.'
0:07:31 > 0:07:36- #- Don't forget to wake me in the morning
0:07:36 > 0:07:41- #- And bring me up a nice, hot cup of tea Gawd, blimey
0:07:41 > 0:07:45- #- Kiss me goodnight, Sergeant Major
0:07:45 > 0:07:50- #- Sergeant Major be a mother to me!- #
0:07:50 > 0:07:52- Well done. - APPLAUSE
0:07:55 > 0:08:01'Even in his 90s, this is a man who doesn't need to wait for in-flight entertainment.'
0:08:01 > 0:08:04# Kiss me goodnight, Sergeant Major
0:08:04 > 0:08:08# Tuck me in my little wooden bed
0:08:08 > 0:08:13# We all love you, Sergeant Major... #
0:08:13 > 0:08:15You'll end up as fat as me!
0:08:15 > 0:08:20# Don't forget to wake me in the morning
0:08:20 > 0:08:24# And bring me round a nice, hot cup of tea
0:08:24 > 0:08:27# Kiss me goodnight, Sergeant Major
0:08:27 > 0:08:35# Sergeant Major be a mother to me! #
0:08:39 > 0:08:45'After the plane journey, it's another couple of hours before we reach Normandy,
0:08:45 > 0:08:47'but John isn't ready to stop.'
0:08:47 > 0:08:51- It's a wonderful adventure, for me anyway.- Good.
0:08:51 > 0:08:57- 'There's so much he wants to show me.'- We were all friends together.
0:08:59 > 0:09:00Wonderful.
0:09:00 > 0:09:07- Where do you think you get your energy from, John? - I don't know. I just keep going.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13'All along the way, there are reminders of war
0:09:13 > 0:09:19'and tributes to those who served. Often it cost them their lives.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24'This is a place where people come to remember and to honour.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28'Every veteran is held in high regard.'
0:09:28 > 0:09:33I come back here to pay my respects to the heroes that never came back.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36I'm not a hero.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39I was very lucky to get back.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43- OK.- And I come here to pay my respects.
0:09:43 > 0:09:48That's also the reason why I'm over here. For respects.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52Without you, now we'd be talking German.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Yes. Oh, yes.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58- "Sprechen sie Deutsch, monsieur?" No way!- No way!
0:10:03 > 0:10:08'In 1944, troops arrived by air and sea
0:10:08 > 0:10:13'with the aim of capturing this coastline and liberating France.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18'John wasn't part of the first wave that made it onto these beaches,
0:10:18 > 0:10:22'but many who were died on these shores.'
0:10:25 > 0:10:30- Back then, 70-odd years ago, you had a gun. Now you have a stick.- Yeah.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33We came up with a 303 rifle.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37And we just came up the beaches like this.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40To protect ourselves.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44And today the sun's shining on us, I have a stick.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Everything is calm and peaceful.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51And back in 1944 it was just hell on the beaches.
0:10:53 > 0:10:59- Absolutely hell on the beaches. - And there would have been some of your friends dropping down here
0:10:59 > 0:11:02- shot dead.- Yeah. Oh, yeah.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05It wasn't a...
0:11:05 > 0:11:11It wasn't a happy sight when you looked along the beach. It wasn't a happy sight.
0:11:15 > 0:11:22'Looking at them today, it's difficult to imagine that these beaches were once battlegrounds.
0:11:26 > 0:11:32'That's why many feel it's history that still needs to be taught today.'
0:11:32 > 0:11:35All Germans weren't bad.
0:11:36 > 0:11:41German soldiers were only doing a job like we were doing.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45The only problem was the Germans had the Nazis,
0:11:45 > 0:11:49Hitler and Himmler and a few others.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54Are you happy to see us... to play in the beach, really happy?
0:11:54 > 0:11:58- Eh?- He said are you happy to see this generation playing on the beach?
0:11:58 > 0:12:05It makes me proud to come down here today to see these people enjoying themselves.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Back in 1944, it was just hell on Earth.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20- Arromanches.- Arromanches. Ah, oui.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23The 6th of June, 1944.
0:12:23 > 0:12:28- Yes.- I went Normandy, France, Belgium, Holland...
0:12:28 > 0:12:32John's been wearing those medals everywhere he goes.
0:12:32 > 0:12:37I now understand why he takes such pride in them. They invigorate him.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41Look, he's laughing. That's a Tunisian Jew he's talking to now
0:12:41 > 0:12:48who fought in the war as well. The cap John is wearing, he got that handed to him in 1939
0:12:48 > 0:12:54when he joined the Forces. There's so many memories to share here that he wants to share
0:12:54 > 0:12:59not just with the generation similar to him, but with a younger generation as well.
0:12:59 > 0:13:07It's really, really easy to forget with his enthusiasm... They're singing now. This man is 92.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09# Mademoiselle from Armentieres
0:13:09 > 0:13:15# Inky pinky parlez vous Mademoiselle from Armentieres. #
0:13:18 > 0:13:21'With so many people to meet and places to see,
0:13:21 > 0:13:25'it's back on the road. And John has a place he wants to take me
0:13:25 > 0:13:29'and a very special woman he wants me to meet.'
0:13:29 > 0:13:33It should have been along here. I don't think it's as far up.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37That's the cafe there.
0:13:38 > 0:13:43'Securing Pegasus Bridge was the first step towards liberation
0:13:43 > 0:13:47'and the cafe here has become a symbol of that fight.'
0:13:47 > 0:13:50- Parachute jump!- Wahey!
0:13:50 > 0:13:54Rip cord! All right, right. Let me get that stick there.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57It says up there. I see the sign.
0:13:57 > 0:14:02The first house in France to be liberated.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04The gliders...
0:14:04 > 0:14:06They landed over there.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Just where those trees are.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11And then we took that bridge.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13And we secured that bridge.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17So that meant that we had control of this road
0:14:17 > 0:14:22and we could supply ammunition and move the troops around.
0:14:22 > 0:14:27'John has brought me to see Madame Arlette who owns the cafe.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29'And it's a really special moment.'
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Madame, bonjour.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37- Lovely to be here. - Lovely having you here.
0:14:38 > 0:14:45'Spitfires launched from British bases and fought for the domination of the air over the desolate beach.'
0:14:46 > 0:14:50'In the battle against occupation, this coastline was all-important.
0:14:50 > 0:14:55'And the Cafe Gondree was the first house to be liberated.
0:14:55 > 0:15:01'The daughter of the couple who owned it during the war still runs it today.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05'As a child, she saw injured soldiers treated inside the cafe.'
0:15:05 > 0:15:10Imagine it as a little field hospita where they would bring them in.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12The cries, the smell.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Our house became theirs.
0:15:16 > 0:15:22The kitchen, and it's the same furniture, that's where they laid on their stretchers
0:15:22 > 0:15:26and straight into our dining room where they would operate on them.
0:15:26 > 0:15:32I'm on a journey with John. I said to him he can go anywhere in the world, where would he like to go?
0:15:32 > 0:15:34And he wanted to come here.
0:15:34 > 0:15:39This is very moving for me because they have known me since a little girl.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43To them, I'm still a little girl, although I'm a grandmother.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49And to have them back, knowing what they've gone through,
0:15:49 > 0:15:53risking their lives to bring us the freedom,
0:15:53 > 0:15:56and to live to such a grand age,
0:15:56 > 0:15:58it's absolutely...
0:15:59 > 0:16:01..extraordinary.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05How would you describe people like John?
0:16:06 > 0:16:09I think they're an example to the whole world.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18- Ah!- Oh, madame, thank you.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21- Thank you very much. - Calvados?- Thank you.
0:16:21 > 0:16:26- Thank you, madame.- What can you tell us about John? We've heard a lot from him about you.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29What can you tell us about him?
0:16:29 > 0:16:32You've got to realise, and I've always said it,
0:16:32 > 0:16:37that he wasn't just the first man who arrived on that evening of the 5th.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40The continuity, and he was part of it,
0:16:40 > 0:16:44were equally as important, if not more,
0:16:44 > 0:16:46because the Germans were re-taking..
0:16:46 > 0:16:49And if they had re-taken the village
0:16:49 > 0:16:54they were automatically finding us French and we would have been lined up and shot
0:16:54 > 0:16:56or taken to concentration camps.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06'Veterans travel here from all over the world
0:17:06 > 0:17:09'and at the cafe, wearing his medals,
0:17:09 > 0:17:12'John is something of an attraction himself.
0:17:14 > 0:17:19'Part of the ritual of coming here is signing the visitors' book.'
0:17:19 > 0:17:21I can't see too well.
0:17:21 > 0:17:26You've got a whole page here, so just write on the whole page.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29That's very good.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Very good. That's excellent.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Thank you, madame. I hope you can read it.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37I can read it. Without glasses too.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48'It's been a long and tiring day,
0:17:48 > 0:17:52'but John still feels he needs to pay tribute to those
0:17:52 > 0:17:54'who never had the chance to leave France.'
0:18:08 > 0:18:10SEAGULLS CRY
0:18:13 > 0:18:16'The next day, we head back to the beach.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20'In the towns and villages along this coast,
0:18:20 > 0:18:23'they've gone to huge efforts to ensure people remember,
0:18:23 > 0:18:27'but every soldier has things they'd like to forget.'
0:18:27 > 0:18:33I have nightmares of a Spitfire coming down on the main road above the beach.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Do me a favour, John.
0:18:35 > 0:18:41Will you close your eyes and just talk me through what your real nightmares are about the war?
0:18:41 > 0:18:43SOUND OF AIRCRAFT ENGINES
0:18:45 > 0:18:50I can see that Spitfire trying to make a landing
0:18:50 > 0:18:55on the main road which was just off the beach.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58It was a Tarmac road.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00It was nice and smooth.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05And the Spitfire, it was smoking and smoking at the tail.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11And then it started to catch fire.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14And when he tried to land on the road,
0:19:14 > 0:19:17as soon as he touched the Tarmac road,
0:19:17 > 0:19:19it just burst into flames.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21It was just a ball of fire.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25I'll never forget it.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28It must have been a terrible death.
0:19:28 > 0:19:33And I see that now and again, sometimes when I'm sleeping.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36And it frightens the life out of you at times.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41'And so many died on both sides.'
0:20:00 > 0:20:05John, I have never been in a place like this in my life before, ever.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Well, you're missing something.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10It's not a nice place to be,
0:20:10 > 0:20:15but you think of all the people that's lying here gave their lives up.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19- Do you know what strikes me straight away?- Yeah?
0:20:19 > 0:20:22"20 years of age. 21."
0:20:22 > 0:20:24I know, this is it, yeah.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26- "18 years of age."- Oh, yeah.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29All young ones.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31- All young ones.- 21.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34- Yeah.- 22.- Yeah.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38- There's another 18-year-old, RG Knight. Parachute Regiment.- Yeah.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41- The 20th of August. That was my birthday.- Yeah.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44- 1944. He's 18 years of age.- Yeah.
0:21:20 > 0:21:25Here's someone here, "believed to be buried", so they don't know where he is.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28And here's someone, he's lost his name.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31"A soldier of the war."
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Lost his name because he fought for the rest of us.
0:21:35 > 0:21:41And John, you know, this character that has taken me on a journey,
0:21:41 > 0:21:44the first war cemetery I've ever been in
0:21:44 > 0:21:48and the first time in my life that it, honestly, has really hit me.
0:21:48 > 0:21:53These people, we don't know if they're here, we don't know their name.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55There's a 16-year-old over here.
0:21:55 > 0:21:5716 years of age.
0:21:57 > 0:22:03I'm thinking of all the life that I've experienced since 16 and he didn't get a chance to,
0:22:03 > 0:22:08which makes it even more remarkable that we've got a 92-year-old
0:22:08 > 0:22:12to hold on to a lot of those memories and teach us so much
0:22:12 > 0:22:16that I've never even taken the time to understand.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Your eyes are filling up with tears.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Well...
0:22:34 > 0:22:38these men were probably full of bullets.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42What a difference from tears to bullets!
0:22:46 > 0:22:49I'm sorry, Stephen. I'm sorry.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55HE SOBS
0:23:07 > 0:23:11It could have been me. As you say, Stephen, it could have been me.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Did something just hit you there a few minutes ago?
0:23:14 > 0:23:16It did indeed. It did indeed.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20- It did.- You're feeling guilty that you're still alive?
0:23:20 > 0:23:22I do indeed.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Why was I picked?
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Why did I get home safe?
0:23:29 > 0:23:33Some of these men never got a chance.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37I can just imagine how heartbreaking it must be
0:23:37 > 0:23:39for the mums and the dads
0:23:39 > 0:23:42of these really young men.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47Oh, yes. And don't forget the sweethearts.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49The mums and the dads.
0:23:49 > 0:23:56I bet the sweethearts would be grieving for the young men that never came back.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01And the children of some of the men.
0:24:01 > 0:24:06Their children must have terrible thoughts
0:24:06 > 0:24:08of where their dad is
0:24:08 > 0:24:10in a foreign country,
0:24:10 > 0:24:12buried here.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16And that could so easily have been Florence.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19It could have been Florence.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23But I thank the Lord, the man above, that I was able to come back
0:24:23 > 0:24:25and put my arms around Florence
0:24:25 > 0:24:28which was a wonderful day for me.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35'The damage and hurt caused by war is obvious
0:24:35 > 0:24:39'and even all these decades on, still raw for some.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45'But the pride in victory is just as clear.
0:24:48 > 0:24:53'Before we leave Normandy, John has several things he still wants me to see,
0:24:53 > 0:25:00'from the statue of Field Marshal Montgomery who commanded the Allied troops in France,
0:25:00 > 0:25:02'a personal hero of John's,
0:25:02 > 0:25:08'to the Highlander, a tribute to the 51st Highland Division which John was part of.'
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Same hat as mine.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19'It's the first time he's ever had a chance to see this statue.'
0:25:19 > 0:25:22"On the 10th of June, 1944,
0:25:22 > 0:25:25- "the Highland Division..." Your division.- Yeah.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28"..made its first attack from this position."
0:25:28 > 0:25:32I never even knew this was here.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38'There's no doubting how special Normandy is to John.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42'But there is a place even more important
0:25:42 > 0:25:46'and we have to travel back to Northern Ireland to find it.
0:25:46 > 0:25:52'It was here in the village of Moira that John was married more than 70 years ago.'
0:25:52 > 0:25:55Is the church the same as it was back then?
0:25:55 > 0:25:59The church is the same as it was back then, yeah.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01It's the same church.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05'Florence and John tied the knot during the war,
0:26:05 > 0:26:09'but despite all the dangers, he returned safe and well.'
0:26:09 > 0:26:11She was a wonderful wife.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17It's a wee bit difficult coming up here,
0:26:17 > 0:26:19but I'll get over it
0:26:19 > 0:26:25because I'm thinking of all the happy times we had together.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28'After almost seven decades of marriage,
0:26:28 > 0:26:31'Florence was buried by the church where they wed.'
0:26:31 > 0:26:35What happens to your heart, John, when she's taken away from you?
0:26:36 > 0:26:40Well, the heart just nearly stopped altogether.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45I was just devastated.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49But those things have to come to us some day.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55It breaks your heart.
0:26:55 > 0:27:02It breaks your heart not to talk to her after all those years, but...
0:27:03 > 0:27:07I've got to be strong, I've got to be strong.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12I've got to get a grip of myself and say, "She's only there temporary."
0:27:13 > 0:27:16And we're going to be together again.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19That's how I look at it.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22- I'll leave you here for a few minutes.- Yeah.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26# Let's say goodbye with a smile, dear
0:27:26 > 0:27:29# Just for a while, dear
0:27:29 > 0:27:32# We must part... #
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Yes, Florence, I do miss you a lot.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38I do miss you a lot.
0:27:39 > 0:27:45But there's a happy day coming and that's something to look forward to.
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