
THE COLLECTION OF PHOTOS ON THIS SITE IS EFFECTIVELY AN EXTENSION OR A SEQUEL TO MY WELL-KNOWN AND POPULAR SITE CALLED CHUCKMAN’S PLACES. IT INVOLVES NEW MATERIAL NOT INCLUDED IN THAT SITE AND TAKES A SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT APPROACH, ESPECIALLY IN THE NATURE OF SOME OF ITS COMMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS. I HOPE READERS WILL ENJOY IT.
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
GRANDPA (BOB SORENSEN) TALKING TO BRITAIN'S PRINCE PHILIP ON AN ELEVATED TRAIN PLATFORM IN AN OBVIOUSLY ARRANGED TOUR EVENT FOR THE PRINCE - I FOUND IT IN GRANDPA'S THINGS AFTER HE PASSED AWAY AND HE HAD NEVER MENTIONED IT - THE QUEEN AND PHILIP WERE IN CHICAGO FOR THE 1959 OPENING OF THE ST LAWRENCE SEAWAY - PHOTO IS UNDATED AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT WOULD BE THE DATE - "BOB" AS MOST CALLED HIM WAS HIGHLY REGARDED BY THE C.T.A. AND WOULD BE JUST THE MAN THEY WOULD PICK FOR MEETING THE PRINCE ON TOUR - I ALWAYS CALLED HIM, AND STILL CALL HIM, "GRANDPA" BUT BOB SORENSEN WAS ACTUALLY MY FATHER-IN-LAW BY MY FIRST (SADLY UNHAPPY) MARRIAGE - WE WERE ALWAYS VERY CLOSE AND I CONTINUED TO SEE HIM AFTER HIS DAUGHTER KATHY AND I WERE NO LONGER MARRIED - HE WAS ONE OF THE DEAREST FRIENDS I EVER HAD - THERE IS AN IN MEMORIAM I WROTE AND PUBLISHED IN HIS HOMETOWN PAPER THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE AND I HAVE IT ON MY SITE CHUCKMAN'S MISCELLANEA OF WORDS AT: http://chuckmanmiscellanea.blogspot.com/2007/09/newspaper-in-memorium-for-robert.html - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE
