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

GRANDPA PRINCE