Action Not Words

<p><span style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>A Story of Love Loss and unwavering devotion.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>John Bland was a war hero who never spoke of his bravery. Haunted by the horrors of the First World War and a personal tragedy after it he sought a fresh start in Yorkshire with his motherless child leaving behind a past too painful to share.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>When he fell for a spirited mill worker sixteen years his junior love offered him hope - but at a cost. Family disapproval cultural divides and relentless judgment threatened to tear them apart. Yet through every challenge John lived by one belief: Actions speak louder than Words.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>This is a story of quiet strength forbidden love and the courage to defy expectations. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>A granddaughter's tribute to a man whose legacy was not in what he said but in how he lived.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Christine Emma Carey </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>née Bland</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>August 2025</span></p>