{"id":95,"date":"2010-01-27T15:09:35","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T15:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?95"},"modified":"2010-01-27T15:09:35","modified_gmt":"2010-01-27T15:09:35","slug":"soldiers-record-bedtime-stories-for-kids-back-homesoldiers-record-bedtime-stories-for-kids-back-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/soldiers-record-bedtime-stories-for-kids-back-homesoldiers-record-bedtime-stories-for-kids-back-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Soldiers record bedtime stories for kids back homeSoldiers record bedtime stories for kids back home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The brave troops from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Welsh are battling the Taliban on a daily basis, but they are still finding time for their sons and daughters back home.<\/p>\n<p>When they find time to put down their guns, they are reading bedtime stories into a Dictaphone and sending them back to Blighty, Walesonline.co.uk reported.<\/p>\n<p>The soldiers take a five-minute time out in the Padre Andy Latifa tent to read a story which is then copied onto a CD and mailed to the kids.<br>Sergeant Neil Barnshaw, a non-commissioned officer, told the news provider that it is reassuring for his children to hear his voice even though he&rsquo;s thousands of miles away.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&rsquo;s a good idea for the kids to be able to hear me even though I&rsquo;m over here. 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They particularly like Winnie the Pooh stories and it&rsquo;s all they watch on television,&quot; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the armed forces are also staying in touch with friends and family through Facebook and other social networking sites like forcespenpals.co.uk.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Jenny Richards<br><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-19581099-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=19581099\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Welsh are thinking of their kids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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