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Good whatever time of day it is wherever you are!

A great day yesterday,but clouded over last night and rained during the night. Started to drizzle this morning but now clear skies.

OK Tec, no more teasing about the cruise, but if the liner is named Titanic 2, I just hope that we can ALL row!

Regards

Allan

My cabin trunk is packed - ready to go.

All I need now, is to find me a toy boy to take with me.
(Hope you are buying those lottery tickets, Tec).

Good morning, good evening and good night to everyone. Another nice day forecast here. Top of 19 expected. It's been that all week, so we can't complain. July/August is the coldest part of our year.

Good morning and good evening:)) You've all been quiet this evening, our Brit friends. Out on the town?

Another beautiful sunny day by the looks of it. I'm looking outside and a pair of birds we call "willy wag-tails" are bouncing around outside looking very happy - spring can't be far away. We have also had our usual visit from a pair of "superb blue wrens". They are tiny little things - the lady a dull brown but the little fellow a beautiful blue. It is so difficult to snap a photo of them as they move so fast. In awhile they will turn up again with a little brood of baby wrens. We have a native plant here called a grevillea. Many different species most of them bred in nurseries now I should think. The flowers are out on the shrubs here in the garden and they are attracting nectar-eating birds so we watch them from our front verandah. We also have some grey and pink galahs visit our front lawn after the rain. Before long a pair of crimson rosellas will appear and also a pair of green/red/yellow parrots will turn up as well. We put seed bells out on the trees in the back yard and sit and watch them all arrive.

Linda the info you sent me was really interesting. Some things we knew but it's always good to learn something new. We've been on the steam train from Grosmont to Pickering where we had a lovely lunch in a pub with my brother in law and his wife. We've been to Castle Howard, Malton and many of the places you've mentioned. I'm printing it off so we can have a good read of it later. Is the Yorkshire dialect North Yorkshire 'cos I'm a West Yorkshire girl. Thanks for that Linda:)

I hope all you Aussies have a lovely Sunday and enjoy the rest of your evening our Brit friends.

Sue xx

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I was first up for the cruise but as Allan says if it is Titanic 2 I'll leave if you don't mind :)) hehehe

Are you chicken, $$ - not up for an adventure? Although I have to agree. I don't think I'd be real fussed about taking a cruise on a ship called Titanic 2:))

Tec and Allan - do you truly think this group of ladies would be happy to row the boat while you two water ski? You don't know us too well yet:))

Sue xx

Good Morning Allan,
Maybe you will get a good day weather wise. It was a lovely day here - not so all over the UK.
Been watching TV tonight - well OH has, it was utter rubbish on all channels. We do have Sky Sattelite, but still not worth watching. They tend to put all repeats on in the summer. I like watching period dramas - Did you have a series called "Lakrise to Candleford"?
that was excellent.
Anyway I did some more research om my tree - I have made contact today with someone vaquely connected to my mothers family - a difficult family to research, but making headway at last.

Regards
Tec.

Hello, Tec. Yes we do have Larkrise to Candleford on satellite TV. We've also just finished watching a repeat of North and South which I thoroughly enjoyed as much the 2nd or 3rd time as the 1st.

By the way I have Ancestry if anyone wants a lookup. It's not the Premium one but it's quite enough for me most of the time.

Sue xx

Hi All

SueMaid...we never suggested for one moment that you'd be happy with doing the rowing, but surely Tec and I are allowed some relaxation. I was actuallu also going to use Berona's ironing board as a surf ski

Tec, I know what you mean about difficult families to research. On my father's side I cannot get past my grandfather, whilst I have my grandmother's family now back to 1780. The fun and games really start when I come to do my mother's side. Major scandal: My gran was married but her husband is not my grandfather, then lived with a chap with a surname of Rooke who is my grandfather. Unfortunately that's all I have.
Still something will come to light.

Hi SS so long as the ship sinks on the way back from the cruise, not right at the start, otherwise a right waste of money.

Hello Ladies -

Why worry what the ship is called? there are no icebergs in the Pacific.

$andie.......Don't be such a wimp - With Allan and I to take care of you - what can happen?

Berona...........I can see you still have a sense of adventure.........good for you.........you can come jogging around the deck with me and Allan

Sue.......You mentioned a steam train....we currently have a steam train passing through the village every day at the moment. It runs throught July and August from the Mid Wales town of Machynleth through to Pwllehi ,hugging the coast of Cardigan Bay all the way - a beautiful ride, and so nostalgic for me to hear that sound again - I went 30 miles to school every day on a steam train when I was a boy.
And yes - the age of steam had been invented then!

Tec.

Hi All

SueMaid...we never suggested for one moment that you'd be happy with doing the rowing, but surely Tec and I are allowed some relaxation. I was actuallu also going to use Berona's ironing board as a surf ski

Tec, I know what you mean about difficult families to research. On my father's side I cannot get past my grandfather, whilst I have my grandmother's family now back to 1780. The fun and games really start when I come to do my mother's side. Major scandal: My gran was married but her husband is not my grandfather, then lived with a chap with a surname of Rooke who is my grandfather. Unfortunately that's all I have.
Still something will come to light.

Hi SS so long as the ship sinks on the way back from the cruise, not right at the start, otherwise a right waste of money.

Allan........I can't find any scandals in my family - I do know of some present day ones, but I suppose that doesn't count until someone in 100 years is researching it.
Did I tell you that an ancestor of mine did 12 month hard labour in Chelmsford jail - and was then "To be Deported to the Colonies"
He ended up somewhere called ALBANY Australia- he left a wife and two children behind in England, but remarried after only a few months landing in Australia - the scoundrel - a bigamist as well

Tec.

Tec, Albany is in Western Australia. It is the oldest European Settlement in WA, being establishe in 1826. It is on the South Coast in an area called the Great Southern. Ironically I do some contract work for a Council in that area called Gnowangerup and I will be down there tomorrow. Gnowangerup is only 150 kms from Albany.

Albany is a fantastic place both historically and physically. Its also asociated with the ANZAC legend as The various troopships moored of there whilst taking on supplies. For many of the troops it was sadly their last sight of Australia.

Also, not well known is that until the state of WA was formed Albany was actually regarded as part of NSW a few thousand kms further East!

Allan that's really interesting about Albany - I had no idea where it was, but thinking about it, I'm pretty sure that the information I read concerning my criminal ancestor stated that he arrived in Albany NSW - I will try to check on that.

Well it's midnight for me - the dog is looking at me very hard, which means he wants to run about the garden.

So I will say goodnight - enjoy your day whatever you do.

Goodnight everyone
Tec.

Goodnight Tec

Don't forget what I said about Albany once being considered to be in NSW as at that time the Colony of WA had not been formed

Allan

Dear All,

I seem to be posting twice again, but I only hit the submit button once

I won't be on this thread for a couple of days as it is time for my monthly visit to Gnowangerup, about three hours drive, travel back home on Tuesday.....so, if all goes well I will be back on line next Wednesday

Regards

Allan

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for clearing that up for me Allan and enjoy your 'holiday'. Not so sure about the rowing !!

Having a bbq today (hence all the clearing up yesterday). Sometimes get caught up with work, tafe and family to meet up with friends so have invited some over for a catchup.

Sue.. The birds sound lovely, I have tried several feeder bells and so forth to tempt them.

Hope you all have a lovely Sunday, Nite nite Uk residents...xx

Good morning all.
I am very confused because there seems to be a large round yellow thing in the sky which is emitting heat. I can't remember having seen it before.

Sue we were out enjoying ourselves last night, it was Yorkshire day after all. A group of us take turns to host a Yorkshire day gathering, last nights took place on a farm in the middle of the countryside.

On the research front, if anyone can trace my main brick wall, my something or other g grandfather who seems to have been born on a boat coming over from Ireland, they can have my non existent lottery winnings!!

I do have a full Ancestry worldwide subscription, plus full Find my Past, plus the National Burial Index discs , plus lots of stuff really. As I spend lots of time doing look ups on the various boards, I would be most willing to help anyone on here in any way I can. Helping others is just an avoidance mechanism,so tha tI needn't get on with my own tree lol

As it is Sunday morning, I am listening to the pealing of the church bells. We live about one hundred yards from the church which was built about 1480. The bell ringers ring for a good hour each Sunday morning. They practice one evening for a couple of hours, they are very good and I enjoy hearing it

Linda, I love the sound of church bells too. Your Yorkshire Day celebration sounds great.

Janet hope you had a good time at your BBQ. We love having people over and we've been known to have impromptu barbies if family drop over.

We had a wonderful day today. We drove up into the mountains, went to a garden centre and a plant pot warehouse and bought stuff we probably didn't need but we're happy. Then we had lunch in a cafe in a small village before driving on to the next place. We spent a couple of hours in another small village looking at the little shops, buying jams, handmade sweets and bits and pieces for our twin grandchildren who turn 3 on Wednesday. This particular village has a huge barn full of antiques and old stuff. We love digging through the boxes and shelves for treasures before putting them back because - being on the tourist trail - they are vastly overpriced:)) The weather was a lot crisper in the mountains than on the coast but the sunshine was glorious. A great way to spend Sunday.

Hope you Brits have a lovely Sunday and good evening to you Aussies.

Sue xx

What a lovely day you had Sue. Your grandchildren sound lovely. I was beginning to despair about having grandchildren, but my daughter is keen to start a family reasonably soon,so fingers crossed there. My son lives with his partner,but she doesn't want children, she would rather have a dog. Grr much as we like her, I keep wishing she would have a miraculous change of mind.

The rain managed to hold off today,so we have spent the day catching up with all the gardening, It is amazing just how quickly the weeds grow in comparison to the plants

Good Morning Aussies
Good Evening Brits.

Reading through the thread, it occurred to me how similar are the likes and interests of many of us. Obviously, genealogy, that brings us together in the first place.
It seems to follow that anyone interested in genealogy would also possibly be drawn to history, historic buildings and architecture, and traditional customs and features of our past, and that of our forebears.
Linda and Sue mentioned the peel of church bells for example. I have always found the peel of bells on Sunday mornings an extremely satisfying, and reassuring link with past centuries. The peel of bells from a grand Parish Church, or Cathedral, is impressive, but where I live now in a small Welsh village, we have a beautiful little 18c church with just one bell that is rung every Sunday morning. The somewhat rather plaintive toll
gives me the same sense of satisfaction as its more impressive brothers in the towns and cities.
The other subjects mentioned are garden centres, and antique centres.
I find it physically impossible to pass a garden centre. How many times have the brakes been slammed on, followed by a U-turn because I've spotted a garden centre I've not seen before. Despite telling my OH that I only want to look, I always come out clutching something new. No idea where to put it as my garden is full to overflowing.
Antique and junk shops, reclamation yards etc are a magnet to me, and it is just as well I don't own a stately home, because I would fill it in no time.
It would seem some of us have very similar interests.

Rgards
Tec.