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My gggg-uncle came out to Australia in 1858, will that do?

Fiona you are most welcome to join:))

Allan thank you for that - I'll check the library and then I'll see if my daughter's boyfriend can get it for me. He owns a book store - we've decided to keep him:))

Sue xx

I'm absolutely certain that would qualify you for membership, Fiona

Now, if only SueMaid would stop bickering on that other thread!

Regards

Allan

Sue, I'm not sure if this is the sort of book that you are looking for as it's fiction, but have you read 'Hard Times' by Charles Dickens. It's based on a northern town, probably Mancheser, in the late 1840's.

Another one, not a novel this time, is: 'The Condition of the Working Class in England 1841' by Friedrich Engles

Allan - your jokes are getting worse! It's that 3am fresh air getting to you!

As for the name-changing lady, I'm still trying to get my head around her own thread this week in which someone said that she had posted 200+ posts in one day!

I am retired and keep myself busy, a lot of the time on my computer, but I only pop in here for ten minutes or so maybe three/four times a day - then get on with other things. If I wanted, I could do nothing all day - but I'm not like that.

She, however, is a wife and mother, she has a home, a job and she is a team coach. If I couldn't submit 200 posts in one day, how can she? I see her as having a sickness and she should do something about it. If people can have gambling sickness and drinking sickness - why not a Chat Board sickness? I'm serious. Sometimes she is friendly - other times she comes out with the boxing gloves on. And sometimes, she can be very devious. I prefer not to have anything to do with her threads.

G'day Berona

I did warn people about my jokes!

Didn't walk this morning due to the foul weather...it wasn't fit for ducks to be out in, never mind me.

I know what you mean about the threads: in fact I was just recalling to myself that the first time we spoke I had posted on one such thread about ignoring all the comments and the offender would go away. You took me to task (in a nice way) and asked that if that was the case why was I posting then.

I don't think that I gave you a rude reply....I sincerely hope not

regards

Allan

Ah Well G'day to you all

...I'm off to make a curry for dinner, and then, if the weather holds, over to the local FHS to see if I can shed any more light on where my paternal grandfather was hiding until he appears on the scene in 1904 aged 44

Hope all aussies have a good day, and all poms a peaceful night

Allan

Morning

Woke this morning to rain and it has not stopped!

Curry sounds great Allan and hope you have some luck with your researching.

Sue..Have a great day !!! A book store owner in the family...He is a keeper for sure!!

Have alot of homework to catch up with this morning as I have left it to the last minute..:( So I will wish you all a great day and hope the weather is better where you are this morning.

xx

Good morning all Aussies
I hope our Brits are peacefully enjoying their slumber:))

Today, we have glorious sunshine after a couple of miserable, cold, wet days. Gee we whinge when we have rain and then again when we have no rain... We're never happy!!

Allan... Thanks for your jokes, I enjoy a good laugh and sometimes I really need too, laugh that is :)))

SueMaid...hope you are OK :)))
Can I ask you the name/author of that book you mentioned in your earlier post today, please? about life in a West Yorkshire town. I am really interested in West Yorkshire as this is where a lot of my research is based. Thanks :-))

I hope every one enjoys the rest of their day.

Carole xx

Hi Allan, You've got me stumped. I don't ever remember taking anyone to task and I wonder if you have got me mixed with someone else. I would certainly remember if anyone ever gave me a rude reply too. If I did say something which made you feel you had been taken to task, I apologise, but I have no recollection of it. Sorry for whatever it was and I'm sure you have never been rude to me.

I'm only joking about your jokes. Keep them coming, they give us a good laugh. I particularly like your resume.

Hello everyone, where ever you are and whatever you're doing.

Carolee, your comment about whingeing about the weather reminded me that I heard this week about a WA magazine which has just become national, called - please don't take offence anyone - "Whingeing Pom". It is aimed at British ex-pats living in Australia. It is supposed to be tongue-in-cheek, and highlights good and bad things about living in Oz, and UK.
Dont know if anyone is familiar with it, I havent seen a copy but it is on sale in newsagents, and you can subscribe n Oz and UK. It is running at the moment a trip to WA for 4 Brits, airfares, accommodation, tours, trip up north, spending money. Some ex-pats think it is a real laugh, but others are offended. What does everyone else think? You can read a bit more about it if you google Whingeing Pom.

I am in love with google at the moment. Asked by brother-in-law yesterday what his family names were, so last night I googled the three names he gave me in one entry and, surprise, surprise, came up with a very detailed family treeon his mothers side, with b-i-l included, going back to 1791,including some old photos. . Quickly rang my sister - 10 o'clock at night - to tell her, as she hasn't "started" on him yet.

Hello All, I stumbled upon this site a few weeks ago as it seemed to be a good place to 'organise' the family tree in a digital version, instead of just on several scraps of paper lying around. I've had much help from a lady in England who helped me track down my naughty Great Grandpa's family. He must have been the Black Sheep, as he went by his middle name (which made him harder to find in records), came from the working class streets of London, ran away to fight in Maori Wars of NZ, then emigrated to Australia and never returned to the Old Dart. Got married, settled down, had 8 kids and died a happy old man around 90, so I guess he never whinged a day in his life he was out here!

Thanks to all for having such a friendly, helpful community of 'history hounds' to chat with.

Ann, Adelaide, S.A.

Have just been cut short again. Thanks, Linda, for your advice about using Word and cut and paste. I will have go get someone to sit with me to show me how to do it - my computer skills are self-taught, and I haven't taught myself that yet! Your involvement with the local cinema sounds great, and it must add a lot to the local scene. I haven't been to Mt Victoria but spent holidays in Katoomba as a child. I love the Blue Mountains area, and it is a good trip to do for visitors to Sydney . You'd need a few days as there are lots of interesting places, including the limestone caves at Jenolan - quite spectacular.

Hello Susan,
It is best if you can have someone with you to learn the use of the computer, but you can practice in the meantime.

Place the cursor on the beginning of what you want to copy and, holding down the shift key, scroll down to the end of what you want; lift off the shift key and the entire piece will be highlighted. Then, with the mouse, click on Edit, Copy. That piece will then stay in memory and when you bring up the screen where you want to put it - you again click on Edit, Paste. The segment will stay in memory until you copy another piece, which will replace it in memory. Until then, the same piece you copied at first can be 'pasted' several times. Practice it with unimportant pieces.

p.s. You can click on Edit, Cut instead but this will take it out of where it is at present, whereas 'copy' will leave it there.

Good morning all, another gloriously cloudy day dawns, but the sun is making an attempt to break through, so we shall have to wait and see.

I am suffering this morning after my allotment exploits of yesterday. When I went in the morning, I wore trousers and a long sleeved top, but it was so hot that I changed into summer clothes when I came back for lunch. I did decide to go back in the afternoon and tackle the blackcurrant bushes, but left a short sleeved top on, so now my arms are scratched to bits. I also moved a few stray raspberry canes which had appeared in the wrong place. Unfortunately for one of them, I forgot to put the gloves back on. They are covered in tiny little hairs which get under your skin, so now one hand is really sore. Still in the great scheme of things, if that is all that is wrong with me, I can’t complain.

It was a gentle romantic comedy at the cinema last night, so the clientele were no trouble. I like that sort of film; the ones I hate are the teenage ones. Large numbers of youngsters come in, they have no idea about sitting in silence to watch a film. They talk, use their mobiles, throw sweets around and generally upset the other customers. We have to stand over them and wave a big stick, metaphorically speaking of course. Sometimes we throw them out. Luckily the team I volunteer with is strong, so we can cope, all those years of teaching stroppy teenagers stand me in good stead.

I hope that you all have a good day, being Wednesday, it is my tending to mum day, I can’t wait to hear in minute detail all her latest ailments, although as I phone her every night, she has already gone through them once.

Linda - these allotments interest me. Is yours very far away from where you live? How big is it? and do they come in different sizes?

How do you get along with the other people who have them? I can imagine that just as you are ready to harvest, someone would steal your fruit/vegs. Does this happen?

Hello Berona,

I copied this from wikepedia

Allotment gardens are characterised by a concentration in one place of a few or up to several hundreds of land parcels that are assigned to individuals or families. In allotment gardens, the parcels are cultivated individually, contrary to other community garden types where the entire area is tended collectively by a group of people.[1] The individual size of a parcel ranges between 200 and 400 square meters, and often the plots include a shed for tools and shelter. The individual gardeners are organised in an allotment association which leases the land from the owner who may be a public, private or ecclesiastical entity, provided that it is only used for gardening (i.e. growing vegetables, fruits and flowers), but not for residential purposes. The gardeners have to pay a small membership fee to the association, and have to abide by the corresponding constitution and by-laws.

The allotment we have is only three minutes walk from the house,so is ideal.The plot was originally a large field which was given to the poor of the town by the local lord of the manor in the 1920's. It is divided up into equal sized allotments which have individual fences around them. The committee make sure that everyone toes the line and is using the plot. There is a huge waiting list for them,so they turn off people who aren't using them. Originally it would be the poorer people who used them to grow food, but by the 1980's lots of sites became unused as people took to convenience food in supermarkets. These days things are different and people enjoy growing their own things again, There is a real mix of people and most including me, don't qualify as the poor of the town.We actually only took half a plot because it is still a very large size, I don't know how big, I will have to ask OH. We have a greenhouse (glass house) large fruit cage and plenty of land for growing the veg. we have a lock up shed to keep the tools in, but it would be easy to break into. There doesn't ever seem to be any trouble though. Our plot is right at the far end in any case,so we are out of the way.
You would think that there would be problems with people stealing the things when they are ready, but it doesn't seem to happen. I know it may sound harsh,but probably those who would be likely to steal stuff are not the sort of people who are interested in eating five portions of veg a day!

I am late for mum now, so must rush

Linda

Hello everyone:))

Welcome Ann in Adelaide. Please come again and join in - we have a lot of fun:)

Fiona thanks for the book suggestions. That's a Charles Dickens one I haven't read.

And talking of books - Carole the book I mentioned was produced by the historical society in Pudsey Wst Yorkshire. I think I actually have 2 copies but both lent out at the moment. If I find they are both the same I will be happy to send one to you. It may be awhile before I get them back but I'll chase them up.

Thanks Janet for asking - yes I'm back to normal again. I don't feel down for long:)) Just stressed at work but that'll be sorted before long.

Isn't it mad on the board at the moment. I'm sorry I really shouldn't get involved in all that rubbish. I got so irritated by her attempts to wind people up and the PM she sent me and other people. But I'll consider myself told off by Allan:))

Sue xx

Hello,
Another board I read a few weeks ago was suddenly interrupted by a fellow having a rant about a taboo subject. Let's just say it was the medical ending of a life event that normally takes 9 months, but he used the word.
Everybody ignored him. His posts are still there, but probably several dozen pages back from the current ones. I can't remember which board it was, but it doesn't matter. Maybe that is the best way to deal with people who want to stir up trouble. Just ignore them.
SueMaid, it is not worth getting upset (that's a bit rich coming from me, Mr Upset, depressed and miserable at times). We are thankful for this lovely pleasant thread. It is so different to some I read.

You're a nice man, Colin - thank you for your kind words. Are you talking about the nasty man who came on this thread awhile back and tried to spoil it? Well he didn't spoil it and this thread has such lovely people on board. I've had PM's from people saying how nice it is to read posts from a group of people who obviously enjoy each other's "company".

Sue xx