General Chat

mine looks a lot prettier than that one John, its got some photos and ref's vol numbers for BDM's and written information of their lives at time...where they worked how they lived and so on :-D

Found your tree, Hayley :-D :-D

Edit. Have removed the link to Halle Berry's tree.

Me too GP I didnt turn green with envy honestly I didnt :-|



Anyway I have a dead nice website were me reallies sit all nice and proud :-D

Janet - There are many brilliant calligraphists in Geordieland and I wish I was one of them. I would have my family tree framed if it looked like Sarah Millican's tree.

GP

Must agree about the family tree which had been drawn for her, someone has a talent and I had wished that I could write as beautifully as the person who had produced it. Very nice.

I also enjoyed the program, but felt a bit queasy watching her in the diving suit, just imagine being 60 feet under the water wearing it......shudders... -jl

I saw the Sarah Millican episode of WDYTYA (haven't seen it for ages, I felt it was starting to get same-old-same-old). This episode I thoroughly enjoyed....what an interesting background she has.

I'm happy to see any of the chosen 'celebrities' develop a genuine interest, and I felt that she really cared about those ancestors of hers, just like we (GR folk) do.
I admired her for trying on the diver's suit, having a go in the snow shoes, and wanting to see the ice fishing....good on her, she's obviously a lass who hasn't let stardom go to her head and is not afraid of breaking a fingernail, so to speak :-0

I also admired those family trees which had been drawn up for her, very nice! :-)

Karen

GP she was lovely and I really felt for her
when she broke down reading about the
children who were left orphans. Very moving.

Emma :-)

Emma - So you did catch the programme last night. Did you have your tissues out.

She came over quite well for a Geordie Lass didn't she. :-D :-D :-D ;-)

GP

I enjoyed Sarah's programme, as I guessed I would, as my maternal ancestors originated from Holy Island way,as fishermen,then coming to live in North Shields in the 1800s.

Couldn't help but be impressed at how proud Sarah was of her family. Jack and John were very brave men who lived and worked in dangerous places. It was very moving watching her reading of their tales.

Also nice to see a glimpse of Tynemouth village, must pop along to see historian, love to have her print my tree. So good. :-D
Mau

I thought the episode with Sarah in was probably one of the better ones.

Trudging through all that snow, and her willingness to try the diving suite was really admirable, all in all an enjoyable episode.

Samantha

She certainly is. Sarah had no frills about her really down
to earth. I was so impressed when she tried on the diving
suit and walked in the steps of her 4xgrt grandfather in
Canada.

Emma :-)

I really enjoyed Sarah Millican's programme. She showed a different side to her personality, and her voice was a lot less strident than when she does her stand up routine. She's a fine Geordie lass! :-D :-D

I also enjoyed it.
Found the last 2 more interesting than the previous ones of this series

Missed the 1st half I intend to catch up with that tonight. But found the second really interesting. Poor John Malcom must of set off on the adventure of a life time, it must of been a nightmare. Thank god the Native American tracked him and basically saved his life.

Yes, tonights was brilliant. Two very brave men on both sides. And she really lived their lives, putting the diving suit on and the snow shoes.

Canada was so remote and just blew my mind.

She was very proud of them. But how proud they would be of her. What guts she must have to do stand up comedy in front of thousands. I should imagine she has put herself further outside her "comfort zone" than either John Malcolm of Orkney or John? Hoult of Whitstable.

Sarah Millican was brilliant tonight in W.D.Y.T.Y.A

She showed great compassoin for the suffering of her ancestors
and was pleased her G.G.G.father, a diver was a kind and caring man.

I loved seeing a bit of my home town as she drove around, although I missed the first minute.

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Nudge.. :-)

GiN.. :-) :-)

I'm really looking forward to WDYTYA with Sarah Millican tomorrow night. I hope for her sake that the shocking discovery is not that she's related to me! :-D :-D :-D

Morning John,
Sarah Millican 3x grt grandfather was a deep sea diving pioneer.
Her 4xgrt grandfather worked for the Hudson Bay company. A
shocking discovery comes to light.

Emma :-)