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Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 50,279 Send Message	Ann	Report	19 Jan 2024 19:41
	Von…when you think our Beast from the East lasted a few days…they endured 55 days of hell :-0 :-0
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 27,570 Send Message	Von	Report	19 Jan 2024 19:42
	I know Ann. I was there :-D :-D :-D
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 91,585 Send Message	LondonBelle	Report	19 Jan 2024 19:42
	I can remember the coal being delivered by horse and truck :-D
	Researching: Give a dog a bone!
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 27,570 Send Message	Von	Report	19 Jan 2024 19:44
	I’ve got a photo of us in the snow but not sure when it was taken. ;-) ;-)
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 50,279 Send Message	Ann	Report	19 Jan 2024 19:45
	MG…my Mum lived on close to the River Dee….in 47 you could practically walk across to the Wirral :-D
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 91,585 Send Message	LondonBelle	Report	19 Jan 2024 19:45
	We were a lot tougher back then :-D I couldn't see us being sent home from school if the boiler broke down ;-) :-D
	Researching: Give a dog a bone!
Member Since: June 2009 Posts: 15,116 Send Message	MotownGal	Report	19 Jan 2024 19:45
	Ours was delivered on a flat bed lorry, by Tom. His face was always black, heaven knows what his lungs were like. :-0
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Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 50,279 Send Message	Ann	Report	19 Jan 2024 19:46
	Oh wow Von…..but it in your photos and send :-D :-D
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 27,570 Send Message	Von	Report	19 Jan 2024 19:47
	We had to watch and count the sacks Belle in case the coalman didn’t deliver the correct no. Must have been 10 sacks at a time. ;-) ;-)
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 50,279 Send Message	Ann	Report	19 Jan 2024 19:47
	Tis all H&S now Belle… :-D :-D Alice will be hoping they have to wait 3 weeks for a new part :-D :-D
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 91,585 Send Message	LondonBelle	Report	19 Jan 2024 19:48
	Yes Maddie our later changed to a lorry.....as you say he was black :-0 :-0
	Researching: Give a dog a bone!
Member Since: June 2009 Posts: 15,116 Send Message	MotownGal	Report	19 Jan 2024 19:48
	There were so many 'slides' of ice in our playground, we could hardly get from one side to the other. Strangely enough our High Street was salted this morning to the extent it looked like the seaside the salt was so thick. Daft cos the footfall melted it all. Nothing on the side roads though.
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Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 27,570 Send Message	Von	Report	19 Jan 2024 19:50
	We went to school in the winter of 1963 the whole time. We couldn’t play netball but went for walks instead :-0 :-0 :-D :-D
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 91,585 Send Message	LondonBelle	Report	19 Jan 2024 19:50
	Ours delivery was about the same and he put it in the coal bunker at the back :-D
	Researching: Give a dog a bone!
Member Since: June 2009 Posts: 15,116 Send Message	MotownGal	Report	19 Jan 2024 19:51
	Netball? Sports? I detested Friday afternoon, as we were herded in a coach along to the playing fields to endure an afternoon of torture. :-D :-D
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Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 91,585 Send Message	LondonBelle	Report	19 Jan 2024 19:52
	That's when we still had ankle or knee socks as well Von :-0 :-0
	Researching: Give a dog a bone!
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 27,570 Send Message	Von	Report	19 Jan 2024 19:53
	My parents had a metal container with a lid with water glass in it. Used to preserve eggs. It stood outside near the coal bunker :-0 :-0 :-D :-D
Member Since: June 2009 Posts: 15,116 Send Message	MotownGal	Report	19 Jan 2024 19:53
	I lived in a house very similar to the one I live in now. There was a manhole in the middle of the path in front of the steps up to the front door. Our coal was shot into the manhole down to the cellar.
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Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 50,279 Send Message	Ann	Report	19 Jan 2024 19:53
	pneumatic Drills too dig up the spuds etc….and over a million sheep perished..it must have been devastating for the farmers
Member Since: June 2009 Posts: 15,116 Send Message	MotownGal	Report	19 Jan 2024 19:54
	Blue knees. :-D :-D :-D
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