General Chat

Morning all you early getter uppers

Sun is shinning here today The first day of June

Hubby and son cut down most of a tree that was dead in the back gaden yesterday while I went out to dinner. Wheere is it now? In the middle of the lawn!! Well I can't cut the grass today can I?

Actually I made headway on the large spare bedroom. I stripped the top half of the wallpaper. Need to get the rest off today. Then go to the DIY to decide what colours to use. I don't want another beige room, even if it does sell houses being neutral !! We will need a new carpet too, oh and probably new curtains. Hubby is going to say I'm more expensive now I'm not working, but not as expensive as getting in proffesionals.

Doggy has gone home, so I need to take myself for a walk today.

Have a good day everyone

Linda :o) XxX

'I distrust the diurnal vacillations of the weather'.

A posh way of saying 'unpredictable weather forecast' - or something like that. Flowery language seldom used these days, which is a pity.

Morning friends, hope you all had a good weekend.

Breakfast is ready.
Cereal, porridge or fruit.

Bacon, eggs, sausage, mushrooms and tomatoes.

Toast, waffles or hot rolls.
Marmalade, jam or honey.

Tea. coffee or juice.

Have a good day, take care and stay safe.
Jean xx :-) :-)

morning all.

Sun is out today we have been forcaste decent weather today.
I wonder ?

anyone want to buy any spanish cucmbers ? what a silly thing to do to get rid of them before proof had been given as to whether they were the cause of coli? now the Spanish company is claiming compensation as they got rid of their cumbers. you would have thought they would have kept them back till proof was found.


My Uncle Charlie was a Stoker 1st Class but he worked on the engines he was an engineer. when he came out of the navy he worked on the Railway as an engineer.till he retired.

Rita
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Marilyn,

Just looked at my emails.......Did Pete take that photo of you when you were in Florida ? ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ROFL

Stephen runs like blazes before Marilyn has time to throw something big and heavy at him. :-) :-) :-) :-)

Morning All !

Maddie, It will most certainly be Aggie Westons. This was the usual abode of many sailors. His being listed as a 'Stoker.' This is a generic term given to all who worked in the Engine Room of a ship. Some were indeed 'Stokers' heaving the coal into the boilers but many were Engineers......and were still called 'Stokers' The term is still applied even in the modern Navy.

If you give me his name and Date of Birth and where he came from I'll see what I can do.

It's blowing strong here today but at least it's dry.

Gonna fix out some Yachting stuff today..........it's time to head for the High Seas........well maybe the Boating Pond :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

Have a good day ya all !

Keep safe , Keep happy , Keep Smiling
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Morning everyone,
just popping in to say hello before I head off to work. Hope everyone is well and has a good day :-D
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Cath xx

Edit:my hearts are gone too, :-( :-( :-P

Hi Lady sorry i misy you popping in

why bother doing all thay cleaning befor a party when you just get a biger mess after a party to clean

Bed time for me...I will try to pop in more often....It has been quite some time

Lol at Whipped Lady, now that somebody totally different.....
I tried to change to a picture I have of Dove her Father & his mum but it wouldnt accept it...

My hearts aren't working either xxx

And night night to Patricia x

Hello Rita

and
Good night if you are off to bed xxx

My hearts have gone strange so I've put kisses instead

x

Night Rita!
I'm going to bed now as well. going to put the kettle on now.
Pat <-3

Hello Yvonne hope your well.? I logged on to say good night to everyone and found you on.

Rita
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Evening everyone

Lady and Cath your dogs are lovely.
Agatha my dog doesn't like the vets, she trembles the whole time we're there and cant wait to get out the door.

Pleased the Christening went well Shelly but a shame about the certificate.
Marilyn I will send for the cert for Robert, hopefully its the right one

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I forgot to say I got my Great Grandfather papers and my Grandfather papers they were submariners and also my Great Uncle Walters which was their complete service records showed when they enlised and all the ships they served on with dates and time they were on them, I got mine through the Kew records office on line but you need their number if you do it that way.,
the only other way is go to Kew records office , they have big files of sailors records in name order ,but it take you for ever to read through them. when you find the ones you want you pay and they give you the records. I had four sheets of Uncle Watlers . Great Grandfather I had four sheets but he signed on again when the war came and so he had another lot of records. then Grandfather I had two big sheets of his service record. I dont know any other way.
Rita

Maddie,

I have sent you an E-mail....we only know it has Aggie Weston's its a sailors hotel.
Its not there now.


Lots to read about it.

Marilyn XXXX

Edit...
If anyone else wants a read about the Sailors Rest.

http://www.plymouthdata.info/Royal%20Sailors%20Rests.htm

first off I am really getting angry now the times I am havinbg to sign on to get into the GR site is getting silly I am typing in my email and password and still it does not let me in till I have done it about three or four times what the hell are they up too. ?

Agatha well you know what is wrong with Oscar now lets hope he recovers quickly. I dont know how your suppose to get him to stay still and not run about unless you nail him to his bed. pool little mite.

Whipped Lady " Baby Dove "is lovely. that is the first time I have seen her photo. and Cath what a lovely dog you have" Gypsy" was she from a dogs looking for a home place ? in Norfolk they have lots of homes with retired Greyhounds looking for a caring home to retire into.

Maddie The only time I came across a" Christen Hotel sailors rest, "was for sailors who where on leave and had no where to stay. they use to have them alot at one time like hostels.
They did have sailors retirement homes not sure where they were, they were like the Chelsea Pensioners homes. for real old timers who came on hard times./

Stephen might know more about them.

Rita

Hello Cath,

not too clever to be honest. Physio next week.

Hoping that someone will get back to be about the Royal Sailors Rest.

Hope it is not a pub.
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