General Chat

Marilyn Stay off that drinking the results for strikley dont come till tonight.
remember Sunday nights results.

Stephen that was lovely that fried bread went down a treat with the bacon and tomato's .I have been really spoilt now.and the tray did you want it back ? I like the thistle in the etching on it. very nice.

Linda pleased to hear it all went well. it is always nice when people say they have enjoyed the food. and the party I hope your Dad will feel better today after his party.

Maddie trust you to do something to your back when your on holiday. why could you not have done it while at work you would have got time off.sick.

Shelly you are a Night person I think you must have a kip during the day to stay awake at night.

Pauline I thought you were going to break into a song.

My eyes are dim ( tired )I cannot see. I have not brought my specks with me I have not brought my specks with me

Morning everyone.

Rita

Marilyn (`•¿•`) - elegant Exeter with its lovely Cathedral.

Morning all
Had kippers this morning for breakfast, really nice thanks Hubby!!!

Just checking the postings

Have a good day

Stephen any exercises for tendonitis in upper arm? would be greatly appreciated as this has gone on for weeks only relieved with nurofen(ibroprufen).

Thanks

Linda :o) XxX

Hi everybody.

Rita, if you'd been around last night I would have joined in a sing song with you, and I'm sure Mo would have joined in as well.

Thanks for the breakfast Stephen, I had egg, hash browns, black pudding and coffee. I was going to nab a bit of Rita's fried bread but she'd eaten it all.

Maddie, I hope your bad back doesn't spoil your holiday.

Pleased to hear the party went well Linda, good memories for you to keep.

I take it you like living in Exeter Dermot!

Shelly, I didn't know that about the donkey milk either, apparently it's the worlds most expensive cheese.

Not as expensive as Marilyn's new ring though!!

Hmm, I've got a bad shoulder, Stephen. It's a sports injury and I get lots of pain from inflammation, flares up with the slightest thing.......like cleaning windows. Doctor just gives me anti-inflammatory tablets to take when it flares up. I've had loads of steroid injections in it, but they only last for a while. Any ideas (apart from not cleaning windows)?

I am here as I have been adding to my tree more information. now would you believe I have added a Brown to it. not close related to me but on the tree. Lol.
Stephen I was sotring through some items this morning and came across a card of MY McCallums. which tells you a story.of the clan

Argyllshire is the home of this clan and the name Malcolm is the English equivalent of the Gaelic Callum , The Lands of Craigmish were given to Reginald Maccallum (we had the a before the CC then )of Corbarron in 1414 together with the Constableship of the castles of Lochaffy and Craignish. In the 17th Century Corbarron was bequeathed to Zachary MaCCllum of Poltallock .
The Poltalloch family possessed their lands prior to 1562. Dugald MaCCallum of Poltalloch who succeeded to the estate in 1779 is said to have been the first to adopt the name Malcolm Badge-Mountain Ash.;

would you believe I have this attacted to a scottish Beret and scarf and kilt
all came from Canada when my sister went on a tour three years ago
she visited a town named McCallum part of our family ancestors who emigrated there and started this town off McCallum. she said every shop carried that name as well.. But it amused me that each article has this information attached to it.

Rita

Hello everyone,
Can't stay, I am orft to the club for my darts practise,and I will be back later.

Sorry to hear of all the injuries everyone is suffering at the moment.

So happy that mum and dads do went well Linda.

Bye for now. Mo

Marilyn
you know I asked you to look at the records in Plymouth for my Granfathers brother Walter, he had a career in the Royal Navy from 1889 till 1911 when he was a pensioner.and you looked for his death for, me. and could not find it.or a marriage.

I am shattered I found a lot of papers I had when i started research among them were medal Rolls and Despatches I had them as we have two of the family who were award medals of Gallentry and one was mentioned in Dispatches and two were prisioners of war. all in this set of papers, I was reading them and I found what Happened when Great Uncle Walter a 1st class petty officer was pensioned off he was re-called up for the 1914 war and was on HMS Dundee. on Patrol in the North Sea. it tells you all about him and he was awared the DSM and star and victory medal.and mentioned in Despatches for his Gallantry and was invalided out in 1918 he died on 7th December 1918 in Lanport.
I was in tears when I finished reading. it.
to think all this started when I was going through my father paper and found a photo of someone in the Navy.someone contacted me on hot matches as he was related by marriage to one of my Great Aunties and he had a photo of Walter a big wall one .he was in his uniform. I have not been able to find a frame big enough yet to put his photo in it.

It just goes to show you these things come up suddenly what a surprise I have. now I am going to try and find where he is buried in Devon. there must be a mention of him on one of the memorial. I have just emailed my sister and told her.

Rita

Hi All,

Stephen .....I'm too late for your lovely breakfast feast......so can you do another one for about the time I arise in USA ? LOL Please...

Rita where is Lanport ? I only know Langport in Somerset.
But what a great find about Walter, cant remember his surname tell me again.

I've come all this way and guess what ...a friend of mine has found me and coming to spend the day with me on Wednesday, better get the drinks in, he's a whisky drinker so out to find a good USA one or imported one !

Dermot .....hmmmm your not too far away from me I'm in the South Hams on the outskirts of Plymouth, and yes the Cathedral is brilliant I agree.

Mo I don't think my brother & wife would let anyone in my barn as they have already taken over.......and he's not a swinger . !!.LOL

I'm off to Church now its only 8-30am gotta pray for you lot !!!!!!

Marilyn

How are you doing ? this time last week you were in England
it was 1 class Petty officer Walter Lee. he lived in Portmouth so it seemed we heard he had not move to Plymouth ..
I am going to searxh the cemetaries and see if I can find where he may be buried. ?I can get the train down there next year a day out. and visit the grave if I can find it ? also there must be a memorial with his name on somewhere in Portsmouth.


Lanport is where they have built that big complex / Mall in Portsmouth they use to be sea mens homes there loads of them. but they pulled them down to build the shopping Mall.
shame as it was a lovely place and the tall ships use to come into there

The weather has started to get cold we are forcast strong winds and heavy rain snow in Scoltand. while you are sunning yourself think of us poor soles here in Britian shivering. not nice.

Rita

Alright, where are you all hiding. Come on out and play,it's very lonely here
all on my ownsome.

Marilyn, we have kidnapped your brother,and we are planning to invade the barn any time now. I thought you said he was not a swinger...... thats not the impression we got when we tied him up, he thoroughly enjoyed it and was begging for more.
Stephen had to shove his haggis in his mouth, to keep him quiet.
Come to think of it, where is Stephen now, he's very quiet as well.
Maybe he is still painting at his nieces house.
I see that Dermot has not been in today yet either.
I bet Shelly, Pauline, Linda, Rita,Maddie, Yvonne are still doing the washing up from dinner.
Oh well, I will pop back later.

Hi everyone, hope you have all had a great weekend, and hope all you who were feeling ill or suffering pain are feeling better.
I have had my 8 month old Grandaughter here for the weekend,
goodness, aren't they hard work at that age, she is crawling around now, but goes backwards, and has just started to pull herself up on furniture. Think I may need locks on all my cupboards soon.
Did I read on someones post that there may be a London meet next year?
Rita, I have been making lists, cards and presents for Christmas,
the lists seem to get longer each year.

Take care and be happy.
Jean xx

Oooooh Jean, I am so sorry, I forgot to mention you when I finished my last post. Stupid stupid me, please forgive me.
Yes there is to be a meet up in Victoria, in March next year. Maddie is doing all the arrangments,and so far there is three of us from this thread going. Even Stephen has threatened to honour us with a visit. Please say you can make the meet, it would be so lovely to meet you.
I bet you have thoroughly enjoyed having the baby there this weekend. They grow up so quickly dont they, bless them, but we can't keep them babies all their lives, mores the pity.

Well, are we going to get this stormy weather tonight or what? Our neighbours across the Irish Sea have been forecasting gales & floods for several days now.

The authorities there have been filling sandbags and the like for distribution to ease the expected water surge coupled with high tides.

I’ve been so worried that I dug out the building plans Noah used to build the Arc. Unfortunately, Aramaic is not a language I’m fluent in at the moment. So, I suspect nails are being hammered in where they may not be needed. Multiple language instructions are a relatively recent innovation. Anyway, I was never very good at assembling flat packs.

I have no intention of inviting the animals, two by two, to come along. Look what happened to Noah’s Arc as a result of those pesky woodpeckers.

Anyone got some spare seasick tablets please?

Well Dermot, there was me thinking that all the people travelling down towards the coast, with boats on their roof racks were daft, but it looks like it could be me left with egg on my face now.

Hello Mo Jean and Dermot

we were told on the radio Surrey there was bad weather ahead gale force winds and heavy rain coming our way. they said Snow in Scotland and the west coast is going to have the same as us/ it is very cold here tonight I will put my heating on in a moment.
I am getting ready to have an early tea so I can sit and watch some television tonight. I have worked hard today on files and adding to my tree. so I stopped and thought thats it for now.

Jean I have a great grandson Charlie he came here two weeks ago and has started walking he was into everything even my computer had sticky hands on it and the DVDs were taken out the book shelf and stacked on the floor then he wanted to make a phone call. I dont know how his parents can keep rushing around after him it tired me out.
I was thinking Jean if the weather is that bad I will be able to start writing Chrstmas cards out and do more on the family tree,.
I have added 6 more this last couple of days.

see you later

Rita

Hi again, Mo, I will be 74 in March so maybe I should make a visit to London my birthday treat to myself, though I haven't been there since I was 17, not sure I could find my way around now, but it would be absolutely great to meet you.
Rita, I suppose I have all that to come, my Grandson is 22 so its a long time since I had babies around, except for the ones I fostered, but they were never here for very long.
I am going to do some more work on my tree now,
Take care.
Jean xx

Jean it would be a lovely treat to meet you. I am lucky in as much as I am only between, 45-60 minutes away from Victoria by train.
What date in March is your birthday, you never know it may be the same date as the meet.

'The peasants are still beating the pheasants out of the bushes for the shooting gentry'. (John McGahern).

Breaking news for Marilyn......... Jimmi and Flavia are out of the dancing.
Could not post last night as the dance results were not till tonight.
It was between him and Michelle and Brendan Cole