General Chat

Maddie my Husbands family they came from all around the East End they lived in Wood Street St Pancras.some where born in Bethnal Green.They were tall buildings three or four flats in Cromoer Street I think it was Mansion Polish who brought the land and built on it. The Males were either Tailors or Taxi Drivers in the family my husband father and his brothers were all black cab drivers.there rank was at Kings cross Station My husband went into the army .

we use to walk around the markets They had some really good ones around that area.

I am glad you got photos it makes it worth while
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I have one of my father in law his brother and three of his nephews standing on the Westminster bridge with all the black cab drivers. in the back ground is Westminster, it was taken during the war near the end. they look like the maffi. My father in Law was a fire fighter at night during the war

Rita

Have you noticed the men have vanished wonder if it is us or the weather ? you have not seen any men in long white macs about in your area have you ? wearing Souwesters.

Rita

You're right Rita, the men have deserted us..........mind you, it could just be that they're at work.

I love looking at old photos Rita, especially of family members I never met. I like to see if I can see any resemblances with the family that are alive now.

Maddie, have you warmed up and dried out yet?

Maddie considering you spent part of your summer in Sunderland, you should be able to cope with a Southern winter easily.

Your winter is probably 10° warmer than our summer.

* Arc for sale.

* Chinese family with one chopstick goes hungry.

* And finally, which leg of a three-legged stool is the most important?

Hi everyone....

Demot are you on the same planet as me ? cant relate to your last message !! and I have not had a single drop of wine ...LOL

Pauline glad to see your niece has come through her op....one day at a time she will begin to get better.

Maddie I'm sure Kevin never swore ......really .....he doesn't look a though words like that could possibly come out from his mouth in that Photo ......

I'm hot now its 84degrees and too hot for the beach so going to cool in the shade for a bit and read my book........

go on marilyn rub it in just becouse we have had nothink but rain


my youngest son is the spitting image of his great greandad
its unbeleveble

pauline your niece is so lucky to have a lovely auntie like you
im share she is in good hands with you takeing care of her


maddie only a soppy moo like you would go out in the rain
and not what till a nother day

now were is mo jean linda and rita this evening

Friendly Thread still going then....

FLASHER !

I'll give you flasher,''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

Stephen lifts his Kilt and shows all................All his natty underwear that is.

Great Wedding Today. The colours of the ladies dresses were fantastic. The gents were rather spectacular as well.
A great cultural expeience.

Great to have a wee seat in the quiet for a time. It has been very hectic the last few days.

Grand Ceilidh coming up this Saturday......Kilt and sporran getting another outing.

I disappear for a couple of hours (well maybe a bit more than that) and I get dogs abuse from you lot.

Keep it up.....I like it.

Gonna have a VERY LIGHT supper now.

Promise.....I will make the breakfast tomorrow.

I am here not sure how long for,I stubbed my big toe and it is hot and
very painful it is not brokend as I can move the toes up and down. that is what I get for going around in my bare feet.
OCH,


I looked at Yvonne birthday and gave it a nudge up.just now

Maddie the family drove Black Cabs in the 1930 onwards till 1966.
I use to go shopping to Oxford street , some times with my mother ,and we would come out of Shops and my father in Law would pull over and drive us home FREE

use to feel posh. Lol

I was looking at one of the thread by Chris of wesxex and she was saying one of the shops in portsmouth has banned one of the young asistants because she is wearing a poppy and said one of t he shop also tells the poppy seller to clear off.out side their shop
I think that is disgusting.

So Dermot has come to the surface then ? what happened to Stephen. ?

jean did you do anything on your family tree today ? I have done alittle more.to mine.

Shelly I went through your cemetery list this morning just incase any of the family of my husbands were on it or any of the family from that end of London
But I found two names Tapp on the West Ham list and I have a friend here that is her name she and her husband came from there so I have made a note and will ask her when I see her to see if it is any of her husbands family.. If it is I will let you know.

How do you get them on your list ? I have some photos of family graves somewhere if I find them out and managed to send them will they be of use to you. I know where they are buried but they are with my name.

I think I will put some pain killer cream on my big toe. any pffers. Lol.

Rita










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Hi Lady......thought you had emigrated !!!
Whats the latest with you then ? have you come back to join us or just doing a pop in like Sue does ....Shame really as you both were here from the beginning.

Hi Stephen glad you enjoyed the wedding sounded really great.
I am disappointed now ...I thought you didn't wear anything under those kilts !!!

I'm off for a walk.......before evening meal.

Marilyn,

There is nothing worn under my kilt........It's in good working order LOL.

I'm watching Billy Connelly and Ally Bain on the telly.

They are in the Western Highlands......Assynt....fantastic scenery.
Makes me want to get up and go North.

Ally Bain is Scotlands finest fiddler.

Is any one having the same problem I am on here tonight? my typing keeps slipping down and will not come up again. hence the gaps in the typing.

I ment to ask ? are any of you have trouble with your contact list.?I had two pages of contacts on my list and for some unknow reason I have one now.
I had an email from one of my relations in my family tree from Edinburgh a little while ago asking me if I will open my tree to him. it has always been open when I took a look it had closed.
so I have now opened it again for him.I dont know why the others have vanished and Kerr.s had closed.

Rita

Agreed Stephen. I saw Ally with Frankie Gavin & Martin O'Connor together on stage once. Pure Heaven!

Stephen I think we beat you for best fiddlers. we had a lot in our last Government.
we didnt dance while they fiddled though ,the fiddle was too soft to hear till the last minute.

Rita

I am off to bed now. Had my Horlicks need two pain killers.my toe hurts like hell. O.ooooooo

so I will leave you to get on with your natter ,

Nite Rita
thats me saying good nite to myself..

Thankfully my wee grandaughter is learning to play the fiddle.
I had her measured for her first one last year.
She has a natural talent.

Dermot....the Minister that officiated at my daughters wedding was called Neil Gow. What a coincidence !

rita i just had a look at that head stone its a nice one and incripshion is nice and clear apart from the last name just let me know if you need me to send to you



hi lady were you been thought you was stuck up your tree and couldent get down any way hows dove getting on