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Cherie Blair dropped from WDTYA!

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BrendafromWales

BrendafromWales Report 2 Jul 2014 12:51

They say too boring!,!!!
It is Mail on Line!

Karen in the desert

Karen in the desert Report 2 Jul 2014 16:35


I would imagine there are plenty of GR members with family histories which would make absolutely fascinating stories....to enthusiasts like ourselves.
Sadly, without being a 'celeb' there's no way WDYTYA would be in the least bit interested :-(

Researching:
Researching: MILLS & ROBERTS Cambs: TAGG Thames Ditton & East Molesey, Surrey: LEETON/LEADON Hunts & Cambs: LLOYD London/Middx: FROST London/Middx: ROSKAS, KISELIUS, BUDAS W.Lothian & Lanarks: ROSKAS, JAKAS/JAKAITE, JUSKEVICIUS, MICKEVICIUS Lithuania

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 2 Jul 2014 17:17

That'll bring her down a peg or two then. She got to have her nose so far up in the air she forgot what her feet looked like.....!

Kay????

Kay???? Report 2 Jul 2014 17:38

Her step mother was Elsie Tanner. :-D

jax

jax Report 2 Jul 2014 17:46

They said Michael Parkinson's was boring as well, didn't they?

Researching:
Nothing much

Karen in the desert

Karen in the desert Report 2 Jul 2014 17:55


I wonder though, exactly what do they mean by 'boring'......boring to the mainstream viewers because of a lack of scandal perhaps? But I doubt any would be deemed boring to the likes of us.
What I find boring these days about WDYTYA is that they follow the same old format, making it look so easy peasy. :-(

Researching:
Researching: MILLS & ROBERTS Cambs: TAGG Thames Ditton & East Molesey, Surrey: LEETON/LEADON Hunts & Cambs: LLOYD London/Middx: FROST London/Middx: ROSKAS, KISELIUS, BUDAS W.Lothian & Lanarks: ROSKAS, JAKAS/JAKAITE, JUSKEVICIUS, MICKEVICIUS Lithuania

Kay????

Kay???? Report 2 Jul 2014 18:19

Notice they never not find any information....... this often is where its a must to visit R/O and Archiveswhere a wealth of stuff can be found that is not on WWW or will be,,, BDM or a census is not family research,its just information gathering,

KittytheLearnerCook

KittytheLearnerCook Report 2 Jul 2014 18:53

Good......I wouldn't have watched it anyway, can't stand the money grabber :-| :-|

Researching:
Brockhurst Newman Pelham Parsons West Sussex Birth information for Thomas Parsons born in Cork 1818 mother Mary father ?Charles

Sue In Yorkshire.

Sue In Yorkshire. Report 2 Jul 2014 19:58

She is a boring person anyway.

I wonder if her ancestors were all miners.

That was the reason Michael Parkinson's was dropped.

SheilaSomerset

SheilaSomerset Report 2 Jul 2014 20:02

I got fed up with WDYTYA after 2 series, when I could see that they were going to go for the 'glitzy' trees and milk the emotions for all they could. I think a tree is a very personal thing and I can't get as excited by anyone else's tree as I do by my own (which may be 'boring' but it's MINE :-D :-D).

Anyway, why are generations of labourers considered boring? Salt of the earth as far as I'm concerned <3

Researching:
Gloucestershire, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, London, Lithuania, Russia

KittytheLearnerCook

KittytheLearnerCook Report 2 Jul 2014 20:19

Quite right too Sheila.....no ag labs, very little food. I am very proud of all my ancestors, not a wealthy one among them :-D

Researching:
Brockhurst Newman Pelham Parsons West Sussex Birth information for Thomas Parsons born in Cork 1818 mother Mary father ?Charles

BrendafromWales

BrendafromWales Report 2 Jul 2014 21:49

I believe her mothers father was a miner who became a colliery manager.
IM glad they're not having her on the programme..not keen!

**Stella ~by~ Starlight**★..★..★

**Stella ~by~ Starlight**★..★..★ Report 2 Jul 2014 21:52

i don't like her either and wouldn't have watched it, not that i do watch it much these days because there must be some really interesting families from poor backgrounds they never seem to look for.. :-)

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 3 Jul 2014 13:11

But then, If I recall correctly, her dad, in a certain TV series was often referred to, as a "scarse git"!

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

Sirius

Sirius Report 3 Jul 2014 13:47

I hadn't heard anything about Tony Booth for a long time so had a quick look. sad to see he now has Alzheimers, this article is worth reading I think

http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/health/fiona-phillips-meets-tony-booth-3130078

Researching:
My inner contradictions

DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 3 Jul 2014 15:33

scouse git !

Researching:
We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!