General Chat

Oh it has to be my g/dad my earliest momeries of him is me sitting on his sholders waiting to go into the Saturday film matinee and the endless games of dominoes we would play still have his board. My he was a big man 6'3' tall and lol! bridth as well I think! He had a horrific accident at the docks when a crane fell on him and the drs said he only managed to survive because he was so strong. Norah

I had four great great Aunts - three in one household, one in another. They used to practically tear my arms off to get at me, lol! One of them showed me how to slide down the bannisters - she was well into her seventies, lol. They played endless, boring games with me (they must have been bored, not me), let me dress up in their clothes, curled my hair, bought me sweets and comics and were always, always thrilled to see me. We moved hundreds of miles away when I was about ten, and I never saw any of them again. It is only as I get older that I realise how devastated they must have been when we left - none of them had ever married and my family was their whole reason for life. I can still see them now, pinnies on, beaming chubby faces, hair in old-fashioned buns - Eeeh! Come in, our duck, our pet, our bunny! Tears in my eyes - no-one has ever been that pleased to see me since, lol! OC

first time I went to Scotland was to visit my mum aunt Chrissie. Remember her being very old and frail. Mum had to help her in and out of bed etc. I was only about 8 and it was quite an adventure travelling to Scotland on the overnight train. Wasnt till I started doing this family tree that I realised how old she was.!!! She was born in 1890 and died 1968 shortly after my visit so I think that must have been the intention of my mum to make one last visit before she passed away.

June I am rather fishy, I am a Pisces, are you water as well?? Dee x

Port and lemon is one of my fave drinks not that i drink much are you a water sign June ..

Dee my Grandad used to go once a week to the British Legion and used to bring home a bottle of stout i used to have a little with lots of lemonade called it a smiler and then we played domimoes.. June ..

June, that reminds me of the port and lemon my Dad used to give me at Christmas, did I get a shock when I had it in a pub once!! Dad's was 99% lemonade I think :-))

He used to save them just for me June, always had one. Just seen that Beryl mentioned dominoes, we used to play that as well. Mum used to be doing his housework for him and he entertained me Dee x

Oh Dee treepenny bits one of my uncles used to save them in old cocoa tins June x

My grandfather used to toast cheese by the fire and when it was time to go home gave me a 3d bit. I will always remember him Dee xx

My Great Uncle Arthur was the caretaker of a large office block in London. I think it may have been in Islington, but I'm not sure. We used to visit at weekends when there was only him and Auntie there (they had a flat there) and we had the run of the place. I remember there being an enormous highly polished conference table and we kids used to 'skate' on it in our socks. There were big old fashioned lifts, with ornate gates that we loved to ride in. A special treat was to go onto the roof and I remember thinking I was on top of the world up there! Well I was only about 10! LOL Sue xx

June - I couldn't agree more! Thanks for the thread, it's brought a smile to my face and tears to my eyes. Take care, from Beryl

Puss i can crochet but cannot follow a pattern made loads of blankets and baby blankets June x.

know what you mean june my other na taught me to smoke hell that was hard to give up she learnt me to crochet to tho, so not all bad lol

Beryl i think being with good relatives leaves a lasting impression and helps to make us what we are June x

Hello June My mum, dad, sister, brother and I spent our holidays every year with my grandparents near Southport in Lancashire. Dad was an only child and we were their only three grandchildren. Needless to say, they couldn't wait for us to arrive. But grandma had two unmarried sisters and an unmarried brother who all lived together next door, so all in all there were five adults waiting to spend time with us. Boy, did we have fun. I remember playing dominoes for hours on end and Uncle Jack taught me the song 'Show me the way to go home, I'm tired and I want to go to bed, I had a little drink... At five years old, I had no idea what it was about, but I remember teaching it to my friends in our garden when I got back home. They were indeed happy and carefree times. Beryl

I think now with hindsight we all wish we had paid more attention and then we would know more reguarding our past June xx

guess it wasnt to hard in our family no one seem to get on and now there all dead i cant ask who me great grandad was lol arnt they selfish

Puss Cat it,s funny how some of your relatives stand out some you care to forgett June xx

ahh my nana , my dads mum hated him but i loved her and when we moved away after dad dying i used to travel on 5 coaches to go up north at the age of 13 and visit every year, she had nothing , but her love was priceless, little stories she told me have come back in my adult life that has made sense whilst doing my tree . i often wonder where i get my nutty streak from and now when i look back at photos i can see lol.