General Chat

A lot of ancestor's unfortunately ended their days in the workhouse back then, like you said it's very sad FG. There are one or two in my tree to and I expect in lots of others. Some of my ancestors went to America and Canada which is why I've hit brick walls with them. Let's hope we can knock the walls down on both our trees soon.
Yes, I'm hoping the dentist finally gives OH some antibiotics tomorrow.

I'm the same as you AnnG where painting is concerned. I'm a bit of a wannabe to. :-D

So you've found the battery now Mel, that's good and you sorted the socks out as well......bonus. Now you can sort the garden when the weather brightened up. They say it's going to be quite nice over the weekend with high temperatures. The sun has finally come out here but it's very windy and cold. I hope your begonias give you a nice show, now they've been potted on.

I was thinking the same as you Island, it doesn't feel like July at all. At least we have the nice weather to look forward to soon. Yes, what were you arty crafting?

What a miserable day today. It poured half the night and most of the morning and the rest of the day has been grey skies and showers. Not a day for gardening or for ripening up my green tomatoes which are showing no sign of changing colour.

Jane, I am so sorry to hear that you have been in pain. I hope it turns out to be a minor problem. Just keep looking forward and concentrating on that December baby. Sending you love and hugs.

I’m glad your hospital appointment went well AnnG and pleased that the Covid tests for little Lewis and his Mum came back clear Mandy.

Island, you will have to send us pictures of the things you make. I would love to see them and I am sure others would too. I so admire anyone who is “Arty-Crafty” as I am not. I’d be an ideal candidate for a Mr Men/Little Miss book. It would be called Little Miss Fumble-Fingers,lol. I did used to do a bit of knitting and sewing many moons ago and made a lot of clothes for myself and my daughter but that was mainly because we didn’t have much money then.

I hope you’re not getting a cold Frank. “Listen With Mother” – that brought back some memories. I particularly remember Daphne Oxenford and her slightly plummy voice. I loved the programme because I sometimes managed to keep my hyperactive son still for 10 minutes while it was on.

Isn’t it frustrating when you lose a post Ann. That’s why I generally do mine in Word and then C&P. The downside is I can’t add emoticons.

I’m pleased you found your battery Mel. It’s wonderful how these things turn up but some things seem to get sucked into a black hole and disappear for ever. When we moved here nearly 7 years ago we had 9 everyday tumblers in a kitchen cupboard. Suddenly one day there were only 8. Now there are only 7 but we haven’t broken any so where have they gone? If the fairies have taken them I wish they’d bring them back!

Like you FG I am not interested in collecting numbers for the family tree, though after years of research by my brother and myself, we have got a lot of people on a number of different trees. What really interests us is the history of their lives and the times they lived in. When you delve into them there are quite a few stories there – some sad, some funny, some impressive. One story my brother and I learnt “at our mother’s knee” was that someone in the family had been an entertainer and died on the stage. For years we had sort of assumed that he/she was a music hall artiste but he turned out to be earlier, b. 1801 and he was our several times gt. Grandfather. He was apparently pretty well known in his day. He didn’t die on stage but collapsed shortly after coming off stage in Dublin. He was carried to his lodgings and a doctor was called. The doctor bled him and he died shortly after. Later when “bleeding” had gone out of fashion, a learned doctor wrote that he would probably have lived if he hadn’t been bled. One of the best finds we came across when researching him was a letter he had written to Joseph Grimaldi, the celebrated clown. The original is in the archives at Harvard but I emailed them explaining the connection and our research and they kindly emailed me a copy of the letter.

Our new computer came today. OH hasn’t set it up yet so I am desperately making sure I have back-ups of all the stuff that is important for me, mainly all my family history stuff. I also want to go through all the addresses on our contact list and make sure I have them in a paper address book. Last time we had a new computer – some years ago – OH was short on time so we let PC world transfer programmes from the old to the new. They managed to lose all our emails, including all my saved ones to do with FH, all my family trees, all our contacts and much more. I had all the information from my trees on a back-up USB but I had to reinstall my Family Historian programme and it took me hours and hours of going through files before I managed to find the code to do this. I know I will have to reinstall it again this time round but at least I now have a note of the code in three different places so I should be able to do it quite quickly. Needless to say, PC World aren’t being let anywhere near the computer.

You will see from the length of this that I am getting myself back to normal. I am still hardly sleeping and am still having to force myself to go out but I am getting there. Early yesterday morning a friend rang and suggested that we met her and her OH and had a stroll by the river together and then had a drink at the outside tables of a pub near our homes. I was a bit nervous but went. We met at 11 am and had a gentle stroll by the river and then got to the pub when it opened at 12. I was fine at first. As it was early we were the first there and could pick our table. Our two husbands both put on masks to go in and get drinks and my friend and I had both taken hand gel with us. However soon after 12.30 other people started to arrive and none of the customers seemed to be bothering with face coverings and I started to feel quite twitchy so we left soon after. However it was a pleasant time spent with friends and I was glad I made myself go.

Well, I hope we all have a good night tonight. Sweet dreams everyone.

Oh my goodness Gill, what a story, talk about a lucky escape!! I have found a poor soul who had a illegitimate child at 19, married someone else at 22 and had two more sons,and after a pretty hard life ended her days in the Workhouse! I felt really sad for her! I've walls found a cousin who emigrated to Canda. Two younger children + wife died soon after arrival, the cousin and remaining daughter went on to America, I know where and although I looked at American archives and originally found them, I think they eventually moved on as I've now lost track of them!!! Think I've hit brick wall!!
Hope your OH gets a good result tomorrow.

Island what are you arty crafting today?

Anng you won't know unless you try.

I have just found the battery to the small hedge trimmer so thats on charge now. It was in the uti room on top of the two door cupboard in there under a load of socks that had'nt been put away. They have now.

Its been that awful fine rain today and you don't think you're getting wet but you are.

I have potted a couple of begonias in one big pot. I think they are hanging ones. I bought them up the road at the woman who sells plants outside her house and had them on the shelf in my shed but now they are all secure in a nice bit of potting compost and hope they give a good show.

I have cleared the fridge out reaady for tomorrows big wipe down so I have plenty of room in there but apart from that I hav'nt done much at all today. O I did clean the little loo.

I don't know whether to make spag bol tonight or sausage toad???? I have both mince and sausages out of the freezer cos I forgot I was going to do a toad. Spose I could do both and put the spag bol in the freezer for another day.

Thanks for the tip Island.

Gill I don’t paint, I am a bit of a wannabe :-D

What a good idea FG having life stories for your ancestors.

I have one or two small stories here and there, but the big one was about my OH's ancestor who was suppose to be married and move to New York straight after the wedding. She couldn't marry on the date she wanted, so ended up marrying the following week. She would of travelled to New York on the TITANIC had she married on the date she originally wanted. I can't remember why the marriage had to be moved to the following week, but she had actually booked tickets on the Titanic and had to cancel them. Talk about lucky.
Have you found any interesting stories for your ancestor's?

Do you paint AnnG, sorry I can't remember if you do or not? If you do then you'll find those programmes fascinating. The way he can make trees in seconds, including highlights is amazing. I'm sure when you have the time, you'll enjoy them. It sounds like everything went well at the hospital, so that's good.

Hi all

AnnG and Annx - and anyone else who loses their posts on a laptop.
Stick one of those 'scan guard' cards (the ones for protecting bank cards in your purse/wallet) over the cursor pad with sellotape at each end. Works a treat!

I'm ignoring the outdoors today and probably tomorrow. Is it really July?
I'm arty crafting indoors :-D

Mel :-D :-D T came into the hospital and up to the waiting area. I am sure he could have come into the consulting room but I didn't need him to. I maunly need him to help me hear when they call my name out. Even when they are not wearing masks I have a problem. There were several couples there, had to sit socially distanced though.

We were impressed that everyone on the bus (actually not many on the bus at all, everybody in the hospital and everybody we saw in the two shopping malls and in M&S were all wearing masks. It is not pleasant though wearing the masks for a long period of time, I found it wearing on the bus and couldn't bear to imagine what it is like on a plane journey.

Nuisance you keep losing posts Annx is that on a laptop? I didn't use to like using a laptop because I kept touching the mouse pad in error.
We wore fabric gloves on the bus and in shops when using escalators or in the hospital using stairs.
There was plenty of sanitizer for hands and, if you didn't have a mask you could take a free one. (They did have a sign saying thieves would be prosecuted, you have got to believe it!)

Mandy hope you got your washing dry.
Frank, yes I read about the tornado I bet that was scary for a while. I see there was a lot of damage done.

Gill I have those programmes recorded but not had time to watch them yet.

Hope you got your Lidl shop FG.

I'm not actually doing my tree Gill. I finished that sometime ago on Ancestry. What I'm doing is researching and recording the lives of as many people as possible in the tree, to give a history of how they actually lived their lives, where they lived, job of work, marriages, illegitimate births, and any other interesting aspects of a particular individual's life. I've done people I definitely know about and am now tackling ones I know little or nothing about! It's being quite a job but very interesting!!!
Brighter here but still windy! I must collect MrFg's prescription, as it wasn't ready when I collected mine, but should be there tomorrow. Its only painkillers for his gammy knee and his one a day Statin! Not too bad for an 80 year old!!

Good you did'nt get soak from the bus to the hospital and the return journey. Was T aloud in with you?

Well I wonder where I got July from? What a twonk and I rushed to get the card posted!!!!!!!! I shall have to make a note of it in my address book. Sorry still its nearly here.

O just looked in my book and I have 27th August so where did I get Julky from. Now I know I'm going barmy....................................... :-(

Afternoon all. We were lucky with the weather, it drizzled a bit when we got off the bus but nothing much the rest of the time we were outside it was more or less dry and the sun even glimmered when we got off the bus coming home. The appointment was for 10.45, becaue of bus times we were 20 minutes early, but then the appointment was about 30 minutes late. And I was in there about 10 minutes. Saw a nice lady doctor who says the patch is not urgent and she will delay the appointment to remove it (It will be cut and stitch) until October after our two holidays.

Thanks Vera for putting the record straight where did today's date come from, Oh it is 27th! A month early Mel and Gill followed you. 27 AUGUST.

Jane, wow! great news for Hannah and Gareth and you and Chris (James too I expect). So pleased for you all and hope all goes well. Also hope your bloods go ok and that the pain is nothing serious.

Better go and get some lunch BBL I hope.

Afternoon all,

Congratulations to Hannah and Gareth a little boy and at Christmas how exciting for them ,I'm sure they will be keeping a close eye on her this time . <3

Jane I hope the blood test goes OK and this pain your getting isn't to much to worry about ,have you another lot of chemo to have ?

I was going to say I think AnnG's anniversary is August .
Hope you got on ok today at the hospital AnnG and you didn't get wet ,it's been raining here off and on but we did go shopping ,got some wiped just a few more bits to go .

Just got second lot of washing to go out the sun's out so I hope I can get it dry before it rains again.

How did the art session go Ann? I see in Aldi next week there is lots of art stuff ,paints,pencils and paper .

Oh clouding up I'd better get my first lot washing in .

It's looks like I've got AnnG's anniversary date wrong again LOL, hopefully it'll be third time lucky :-D :-D Thanks for reminding me Vera, I just hope I don't forget to wish them happy anniversary on the correct date now. :-S :-S

Yes, it was nice to see my aunt on TV along with my other aunt (her sister) FG I love watching all types of crafts, not that I'm any good at them, I can knit and do a bit of sewing, plus I've made a few bits and bobs for Christmas, but nothing to write home about. I just like watching. Maybe one day I'll have a go at some of them, who knows. Hope the weather wasn't to bad for your shopping trip, it's pouring with rain here, has been all day, so the garden is happy. Good luck with your family tree, I had a go at mine a few months ago, but kept hitting brick walls so had to give up in the end. I'll take another look no doubt in the future, where I may have more luck with it. I'm looking forward to the 1921 census as I'm sure that'll help, well, I hope so anyway. Your OH sounds a bit like mine, he's always snoozing LOL.

Quick post. Just wanted to say it’s lovely news from H & G. Congratulations to them. I’m sure the medical people will keep a good eye on Hannah this time around. Something for you to look forward to Jane. <3

Mel and Gill, Ann & T’s anniversary isn’t for another month 27th August.

Might bbl.

Oh congratulations Jane, what exciting news, I do hope all goes well for them. I do hope your blood test is positive and that the symptoms you've been having are nothing to be concerned about.
It must be really nice seeing your relations on TV Gill. I'm not really into arts and crafts so don't watch those sort of progs, but it must be very interesting if you do!
We got all the shopping we needed so that's that job done for a while! This afternoon I'm going to do some more to my family history, Mr Fg no doubt will snooze!

Gosh that was quite a tornado Frank. Those poor allotment holders with all that damage and squashed veg I should think too.

Morning all

Rain, rain, rain, here today, I think it's going to be here all day, so no gardening. I did manage to sort the tomatoes out yesterday, pinching out the side shoots and giving them a good water, with them being in the greenhouse the weather doesn't effect working in there.

<3 <3 <3 HAPPY ANNIVERSARY ANN AND T <3 <3 <3

I hope all goes well at the hospital today and your OH is allowed to go in with you, hope you don't get to wet from the bus to the hospital. Do you have anything nice planned for your anniversary? Hope whatever you're doing, you have a lovely time, despite the weather.

Yes, I'll be watching the Leicestershire episode this afternoon Ann. I hope you didn't over sleep and enjoyed your beginner's art session this morning. Have you ever watched "The Joy of Painting" with Bob Ross, he does some amazing paintings using normal 1" and 2" brushes, along with a fan brush and other things, he paints landscape pictures in less than an hour. The programme fascinates me, he makes it look so easy. It's on BBC four weeknights at 7.30pm. It's well worth watching.

Sorry to hear you've been having some pain Jane, hope the bloods go as well as they can and the pain eases soon. What wonderful news for Hannah and Gareth and of course the rest of the family, congratulations. Good idea to wait for the 20 week scan before telling anyone, I hope all goes well and you have a new member of family in time for Christmas. <3 <3 <3

I've just watched the tornado video's Frank, I hope no one was hurt, although the allotment took a battering, looking at the damage it was quite a big one and not far from you. You were very lucky. Hope your man flu clears up soon ;-) no seriously I hope you feel better soon. So Ros is busy making more masks, they got some bargains with the sheets, didn't they?

Nothing much planned for today, so I'm watching a bit of TV. I might do some more sorting later as I still have a few more drawers to go through.

Good morning to you all,


Wind and rain here today, I haven't been out, but it looks cold

We had A TORNADO go through some allotments on Saturday evening around 7.00 pm. It was in MOULTON, just outside Northampton. The video's on the web, show people picking up parts of sheds that were hit, plus Greenhouses were smashed to pieces. If you want to see it Google Tornado Northampton.As the crow flies it's only about 5/6 miles from us. We have had very heavy rain again overnight.

Ros is BUSY making more face coverings. She and Carolyn managed to pick up lots of Sheets,Valances and pillow cases from a discount shop in town. Sheets (double size) were about £2.00 each, pillow cases £1.00. I have ordered her two lots of elastic. So she is all set to go.

With Julia away in France, I invited Harvey and Lewis up for Sunday dinner. Harvey said he has a blinder of a MIGRAINE, and just wanted to stay at home. So between the two of them, they will manage to feed themselves.

You all seemed to have been busy. I hope Jane is feeling a little better also.

I feel like I have a head cold coming on. I am SO BUNGED UP in my head. No matter how often I blow my nose, it's back again almost immediately. MAN FLU. lol lol

The sky is getting darker and darker, so I expect we will get a good downpour before long. Pam going to grab my book and settle down in the conservatory for a read.

Have a good day, whatever you are doing. Will try to get back this afternoon. I might have another story for you "Are you sitting comfortably" then I will begin. !!!!Where did that come from. LISTEN WITH MOTHER, I think. xxxx