General Chat

Shelly someone has nudged up a Graveyard thread and old one, it has suddenly appeared has lots of people on it who were willing to look for grave stones and photograph them..
I added you did this. and had a thread going.

Rita

Pat
I wish the series was on for an hour instead of half. I like the way the priest played the bagpipes last night. I didnt understand why the Polish people came there for mass that was out of the blue for me. That American women who went there for a holiday and stayed and is getting her ooffical Scottish registration was not in it last night one shot we saw of her what is facinating is her doing the genes on the islands little cemetery. how well those headstones are kept and looked after. but I did have a giggle when the man who does the burying was using the long pole to see how many coffins were in the ground. so she could mark it down.

rita

Hi Rita,
Yes I did watch The Island Parish last night. I'm enjoying the series.
My ironing is piled up by the kitchen waiting to be done! I iron stuff as I need it.
The first time I watch the Island Parish I wondered how some people ended up on an island and I ended up in a city street.! As nice as Barra is it would be no good for me in the winter because I don't like snow!
Round my way Rita streets have a theme to their name. ie Poets or Trees.

Dermot, enjoyed reading about school days in Ireland.

where do you place your ironing then Stephen before you do it. ?or are you a good boy and do it straight away lol.

Lovely day here. I am busy trying to do my reseach on the road I was born in. what a job I have, how do you find why a road was named after someone have you ever tried to find out. it is a nightmare. I have spent three hours already searching. the trouble is I dont know where to go from hereon.
Pat did you watch The Island Priest last night I think the series is really great.. the island is called "Barra "not sure if I have spelt that right?
but the pople are so happy go lucky in that little place. I had to laughat the electrician he not only does all the repairs and is in charge of the electrics on Barra he also reads the metres.

hope everyone is well..

Rita
x

I've re-surfaced now! Got up about 8.30.I read in bed. I'm reading a book set in Italy during the late 50's. I've never been there.
I'll be going out soon to do some food shopping.
Catch you later x

Morning All !

Nice Brekkie again Jean. Thanks.

Patricia........back to bed ! On a lovely dark miserable day what better place could you be. Wrap the duvet well up to the chin, cosy down, dream of lovely things.

Catherine.....What's an Ironing Basket ? ROFL 'Fluffy Paws' will come to the rescue if you don't appear.

Heading out later, going to spoil my wee lassies.

First though, I'm gonna make a start a shifting my extensive library of books to another part of the house. Time for the current Library to have a 'makeover'. I think it'll take more than '60 minutes'.

Mrs Stephen will be out all night tonight. It's her turn for the 'nightshift' at her Voluntary job. Tomorrow she will sleep until about noon but be lethargic for the rest of the day.

Better get my Teddy ready to cuddle into !!!!!!!!

Catch you later.

Have a good day ya all !

Good morning everyone,
Mo I'm glad Lilly is keeping her bottles down better.
Dermot, more lovely memories, as others have said you really should consider writing a book.
Well I'm just having a very large cup of coffee before I venture into the ironing basket, lol. If I'm not back by this afternoon send a rescue party please.!!!!!
Hope you all have a good day

Cath xx

just a cup of coffee for me Jean
going back tp bed! x

Hello all, hope everyone slept well.
Breakfast is ready for anyone who wants it.

\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ cereal or porridge

eggs, bacon, sausage, mushrooms, tomatoes
allon hot[late.

\\\\\\\\ toast, (o) (o) (o) (o) bagels
marmalade or honey

tea or coffee.

looks like we are going to have a wet day here, so it will be a quick exercise ride for the horses this morning.
Hope you all have a good weekend.
Take care and stay safe.
Jeniwren xx

Back from Granddaughters Birthday Celebration.

Fine time was had by all.

Gran and Grandad are taking them both out tomorrow for a special treat. I love to spoil them.....but not too much....they also know the values of Caring and Sharing.

Time for my beauty sleep. Badly needed in my case . ROFL

I emjoyed that Dermot what a time you must have had growing up in Ireland, so many memories you have. keep them coming.
Nite all
Rita

Wonderful memories Dermot, thank you for sharing them. I bet you were a little imp at school though. Lol

Travelling to school.

Exeter parents have been stunned recently following the news that Devon County Council is to cut school bus services in the city. Hundreds of children could be left without transport & parents backed by teachers are up in arms. One concerned mother complained that her 10 year-old son would have to walk nearly two miles if his bus provision was withdrawn & she was anxious about his safety.

Two miles indeed! Poor youngster! This report brought my mind back some fifty years where in the west of Ireland I walked five miles to junior school every day - hail, rain or snow. There was no bus provision then & I was lucky sometimes to have been able to cycle to school for a change. Of course, the schoolmaster rode to school by pony & trap - that was before he bought his black shiny Ford Popular with leather bench seats & starting handle.

Whether on foot or by bike, those few miles were sometimes fraught with dangers or so I thought. First, I had to get past Mick Lynch’s mule - a fearsome bad-tempered animal likely as not to throw a kick in my direction just for devilment. Why he was always on the road & not in his allotted field was beyond me. Mick Lynch only had the one small field so, I suspect, he encouraged his mule to partake of the grass verges - free gratis.

A bit further on was Connor’s bull, grazing peacefully until he spotted me when he would half-raise his head, as if he was deciding whether or not to bother with me. Occasionally, he would then charge at me, frothing at the mouth & his hoofs pounding the ground. I often thought he might jump the fence out onto the road but his massive bulk prevented him doing so. He really was a big fellow & was well respected by other farmers who would use his reproductive ability - for a fee, of course. He must be related to many young calves in the area.

Further along the road, there was an empty house where poor men of the road took temporary shelter. I would tiptoe past, scared in case they might do some harm. See what a youngster’s imaginations get up to.

I remember well Dodd’s farm on the main road just the far side of the village because the Dodd family were well known in the horse breeding & racing fraternity. They kept a stallion plus a few mares & a donkey to keep him company. He was a lovely proud animal & he would stand there tossing his head in the air & showing his teeth as if he was in a horse show. He really was the master. Sometimes, I would watch from a distance his handler exercising him. This was easily done by tying a long rope to the stallion’s bridle & allowing him to gallop in a circle. What a treat it would have been to be allowed to ride the stallion - a pipe dream of course.

These obstacles safely negotiated, there were still some unfriendly dogs to contend with. Of course, their barks were worse that their bites. On reflection, I can only remember once being nipped while cycling past Reilly’s house. His pet Irish Setter just liked to run & made sure that every cyclist going that way was accompanied for a hundred yards or so by him barking furiously. Poor old Mr Reilly would come out of his house waving his walking stick trying to pacify his pet dog but he might as well be shouting at the moon. Come to think of it, I don’t remember pet dogs receiving any training.

Our junior school was a plain building erected in the 1870s of plaster & mortar with large windows & an open fireplace - the only source of heat during the winter. It was built on a piece of land donated by the local landlord of the time - indeed, it wasn’t much of a donation really.

Apart from the building, there was a play area divided into two by a high stone wall - girls one side & boys the other. I don’t know why we were divided like that. I’d say there was more fun in the Garden of Eden than in our play areas.

Still, I had the homeward journey to look forward to. Happy times!

i see marilyn is on the missing list tonite
i bet grandaughter is keeping her bizzy haveing marilyn run around after her
with her acheing legs from her run

EDIT.... marilyn i bet she will be runing and swiming for england soon you just watch

mo you will be serprise how things have change from how days
i was lucky my girls took more notest of what i said than the health viseter
told them

i remember my eldest daughter when she had he first child she got told of for not going to the clinck
her answer was
what can you tell me that my mum carnt

o and when i have my 6th one i was told off my self for not feeding him soled at 4 month old i told them i think babies are not ready at that age and i will give him food when he is 6 months
and guse what when daughter had little legs she was told that baby should be 6 months old befor going on soleds

well well well think thay should make up there minds
so im glad my kids take notest of me more that others

Thanks Shelly, I am going to their house tomorrow, so Lilly will get lots of extra hugs.
I have just phoned my son, and he said baby has kept most of her bottles down today.

Pat I had never heard of Baby Gaviscon before either. When mine were young we had Gripe water,to settle the wind. And little was known of things like projectile vomiting,or reflux.
I suppose they went under different names back then,as my youngest son is 33.

mo give little legs an extra big cuddle from me when you next see her
and hope she gets well soon xxx

Mo , sorry to hear about Lilly not keeping milk down. Last year at work several babies were born and last Friday one of the new Mums came in with her little girl and she mentioned baby gaviscon. Until then I'd never heard of it.

evening all

herbert likes messy play but dont like the sand or play snow
but he did like the walter and dident want to play with the paints

apart from that he seemed to have had a good time

Cath,thank you for asking about Lilly. They had to take her to the hospital last night, as she was not keeping any milk down. They have given her Baby Gaviscon for reflux. She must have been getting some goodness from her milk,as she has gained weight again, and now weighs 9lb 4oz.,
but the reflux has only been happening this week, so I just hope it clears up quickly for her.