General Chat

Why can't you hold events outside of London?

It is safe for you to travel outside the M25 y'know!

Here's a few little towns you could go to...

Birmingham
Cardiff
Liverpool
Manchester
York
Glasgow

go on give it a try! :-D

there at york on saturday ;-)

And, why do you aim your events at the abled bodied, offering travelling expenses. Is it only these people whose opinion you value. Well what about the housebound. Does their opinion not matter.
After all, you take subscriptions from both the able bodied and the housebound. I rather thought that was discrimination.

Julia in Derbyshire

Are they paying people £50 & giving away Platinum Memberships?

Doubt it....

London pre-Olympics mmhh ideal NOT :-P

cause they get a good discount at the Ritz for their B&B,,,,,,, ;-) :-D :-D,

I should imagin most people can get to London quite easy,,,,,,as most trainlines do a straight run into one of the many stations or a min of one change....

£50 aint bad plus Platt access,

O-M-Wordy Wordy ,,,,,,imagin if all the millions of members applied,,,,,,,,,GR would be bankrupt......!! :-D :-D :-D

B&B at the Ritz....that would be tempting

We don't have a direct rail route & it takes hours & costs lots.

It would be nice if they provided a "read at home" format-everyones opinion should be valid.

Yikes it'd be mind blowing if their trillions of members turned up :-D :-D

You need to apply...then they let you know if you have been accepted...so it is not open to all

The anticipation would kill me! :-0

.... Scotland, Wales, Ireland (North and Republic), Canada, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, France etc :)

i think its a nice gensture, obv not in the most accessable place for many, but still a nice thought,

Where are these places of which you speak???!!!! :-0 :-0

"Where are these places of which you speak???!!!!"

- not very near London, but places where site members reside :)


Deja vu not so very long ago ;-)

Joy ....you will be having an overload........

:-D :-D.

I went years ago,,,,,,got a tour round all the factory then the village with a talk on its history,,,,,,, then into a conference type room with tables & curtains!!!!and got served tea ,coccy fingers and sandwiches,,,,,,,plus a tin of chocs and a box with assortments,,flakes etc as a freebie ,,,,,,,,was lovely,still have the tin...

you couldnt buy on site like now.......

they dont do that tour now....

its was the day I met Tommy Cooper and his wife,,,,,,,,they wasnt at Cadburys but in a place we had a toilet break....... ;-) :-D :-D

I'm guessing the result will be "deja vu" as well...shame really,Member input is really important & they don't seem to value what they have.

There are some fantastic Researchers on here & they should be paying them for the contributions they make-without them the site would be left wanting.

Someone mentioned a train...lolololol it's a 40 minutes drive to our nearest station.

Return ticket to London: cheapest......£146 each and more than 4 hours on the train.

So as I need to be accompanied and stay overnight including petrol that equates to around........................

c£400 bargain init?

Sue x

How about at least £1000 for me to attend (if I happened to be chosen) ...........


.................. £50 would just about get me to the airport, and pay the Airport Tax, with nothing left over for the ticket.


Disenfranchised by GR once again :-|



sylvia

At least £150 on the train and 3/4 hour on a bus before I have to walk 15 minutes to the station.3 hours on the train and then across London to whereever it will be held..too shattered to get a train back so would have to get B & B for the night,,(goodness knows how much that would be)
Then train home another 3 hours to Leeds then 3/4 hour on another bus before I walk home.

And as for them coming to York on Saturday I will send then a map for the route..

Sue

They are coming to Newcastle Saturday 8th September, Newcastle, for the National Family Fair, at the Newcastle Central Premier Inn, New Bridge Street West - full details www.nationalfamilyhistoryfair.com.

Source a full-page ad the July edition of Your Family History.

I had planned to go last year but was in hospital instead! Will try again.

Everyone has had over a year to put their opinions on the Suggestions board.

It seems that GR have taken note of those and have a big update ready, but unlike last time they are going to let a few people have a go before they introduce it, to try to make sure there are not any major problems.

It is to be hoped that those selected will be constructive and dedicated to the task and not just there because they think it is some sort of freebie.

It may not be practical but give them a go - they seem to be trying to do what they can to improve the site. If it doesn't work then have a moan but at least give them a chance.