Genealogy Chat

Lovely to have you back with us Evelyn - you have been missed

What a lovely thing to look forward to in July - its nice to know you are being well taken care of. Hope your Son & daughter in law have time to take you out an about as well as do the decorating.

Dont be a stranger <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Take care all

so good to see you evelyn <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <

sopleased

i am on here most days so have a nag at me :-D

so get stuck in

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sally w <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

I missed Evelyn :-( :-(


Never mind, it was just lovely to hear from her again.... :-D <3



I've had a birthday this week and it's one I will remember I think.

All was going well - went out for coffee etc........and family were coming round in the evening for a Chinese meal.


Daughter arrives in a taxi late afternoon. Opens the back door of the taxi to pick my present up and............

.......the driver didn't notice and set off........running over her feet!! :-S


I ended up taking her to A & E where she had an x-ray. No broken bones thank goodness but bruising and soreness. Sheeeeeesh what a way to spend the afternoon!


Now that I am at a 'certain age', I received 2 invitations from my surgery.

To have the pneumonia jab and to see the nurse at the Find and Treat clinic!

Seems I'm okay (for my age). Blood pressure is perfect!!!!


Anyway, must stop wittering.

Love to all.......Cx


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happy birthday cynthia :-D

sorry it did noy work out well hope your daughter is recovering allright

it must have been a shock

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sally w <3

Happy birthday Cynthia - sorry I missed your big day.

Remember the wonderful parties we use to have

Oh dear must not get maudlin

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 love to all friends on the thread.

Take care all

I do remember those parties Anne.........especially the one where we posted clues about famous people and then had to guess who they were!! That was good fun. :-D


Thank you for the good wishes. My daughter's feet are quite bruised but at least she is able to walk..... that's one birthday I will remember anyway. :-D :-D


Looking forward to the Jubilee celebrations on tv...........

Glad to hear she is rec9overed now - what a terrible thing to happen.

I am working this morning - but will be home in time to see most of the flotilla - how sad I taped the start and can just wind it on & catch up hopefully - its a once in a lifetime thingy - goign to watch the horse show tonight as well.

I am not interested in the concert tomorrwo - but OH is - so will do my tree while he has the Tv on - some of the acts may be good - but far too young for me a lot of it. I prefer my classical & opera really occasional ballad - but John Denver is long gone now & tony Christie is a bit past it.
Meatloaf seems to have vanished & good old Queen. Those were the days.

Hope everyone has a good Jubilee weekend - will pop in again later as shouldn't be on here while working - ok in my break.

Take care all
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Hi Everyone

Sorry I missed your Birthday Cynthia ,Happy Birthday !!! I try to forget mine they are coming to thick and fast for my liking.

I have had a great last few days searching for others on Genes I have really missed it but I do get cross when people do not include all they have on a person then ask for help .
I have just helped someone who did not tell me all and wasted 2 hours she already knew it all.

Evelyn it was wonderfull to see you back and I am sorry you are not coping to well ...as they say time will heal ,it is an easy thing to say but I lost my mother 32 years ago and I still miss her today.

I hope your Son and Daughter In Law cheer you up a bit ...anyway as Sally said you can always nag us when you feel the need to,much love to you .

I am looking forward to seeing some of the Jubilee celebrations,I think Elizabeth has done a great job.

I am waiting for the Games to start me ,I love it all.

Grandaughter just rolled up with Grt Grandaughter so I have to go and have a cuddle.

Be back tonight.

Suex <3 <3 <3

hello i am looking forward to the watching the queen as well i hope the weather is better in london than it is here raining and cold we have our heating on :-(

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sally w :-D :-D :-D

hello any one there

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sally w <3

Thoroughly enjoyed the Jubilee celebrations.

Good moment was when the barge carrying the Royal Philarmonic Orchestra passed under Tower bridge and the Royal college of Music choir sang 'Land of Hope and Glory'. The choir looked like drowned rats but sang beautifully.

Even better was when the orchetra played the 'hornpipe' and the Royals jigged around - then the choir sang 'Rule Britannia.

Thank goodness the weather improved for the Concert and the carriage drive.

I've enjoyed the celebrations too..... :-D :-D


Tried to stay glue to the tv but had visitors.......Sunday afternoon (Pageant) and Monday morning......as it was family, they were told I was likely to gag them!! :-D


The concert was okay but, I think the presenters were rubbish. It was as though they didn't know how to be funny without being 'blue'. Peter Kay should have had a longer spot and what about Ken Dodd? He would have kept the proceedings going..... ;-)


I was so sorry that the Duke of Edinburgh was poorly :-( The Queen must have felt so lost without him but she did cover it well. She looked rather sad and lonely going down the aisle of St. Paul's at the back of the procession all on her ownio......... :-(


Anyway, it seems he is recovering well and may be home in time to celebrate his 91st birthday.......I thought they were both amazing to stand out in the wind and rain at the Pageant.


We had a little celebration at church - the prayers were all dedicated to HM and the hymns were traditionally national. Afterwards, everyone was offered a piece of cake and a selection of drinks to make a toast to her. Just enough without going over the top.


I have cleaned the house from top to bottom today and am now enjoying a sit down. I'm out for a brief time tonight so am glad of the rest.


Sent for a marriage cert for one of my mysterious lot and have had a refund! Only about another 14 with the same initials to go!!! I was really hoping the postman would call today and then I got the email saying my money was being refunded in full..... :-(


Much love to all <3 <3 Cx <3 <3

Sally we are here - somewhere

Thoroughly agree Arthur - loved watching them jiggle about - loved the way the Queen nudged charles to look at his dad jiggling about - just like a normal family - shame the Duke wasn't able to with her for the rest of it - it must have been very sad for her.

Notice she had not been to visit him

Loved Charles speech at the concert - apart from the fireworks it was one of the best bits - thought the concert itself was dire.

Didn't the queen & Camilla have a lot to talk about all three days & evenings - when they were on the TV - they never seemed to stop nattering - it was really nice to see - & for once everyone seems to look well dressed - except Sam Cam at St Pauls -

It was a very good weekend & I managed to get a few days off as well - Cynthia - someone get her a chair - where's the smelling salts.

Hope everyone else enjoyed themselves.

Take care all <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

I don't see where she had the time to visit Philip in hospital - perhaps she went this afternoon.

Agree that Charles' speech at the end of the concert was perfect. Also agree tyhe concert was not up to much. Why we had to have so much of Kylie???

Really thought the opera singers were excellent and the appearance of Mud on the roof of Buckingham Palace was enhanced by the screenings on the front - apparently a new technique developed here.

hell

i see you are all comeing out of the woodwork lol

i enjoyed the pagent but thourght the bbc coverage was poor instead of keeping on th pagentkept going tohangers on who were talking mostly rubbish

i have heard that sky news channel were very good

i asked for help on the boards to day and my did i get some so helpfull and kind so now i have a lot of work to do

we have just had a huge thunder storm and terrific rain

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sally w :-D :-D

Hi all


I managed to watch the last 90 minutes of the Pageant ...... that was from 8 am to about 9:30 am, our time :-D


Then we watched a replay of the Concert last night (ie, Tuesday night).



We're going up to the cabin on Thursday afternoon, returning either Saturday or Sunday, depending on the weather, and on what we get done.

We're not going to stay there, we've booked a motel room in the nearest small town (60 km away) for Friday night, and will get it for another night if we do decide we need to go in again on Saturday.

This is the first time we've had chance to get up there this year, and we want to see what shape it is in, and to see whether we have had any "visitors" (4-legged or 2-legged :-D ).


So, I'll see you in a few days.




Take care



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Hi Everyone



I must admit I too enjoyed the Diamond celebrations ,the times were all out for us though I did watch as much as I could but I just had to go to bed about three quarters through the boat trip.

Watch some of the concert,even though she is an Ozzie Kylie gets on my nerves too same old songs and I think it is about time Elton hung up his piano too.

Cliff was great ..he is from my time and I have always loved him from a teenager.
Can't say I enjoyed seeing Camilla sitting with the queen but you know my views on her.

We are well into our winter now ..it just poured down all night and it has not stopped yet.

Busselton has just had chlorine put into our water and we all hate it ,we used to use the UV way of disinfecting but the powers that be have decided to destroy our beautiful water.

Is the UK still using Chlorine or have they stopped it,I would be interested to know,it is a carcinogen so the internet says.... I am really worried about drinking it ,you can't make a good cup of tea out of it.

Well I am off to the boards and have a look around.

Evelyn I hope you are feeling a little better,we are always around for a chat if you need us.

Sylvia I hope your cabin is all intact for you..

Love to everyone <3

Suex :-D

Sylvia - hope all is well at the Cabin & all in one piece after the winter.

Sue - at least you got decent presenters - dont know what happened to the BBC ones this year for both the Flotilla & concert.

I think the BBC need to refund some of our licence fee to pay for the Creche and keep them in there.

Did anyone else think the horses trotted along very fast on Tuesday.

All in all it was a good weekend

Sounds as though your church did you proud Cynthia.

Often wonder how Frank is this - if you are out there please let us know

Evelyn - don't forget you can always nag us

Reece - hows the packing going - time flies so quickly -

Take care all <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Hello everyone,

I should have been back long ago but.....

It was lovely to see you back Evelyn, and good to hear that your family are there too.

Just reading what you thought of the Diamond jubilee celebrations - the pageant on the Thames was amazing, and just how they stuck it out through the downpour I'll never know. My family came up from Dorset and had a good spot by Tower Bridge so that by the time the last boats got to them they were all thoroughly soaked! They loved every minute of it and managed to get some wonderful pictures too. I only watched a little bit of the concert - loved the light effect and pictures projected onto Buckingham Palace and the fireworks at the end.. Family were here on Tuesday and just after they went off I walked up to our green and watched the RAF flypast - the rain came just as I was walking home.

No, Anne, haven't started packing yet but doing a lot of sorting through cupboards - I managed to get Miles to take a couple of big boxes of plastic Airfix models (ships and aeroplanes) that he had made when he was a boy.

Here are the girls' chickens - they lay lots of eggs, and they also have a family of guinea pigs plus Alfie their cat

Love to you all!
Reece <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Reece

I think you had to be there to appreciate the Pageant on Sunday.

Having read the criticisms of the BBC coverage, I find I am in agreement with them. Not enough info was given about the boats participating - for an example, the little ships that participated in the evacuation of Dunkirk surely deserved a short history.

The newest presenters do not have the experience or gravitas of the past - Richard Dimbleby must be turning in his grave. Silence would have been most welcome at times instead of the attempt to 'jolly up' the occasion.