General Chat

Hi Everyone

Well it is almost a year since the last post - Oh my the time has flown by - OH and I are still both very well, although my arthritis is a bit painful, and her thyroid problems are permanent. She is progressing with her book - a bit slower than expected - but hopefully we have a result next year.
Regards
Gerard
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Just seen this on the boards. I've checked - haven't been on this thread since April 2014.
Have now got a Tablet and still getting used to it. Good to see you Gerard. Thanks for reviving this thread. I will now have to go through the posts that I missed while my computer was in a bad mood.

My last posting referred to my Football team, West Bromwich Albion, hoping that they would stay in the Premiere League. Well they managed it that year (2013-2014) and the following year (2014-2015). Now keeping my fingers crossed that they do the same this year.

I am keeping well, still living in the Birmingham area and getting out and about, mainly with the help of the Ring & Ride. (Special bus) where would I be without them!

Earlier this year though, did manage to go to a wedding in Wallasey. Went with one of my brothers by train. It was the wedding of my cousin Linda. I "found" her when researching the family tree.

Going to have the cataract removed in my second eye soon. All on the National Health. Looking forward to having this second eye 'adjusted' so that I can have a new correct prescription for my glasses. Will be wonderful to be able yo see properly again.

Hope that you are all keeping well.

Tess. ?

Hello everyone, just read your posts, they're really interesting. I've been doing my tree so that I've got something for my kids to follow when I've popped my clogs. They're not really interested at the moment, but I hope when they're older that they will be. It's important to know where we are from I think.

Good to see you on here Jenny. I toohope that my son and grandsons will show an interest at some time.
The only one at all interested at the moment is my soon to be eleven, youngest grandchild, Albert,

We haven't posted much on here for ages. It would be good though to resurrect the thread if at all possible. I used to enjoy our little "chats".

I had my second eye " done" in mid-November and all went well. I will be seeing my optician later this week so that I can get a new prescription for new glasses.

While on the subject of Family Trees, my sis-in-law has done a lot of research on her tree. Getting copies of wills, finding inquest reports, plus details of a divorce around 1880, Then she got very organised, wrote it all up, and has had it published. Just a few copies for the family.
I haven't checked his much it cost, but am sure that it wasn't cheap. This way though, she knows that it can be read by her descendants regardless of the changes modern technology may bring.
I keep saying that I will do one too, one of these years, but have never got round to it, not even a first chapter!

Would anyone else consider doing a book, and getting it published for future generations?

Hope that everyone had a good Christmas and that you will all have a great 2016.

Hello Jenny I see you have been a member as long as I have but have only made 73 posts. Have you just been reading all that time or were you a free member and unable to post? Good to see you posting now anyway.

Hi Tess, I have actually written my life story. I did put some of it on Genes a few years ago, you may not have seen i. I have never had it printed but have printed off a copy from the PC and it is on a CD as well. Took a long time and was great fun to do, but I think it would be too expensive to have published.

It would be good to revive this thread although people that were on it don't seem to be around much now. Bridget did make a sort of come back but didn't come on here, Jan who was on here originally is not on Genes any more (she was also in greaders and the writing group). Gerard is not around much either. Could be it is just the two of us!! :-D

I'm still here - just keeping quiet :-P

Ooh I couldn't do that :-D glad you are still around Gerard. Hope you and your OH are both well.

I renenver reading your life story Anne. really enjoyed reading it.

Thanks Mary :-)

Good to see you both Mary and Gerard.
Hope that you are keeping well.
Gerard, I hope that the reason that you are keeping quiet isn't because you are in the naughty corner!

Ann, where can I find your life story? I'd love to read it.

We have had some snow here in Birmingham, England. Well it was snowing at around 6am. I haven't looked out of the window since then as I have come back to bed (in the nope of getting at least SOME sleep) and the curtains are closed.

Not sure how easy that would be Tess as I put it up chapter by chapter. If search is working you could try putting 'Life story' and see what happens. If you can't see it I will put a couple of chapters at a time on this thread. Let me know.