General Chat

I remember when I could do the splits :-D

J L description of "peach melba" cakes is bang on.

I had some madeleines baked by O.H. with my bowl of coffee for breakfast :-)

As a gesture of solidarity OH has been baking trad English cakes and sending them to London friends and rellies stuck at home.

fat rascals, Bakewell tart, cabinet pudding, treacle tart, ginger parkin
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Tawny, When you mentioned 'Split' along with 'Mivi', I (unlike others, it seems) :-D
immediately thought of Ice lollies with ice cream in the middle and fruit ice lolly outside! :-S
'Mivis' are the originals, 'Splits' are the other producers.

Maggie, that's exactly what original mivis were. I think they made a comeback years later and just weren't the same.
I'd never heard of splits except as a ballet move :-0

Definitely a thing, Island - I bought some last summer!

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Oh gawd Maggie, that puts a spanner in the works :-0

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You're welcome!

Here we go again Bakewell Puddings - don't go to Bakewell and say tarts :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0

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You've just reminded me, Pat.
When in Southsea, and you're getting off the bus at the end of Fawcett Road, remember that the name of the pub where the bus stop is situated - The Fawcett Inn, is, in this instance, pronounced 'Fossett' ! :-D :-D :-D

Rollo, it's a while since I made Madeleines but the best way to eat them is dunking them in coffee. I may have to seek out my Madeleine tray now.

OH does not dunk anything, the Philistine. ;-) :-D

I do love (Lancashire) Eccles cakes, proper Yorkshire ginger parkin and really tarty lemon tarts too.

Remind me .... is this a cake thread? ;-)

As long as we don't move from tarts to crumpets it is probably ok! ;-)

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Easily done for me, names. I have two clergymen (one very senior) and a prostitute on my tree. :-D

somebody actually put that as occupation Joy? :-0 :-0
The brazen hussy!

No Island - she was done three times for soliciting and one of those times she was also done for affray! :-D

Go get em gal. <3 :-D

Those three times were in between censuses and by the following one her parents have died and she has disappeared completely.

I have her BC. <3

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BC - before conviction?

I have the clergymen but not found any ladys of the night --- yet!

Buttered Crumpet :-D

Those local court reporters did a good job. :-D

I also found - separately and several years later - in the second decade of 1900s - in a different newspaper, a case in a nearby town involving a paternity suit against one of the local respected JP 'worthies' who lived where OH used to live. It was found and the guy had to pay.

As far as I am aware, and possibly because their home was not near the town in question, his family knew nothing about it and he is still spoken of with admiration where he lived. I am not the type to burst their bubble but it certainly makes one question those who think they are superior.

I knew another ex-JP, my age, from the same area . Not mincing my words here, he couldn't 'keep it in his pants' and was a complete big headed waster. In the end he had to finish.

In addition, I was, at one time, friendly with another JP's daughter whom I thought was way beyond the control of her inept parents so you can imagine my reaction many years later when the local Chief Magistrate, a friend and colleague whom I greatly admired and respected, asked me to consider becoming a JP.

Now I know there are good JPs who should not be tarred with the same brush but my vision has been coloured by these events and once you know it is impossible to forget. :-0

strewth Joy, the juiciest snippet I found in the archives was my cousins dad being nicked for speeding LOL

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I came across the JP paternity case while doing some voluntary work. Sheer luck.

The one I think is a waster was someone both OH and I knew from our teenage years and still know today.

The JP's daughter lived and worked near me.

Someone on GR found the articles relating to my rellie after I'd appealed for help when I could not trace what happened to her.

I hardly had to lift a finger. :-D

We cannot underestimate the economic impact of a Bank Holiday weekend; we can see anecdotally how it works here in the UK.

Cornwall, for example, calculated that moving the May bank holiday to St Piran’s Day (the region’s patron saint) on March 5 would benefit the Cornish economy by between £20 & £35 million.

Canny Cornish! ;-)