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kerryb
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I think looking back grandad didn't think she was good enough for his son, but she thinks she's too good for him!!!!!!
I even briefly knew 2 of my great grandparents, if only I had asked them some questions.
Kerry
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Gadget
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I have been quite lucky. I knew the names of six of my seven knowable great grandparents at the start. Not from grandparents but from parents.
Lots of stories were passed down as well. I'm making sure they are preserved by writing them down before I lose it 
Gadget
(Now Barbara - no rude comments  )
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Gadget
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Well, I've got the ultimate in family history knowledge with Mr Gadget 
When I started looking at his history last year, I asked him what his grandparents names were.
He answered, in all innocence 'Granny and Granddad'.
Really
Gadget - I have to put up with a lot 
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kerryb
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You two together must have a riot!!!!!!
Kerry
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Elliebob
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Maggie Wright 1889-1949
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I think I've said before that I only knew one grandparent (paternal grandmother) but my mother has a wonderful memory and throughout my whole life has told me stories about her childhood and even some which she was told about her parents'. She also spoke to her mother in law when they lived together after the war and sometimes knows more about his mother than my father does!
I have often wished I had been able to ask my grandmother the relevant questions but I have a distinct feeling that she would not have told me the answers to any questions she thought "inappropriate" - even if she knew the answers!
Ellen
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Court, Stratford on Avon, Dorsington, Welford
Faulkner,Glos/Warwicks
Higgins, Quinton
Bennett, Stoke on Trent
Stride, Hampshire
Wright, Stoke on Trent
McConnell, Co Donegal
Brooks, Co Donegal, Antrim
Jackson, Warwickshire/Isle of Wight/India/army
Keefe, Essex, Hampshire/Isle of Wight/army/india<br, Queensland aus. />Chatfield, Sussex
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Gensleuth
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My mum didnt get on with her sister, my auntie Flo.
I think this because Flo was a no nonsense-straight down the middle, tell it like it is, kind of gal.
Flo was also a confirmed 'bachelor girl'.
Someone would say 'What do you think of my new dress?'
Flo would say something like 'It makes you look fat!'
I get on with her like a house on fire. She ran a farm during and after the war, and I helped out in the summer holidays in the 1950's.
In the evenings, out would come the cider [I was 14!] and we would chat all night.
She would tell me all the family secrets and where all the skeletons in closets were.
Trouble is, when she told me all this, I was 'tired and emotional' from all the cider and didnt have a notebook and pen.
I can barely remember what she told me, it was nearly 50 years ago.
I once thought of writing a book, calling it 'Cider with Auntie Flo'
Apart from the fact that I was p****d most of the time and I would have to wait until all the people that would be mentioned had moved on to greener pastures to avoid potential punch ups, it might get written.
Good old Auntie Flo, here's to you , whereever you are
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kerryb
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Tom
She sounds like the sort of aunt I am creating myself to be!!!! Fun and the sort of aunt that all nieces and nephews like!!!!
I think my sister would say I already am!!
Kerry
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Gadget
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Your Mum's a real treasure, Barbara, and - dare I say it - there's a lot of her in you 
Have you thought of having her round for a cuppa or whatever and recording her little gems. Just chat and ask her about things. You're good at that, I know
I interviewed a few older people up here and collected some wonderful stories. Wish I could have done the same with my parents. I have to rely on my (elephantine) memory for their stories.
Gadget
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