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Topic: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 7 Episode #2: Chris Moyles (Read 2943 times)
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williamscdr
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Well I thought it was good and surprisingly the man seems to have an emotional side beyond the ego.
Do you agree? 
David
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Geoff-E
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Has anyone tried the new GRO service yet? You just ring them up for a certificate of someone born in "England" and they fax the certificate to you the following day. So much easier than the present system. 
Presumably this one-
Births Jun 1908
NELSON Hannah Christina Farnham 2a 142
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IgorStrav
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Arthur Pay 1915-2002 "handsome bu**er"
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I found this a very interesting and moving programme. I've watched many of them, and this was the one that had me in tears at the end.
I think it was fairly evident from the programme how they do it.....
get a few details from the person in question
do all the research
set up the programme with various mysteries and unanswered questions for the participant
have all the experts on hand
then just film it all, with the reactions shown just as they happen, in a relatively short period of time.
The bit that got me was that wonderful WW1 expert with Chris, telling him that he was "literally walking in his great grandfather's footsteps" on that road just outside Ypres. And Chris Moyles thinking about what the circumstances must have been, in Autumn 1914, for his relative, with just the comment "what I do is play records and talk a lot"
Whilst I don't play records and talk a lot, I do have the most lucky life compared with my brave ancestors who went before.
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Pay, Kent. Barham, Kent. Cork(e), Kent. Cooley, Kent. Barwell, Rutland/Northants/Greenwich. Cotterill, Derbys. Van Steenhoven, Belgium/East London. Burton, East London. Wade, Greenwich/Brightlingsea, Essex.
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LizzieW
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I've recorded the programme, OH wanted to watch Midsomer Murders! Looking forward to watching it, it sounds very interesting.
Lizzie
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BENSON- Dalton in Furness (Ulverston) and Hull
BETTISON - Derbys
BOULTON - Dalton-in-Furness and surrounding areas
BRAND - Lincs
COCKETT - Lincs, Yorks, Lancs
DA COSTA (or variants) - Spain or Portugal, London (Middx), ?Hull
GILCHRIST - Scotland, Lincs
HINGLEY - Derbys/Yorks
MANN - Sussex, Kent, Herts
MUMBY - Lincolnshire and Hull
PEMBERTON - Ches, Lancashire
STANTON - Lincs
ROBINSON - Lincs
WHITTAKER/WHITAKER - Ches/Lancs
WRIGHT- Bethnal Green
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Spidermonkey
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I think this episode was one that the vast majority of people could relate to - the poverty, illnesses and participation in WW1 are things that are repeated in many people's trees. I also thought that Chris Moyles came across as being a far nicer chap in real life than he is on radio.
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bearkat
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I often wonder if any of the featured "celebs" have ever taken the info the BBC provides and carried on with their research.
At least one has joined Rootschat
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Middx - VAUS, ROBERTS, EVERSFIELD, INMAN, STAR, HOLBECK, WYATT, BICKFORD, SMITH, REDWOOD
South Stoneham, Hants - SMALL, HAMMERTON, GRIST, FRYER, TRODD
Beaulieu/Boldre, Hants - WOODFORD, CROUTEAR, BECK, BENDELL, KEEPING, HARDING
Kent - BAYLY, BORERr, MITCHELL, PLANE, VERNON, FARRANCE, CHAPMAN, MEDHURST, LOMAX, WYATT
Devon - TOPE, BICKFORD, FOSTER
YKS - QUIRK, McGUIRE, BENN
Nott/Derbs - SLACK
Hert - BARNES
L'pool- PLUMBE
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kooky
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I enjoyed this one. All my 'brick walls' are in Ireland, and although it did not help me much, I have been inspired to go back to Dublin and see what I can discover. A plentiful supply of experts would be good! 
Kooky
I don't know who's joined Rootschat either!
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Clulo - Staffs.,Warwickshire, Lancs.1780 -1950
Fisher- Nafferton,Hull, Manchester.1770-1840-1950
Kane&McNeill,Forkhill, Armagh and Glasgow,Bray Dublin.1850s -1920
Boshell and Dowzard- Dublin, 1840s -1911
Kay/Bremner Edinburgh 1800 - 1841.Kay Staffs.& Lancs1842 -1901
Kay - Newcastle on Tyne 1780-1861
Swindell[s], Marple & Manchester 1900->
Makinson, M/c & Prestwich 1870 ->
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FAB Fiona
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I often wonder if any of the featured "celebs" have ever taken the info the BBC provides and carried on with their research.
At least one has joined Rootschat who is that?
I thought rootschatters didn't get caught up in all that celeb thing, so what does it matter who it is?!
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Bradbury-Gorton/Salford/Disley
Barker-Bury/Stockport/Cheadle, Staffs
Barrowclough-Salford/Sowerby
Berry-Coppull
Connolly-Hulme/Birkenhead/Ireland
Crowley, Renshaw & Steele-Manchester
De Rome-Salford/London
Godson-Gorton/Salford/Stafford
Hampson & Lofthouse-Salford
Kay-Bury
Mooney & Richmond-Dublin
Price & Sparks-Liverpool
Pritchard-Stockport/Manchester/Leeds
Shaw-Standish
Stredder-Birkenhead/Liverpool/Folkingham
Sweeney-Salford/Chester
White-Manchester/Notts/Dublin
Ziegler-Staff
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hmcmillan29
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I thouroughly enjoyed WDYTYA. Im not a fan of Chris Moyles, but he came across as a relatively normal chap.....loved the fact that his surname means "bald"!!!
Like Thornhill121 mentioned earlier, it would be interesting to know if any of the other "celebs" continued with what they, or the BBC had discovered. He seemed to have caught the geneology bug like the rest of us!
I also have Irish ancestors and have found it very hard to access records, so I was astonishly surprised to see that you can search and have access to the 1911 Irish census FREE OF CHARGE!!
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie
Last series was such a disappointment, but with series 7, so far so good. 
Hazel
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Huguenots, Silk weavers, Bethnal Green, Mdx
Sharpe - Bethnal Green, Mdx
Painel/Painell/Pennel - Bethnal Green, Mdx
McMillan - Kilmarnock, Beith, Kilbirnie (all Ayrshire), Glasgow, Ireland
Young - Beith, Kilbirnie, Ayrshire
Hamilton - Glasgow, Midlothian
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