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The Lighter Side / Re: Recording family treasures
« on: Friday 02 February 24 18:11 GMT (UK)  »
  Stanwix - I came to the same conclusion, realising that I was avoiding being photographed. I try not to avoid it now, but so many snapshots are pretty awful, especially if I try to smile! Bring back those Edwardian studio portraits, where no-one tried to put on a false smile, and the quality was so good.

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The Lighter Side / Re: Recording family treasures
« on: Friday 02 February 24 13:39 GMT (UK)  »
  I felt a bit like that, but I reasoned that it is only me who finds it strange. To everyone else it is just what I sound like! Very much like my mother, as it turns out. ::)

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The Lighter Side / Re: Recording family treasures
« on: Thursday 01 February 24 18:49 GMT (UK)  »
  A step too far - it is bad enough hearing my voice!

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The Lighter Side / Recording family treasures
« on: Thursday 01 February 24 17:18 GMT (UK)  »
  My son has persuaded me, now that I have a modern phone, to video the things in my house which are of family interest and to make a short recording at the same time. I was a bit doubtful, but decided to give it a try, and am reasonably happy with the results. I have written it all down in the past, but I can see that this is a bit more interesting.

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The Common Room / Re: Databox 2000
« on: Tuesday 30 January 24 18:57 GMT (UK)  »
  Thank you, I didn't realise it was just a Kent thing, though KCC was mentioned. It doesn't seem to show up in the Kent Archives catalogue - perhaps we have to wait until the end of the century!

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The Common Room / Databox 2000
« on: Tuesday 30 January 24 17:14 GMT (UK)  »
  Has anyone heard of Databox 2000? I have just been reading one of our old parish magazines and it was mentioned. It included some interviews with residents and presumably things going on in the village. Nearly 25 years on it could be interesting!

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The Common Room / Re: Electricity 1930
« on: Sunday 28 January 24 21:43 GMT (UK)  »
  Now all I have to do is work out who was living in which farmhouse at the time!

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The Common Room / Re: Mothers maiden name as surname.
« on: Sunday 28 January 24 20:08 GMT (UK)  »
  I have never found any instances of this in my family, but my step-father, a native of South Shields, had a middle name which looked like a surname. In fact it didn't appear anywhere in his immediate ancestors, so we assume it was from a friend or benefactor.

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The Common Room / Re: Electricity 1930
« on: Saturday 27 January 24 14:24 GMT (UK)  »
  Thanks, it looks as if a petrol generator is the answer.

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