Hi Jennifer
Thanks very much for your answer as well my mums cousion was surprised by this he being a cowman .she said better then being a common lab .johns dau Sarah I have a photo of she small dark hair ,mum took after her as do I .dads side my brothers are taller then me .her husband was a Sargent in the Leicestershire regiment he was in Egypt .he was also a driver ,he got into some trouble out there and got put into jail .for fighting they stopped his money ,I have his war records ,before he whent in the army he was a chimney sweep ,he said he'd fell 40 foot down a chimney hurting his knee so that's why he had to come home .he became a shoe maker . Sara worked at barkby grange ,then for Mr Mrs mason in their pub in Nottingham which is a museum now .every time my brothers are here they make me look like a mouse but I'm proud that I found out about our family .family history throws up some funny things ,and makes relies were you come from and who you take after.dads families village is a Saxon village .my dads mum her family came from Nottingham they were lace makers .also fish mongers ,fruit seller ,her husband was a tv / radio repair man ..and a good fisher man their both gone now I still miss them Christmas isn't the same .my gran loved horse betting shed win quite a bit .i can't talk to them about family stuff so have had to do this on my own .my mums family took me to some real places and found out about them who they worked for .my grandads brother worked for lady ferrier at Staunton Harold house now garden center he worked in the walled garden which then was being used for soldiers who were being brought home to get well they grew food then no wonder I like gardens .
Ste
