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Just to change the subject  folks, I went to Chelmsford Catherdral today for the chrism  service, always very nice, went by bus and it took me 2 3/4   hours, whilst there I sat next to an up and coming curate telling  her about what church I came from, after the service the woman in  front asked me was I talking about a  such and such a place, anyway to cut a long story short her forebears worshipped  at the church I attend,  she wanted to come back for a blessing for  her 50th anniversary this year, I spotted my priest and I said we should speak to him, I asked her what her surname was, would you believe  it was the same as my surname,  we were both astonished, but I knew the name as we have one of her family on a memorial, so I took her to meet my priest and they will be in touch, my 93 year old friend knew this family ,  I am going  to try to persuade her to come to our church to show her pictures of her family we have at the chuch, what a coincidence?

LM

That's amazing LM !!!

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Do you think that this dangerous increase in E-Coli in the Thames is due to the reduction in industrial and agricultural chemicals which were pouring in in the 1960s and 70s ? Did they keep diseases down ?
Nobody ever mentioned the water quality then. Oh yes ! it was a national industry so it was OK for the public to swim in it.

< coli in our waterways in three ways: It enters streams through agricultural runoff, it comes in from leaking sewer or septic infrastructure>

I think there is a law in place that states what farmers have to do to stop animals polluting nearby waterways.

I remember in the 1970's that there were Salmon in the Thames  ;D

Just found this using search engine

After previous unsuccessful attempts to restore salmon to the Thames, in 1974 a lone salmon was caught downstream of London, following significant improvements in water quality. This discovery acted as a primer for restoring salmon to the Thames and stocking of juveniles began in 1975.

I can't recall the exact reasons but I do recall during the Blair/Brown years that sheep were found to have "blue tongue" ,which occurred in wet muddy weather and biting midges were usually found flying over puddles and muddy ground. 

Years ago I saw a TV programme about a couple who lived out in the sticks where there were no connections to sewage plants.  They cleaned their sewage by making ponds of reed beds.  Bacteria in the water "ate" sewage.   To demonstrate how clean and clear their water was the man drank a glass full from one of the reed beds.

https://www.stservices.co.uk/2022/03/23/not-just-a-bed-of-roses/

I used to live about two miles from a north east sewage plant and the smell was awful.  The local authority once called a meeting with the waterboard and the residents.  The waterboard apologised and said they would try to put stronger perfume in their plant.

Personally, I think every part of the UK should have a list of boxes to tick; such as:   whether the sewage plants can cope with influx of people, sufficient, schools, houses, hospital beds, etc.

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United Kingdom: Population - approx. 67 million, Density - around 710 people per square mile.
France: Population - around 67 million, Density - approximately 309 people per square mile.

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Quite a lot of anger re the blue !
A radio programme where people could phone in to join a discussion was a real eye opener —- so many people thought the Cross of St. George was only connected to the England team !
Had no idea it was The English part of The Union Flag.
It was a revelation.
We were always taught that to deface The Union Flag was tantamount to treason!
That the broad white diagonal stripe must be at the top nearest the flagpole ,otherwise it was an insult !

I remember be horrified to see Prince William wearing a Union Flag waistcoat years back.

I don’t know about the broad white stripe being an insult if not next to the flag pole, it would mean the flag is upside down, therefore flying a distress signal.

Yes, I was taught by my school and by girl guides, that if the Union Jack is flown upside down it is a distress signal.  Very pertinent during and shortly after WwII.

From comments, it seems schools have stopped educating children on the flags of the United Kingdom, such as:-The flag combines aspects of three older national flags:

the red cross on a white background of St George for the Kingdom of England,
the white saltire of St Andrew  on a blue background for Scotland
and the red saltire on a white background  of St Patrick to represent Ireland.

As Wales, the land of song, is considered to be a principality and not a kingdom, it is not represented on the Union Jack it has its own very distinctive red dragon on a white and green background.

When I was at school in the 1940s and 1950s paper and printing ink was scarce, thus we pupils  had to draw flags, countries and include major rivers and towns, etc.

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Thanks for reminding me about the clocks.    Today I noticed that my Scottish ancestry tree is on the genie website - I'd forgotten I'd put it there during 2012.   I was impressed when I saw that several people had a match.  I clicked on that ancestor and saw the website had changed the person's address from the original one to one that the website thought was the nearest modern postcode.  Thus instead of "Echobank" she now (allegedly historically) lived at "no. 1 Liberton Drive, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland".  I was unable to change the entry !!

Due to not moving much during my winter period of doing jigsaw puzzles to pass the winter days away my left leg decided to see how much is could swell and stretch the skin without splitting it.  We Brits have been urged to get our NHS prescriptions via the local chemist and not the local general practitioner doctor.  I did this and found that I had to pay over £17.00 for two tubes of gel, which is taking its time reducing the swelling and itching.

It was a mistake to think that I had piles of old documentation (old insurance, old bank statements, old etc.) that needed throwing away.  I only  found four scraps of paper that went into the bin but the rest of the pile has been family b.m.d. documents that cost me a pretty penny.

My front garden smells wonderful all due to the blue hyacinths and coupled with the yelklow daffodils and other plants it looks very colourful

I must admit that when the foreign owned Cadbury company decided we Brits would celebrate with "Gesture Eggs" I was as much annoyed as when the foreign owned Nike decided we English had a "humorous" blue colour on its flag.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: 1921 Census - Colliery Work Job Title
« on: Monday 25 March 24 17:49 GMT (UK)  »
You might be interested in this website.

Colliery workers and dockyard workers would wait at the gates hoping to be cholsen to work that day .  At the gate would stand the "Tallyman2 who handed out tokens to men in the crowd.  Many men would go home to their families if the tallyman hadn't chosen them to work that day

I lived in a port and used to see about 10,000 men waiting at the various dockyards.

https://museum.wales/articles/1072/Colliery-checks-and-tokens/

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: What did my great grandmother die of?
« on: Friday 22 March 24 20:35 GMT (UK)  »
In the 1950s  most of my male friends were conscripted into H.M. Forces.  It was a surprise to discover during his medical examination that one of them had tuberculosis .

He didn't cough, wasn't in pain, etc. but the result of the examination meant he was shipped off to a T.B. sanitarium in the south of England where he had his own room. Every day his bed was wheeled out into the fresh air.   I think he stayed there for over a year until discharged.

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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary Week Ending March 24th.
« on: Wednesday 20 March 24 22:47 GMT (UK)  »
They do say that an hour's catnap is as good as two hours sleep.  After the loud bangs and rumbling noises that seemed to last so all night I've been glad of a day time catnap.   I live behind a pub and I assume that the pub was stocking up for a profitable holiday

I finished my Alfred Hitchcock jigsaw puzzle then found a black piece of puzzle on the floor when the completed puzzle was still on the table  - the question now is:  did the makers put an extra piece in the box or does it belong to the earlier puzzle that I finished last week?

I had a surprise when I opened the envelope from my bank.  I expected to see a statement but for once in my lifetime they have sent me suggestions of how they will give me money instead of taking it away in fees.   The suggestions could have come straight from the money saving expert.

The heating bills are frighteningly high - I used to be able to control the heating by a simple turn of a dial in each room - the modern expert doesn't think that's a good idea - the brilliant idea is to control the heat meeded in various rooms by the boiler sited elsewhere.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: What's written on this hat?
« on: Wednesday 13 March 24 19:33 GMT (UK)  »
I just had to stop and say

"WELL DONE" JEN

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... and a big congratulations to all concerned from me too.

Coincidentally this last week I received a memo from family search giving me some "exciting" news that they have discovered new information.

What a load of codswallop!  That branch of my family are firmly stuck in the UK and not scattered all over the USA.   I'm assuming the mix up is due to the fact that some American towns have the same names as UK towns.

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