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bit of fun-designing a family crest
« on: Monday 20 March 06 21:47 GMT (UK) »
any creative bods out there?

my family is a marriage of Cuthberts (small landowners in Lincolnshire, artisans (wheelwrights, carpenters) and industrial revolutionists (railway builders and workers, engineers, newspaper publishers) and Kemps (scavengers, hawkers, costermongers, chimney sweeps, dustmen and municiple carmen and gypsies). Claims to fame? driver of the flying scotsman, hirer of donkeys to street hawkers, builders labourer of the slums of London
what would you include in a family crest? ideas please
Monique
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Re: bit of fun-designing a family crest
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 21 March 06 00:02 GMT (UK) »
Hi Monique,

How about a big wheel - with spokes (wheelwright)

Inside each spoke a differect occupation - Trains - houses - bridges - sellers - etc

Now off to think about my lot - papermakers - bargemen - cabinet makers - builders !!

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Re: bit of fun-designing a family crest
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 22 March 06 12:24 GMT (UK) »


I think mine should have a straightjacket on it!!   :D

I like your idea of a wheel Keith, that's brilliant.


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Re: bit of fun-designing a family crest
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 22 March 06 18:31 GMT (UK) »
Keith you'rs should be a tree (papermakers) with the other occupations hidden in the branches.  Good fun for the future generations of children to try to spot them.

I'll have a wheel too, as my lot were wheelwrights and joiners.

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Re: bit of fun-designing a family crest
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 22 March 06 20:33 GMT (UK) »
this is mine
KUHNELL, prussia, germany, australia. TAYLOR, easton in gordano, penmark, essex. barry, glamorgan. HILL, southampton, barry, glamorgan.

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Re: bit of fun-designing a family crest
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 22 March 06 22:57 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Su on Wednesday 22 March 06 18:31 GMT (UK)
Keith your's should be a tree (papermakers) with the other occupations hidden in the branches.  Good fun for the future generations of children to try to spot them.
Su

Like it Su - only problem being most of them seem to be hiding in the tree as well as their occupations!!

I like it Kali - although not sure whether not having grandparents listed is OK  ;D ;D
Now if it's not occupations but names - Bateman-Partington-Davis-Foster wonder how that would look on a family tree - must ask Gadget to do one for me!!  8)

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Keith

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Re: bit of fun-designing a family crest
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 22 March 06 23:06 GMT (UK) »
ah, family crest i thought we were talking about book covers, sorry.
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Re: bit of fun-designing a family crest
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 22 March 06 23:15 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: kali on Wednesday 22 March 06 23:06 GMT (UK)
ah, family crest i thought we were talking about book covers, sorry.

Ahhh a book cover  - that's great -  does that mean this book already exists??

So what have you put inside it?  ???

Sorry Monique not trying to pinch your topic!!   :o

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Re: bit of fun-designing a family crest
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 22 March 06 23:22 GMT (UK) »
Sorry to butt in but that Keith ^^^ suggested i might be interested :)

I'm trying to do something for him at the moment but I keep getting new ideas :) :) :)

Seriously, my tree would have to have farm implements, shepherd's crooks, a forge, boats, miners lamps, Florence Nightingale lamps, telephones.........

I'll work on it.

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