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"Mine were accountants, soldiers and a vicar. "Jewelers & Cobblers.....no seriously | |||
"Mine were accountants, soldiers and a vicar.
Jewelers & Cobblers.....no seriously"Thats an interesting combination. | |||
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" Thats an interesting combination. "With mine I can tell your shoe size, by the arch of you eyebrows and know how many "sparklies" its going to take to get you into bed......I love genetics | |||
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Mum:Infant school Secretary & Piano Techer & local Fund raiser
Paternal Grandparents: Miner & Shopkeeper,Maternal G/P's:Builder & passionate gardener(Grandad's Crysants & Tommies were the best!!)
Nannan worked in service in London ,then in the ammnunuitions factory during WW2 !!! She had my mum & uncle & became a mum x
Later Nannan worked for "Esso" in a wooden 3pennybit shaped quiosk,seving customers Petol on a niteshift till 10pm !!! i can sooooo recollect my mum (her daughter) going to sit with her in the wintertime,so Nannan wasnt on her own) We always collected the various freebie that customers were given with their Petrol purchases ,coins etc from the "put a Tiger in your tank"" promotions!! ~"can any one else remember the worlds cup coin collection they had in te 60's??? xx | |||
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"Dad: Graphic Designer,Local Artist & 30yrs in Scouting
Mum:Infant school Secretary & Piano Techer & local Fund raiser
Paternal Grandparents: Miner & Shopkeeper,Maternal G/P's:Builder & passionate gardener(Grandad's Crysants & Tommies were the best!!)
Nannan worked in service in London ,then in the ammnunuitions factory during WW2 !!! She had my mum & uncle & became a mum x
Later Nannan worked for "Esso" in a wooden 3pennybit shaped quiosk,seving customers Petol on a niteshift till 10pm !!! i can sooooo recollect my mum (her daughter) going to sit with her in the wintertime,so Nannan wasnt on her own) We always collected the various freebie that customers were given with their Petrol purchases ,coins etc from the "put a Tiger in your tank"" promotions!! ~"can any one else remember the worlds cup coin collection they had in te 60's??? xx "Loved reading this - pure nostalgia. Yes I remember the medals and then there was World Cup Willie. Tough as a lion and never will give up - thats why Willie is favourite for the cup! Also Tiger in Your Tank promotion giving away orange and black furry tiger tails! | |||
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"So does anyone else here love the programme who do you think you are? " Yes it is fascinating. Makes me weep xx | |||
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"This will make your eyes ache if nowt else,,,,,, but it would seems we are all probably related to King Charlemagne King Charlemagne lived approximately 40 generation’s back from present day. So as we know, each person born has 2 parents, 4 grandparents 8 great-grandparents, etc etc etc,,, which equals approximately 1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion ancestors ), when these figures are taken backward 40-generations, Of which we must presume half a trillion would be male ancestors. Now since the entire male population of Europe at the time of King Charlemagne was only about 15 million people, these half trillion ancestors we each have, cannot all have been sired by different men. Obviously there must have been lots of crossbreeding, and many of our ancestral lines must therefore cross and re-cross, eventually ending up at the same person. So let's assume that each of our 40th-generation male ancestors is a randomly chosen man from eighth-century Europe. Then choosing any one such ancestor, for instance your father's father's, father',s father etc, we reach a probability factor of that person, being King Charlemagne as being only one in 15 million. However now consider the probability that none of your 40th-generation ancestors is King Charlemagne. For that to happen, every one of your half trillion male ancestors must therefore not be King Charlemagne, Which would be an amazing coincidence.. Assuming the potential of all "not-being" King Charlemagne related occurrences are independent of each other, the laws of probability state, the mathematical probability of all these events occurring simultaneously is obtained by multiplying together their individual probabilities!!! This turns out to be about one chance in 1015,000. (That's a one with 15,000 zeroes after it BTW), a figure that's is greater than the estimated number of atoms in the entire universe. Therefore, if this analysis is even remotely close to being correct, it's virtually impossible that King Charlemagne is not among your ancestors or mine for that matter….. "what about the Queen?;-) | |||
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" what about the Queen?;-)"Affro,,,,, who are you calling a Queen?..... ME!!!!! ......
Jeez Affro!,,,, just coz I told you, I wear a crown when I'm sitting on the bog.... sigh,,,,, | |||
"This will make your eyes ache if nowt else,,,,,, but it would seems we are all probably related to King Charlemagne King Charlemagne lived approximately 40 generation’s back from present day. So as we know, each person born has 2 parents, 4 grandparents 8 great-grandparents, etc etc etc,,, which equals approximately 1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion ancestors ), when these figures are taken backward 40-generations, Of which we must presume half a trillion would be male ancestors. Now since the entire male population of Europe at the time of King Charlemagne was only about 15 million people, these half trillion ancestors we each have, cannot all have been sired by different men. Obviously there must have been lots of crossbreeding, and many of our ancestral lines must therefore cross and re-cross, eventually ending up at the same person. So let's assume that each of our 40th-generation male ancestors is a randomly chosen man from eighth-century Europe. Then choosing any one such ancestor, for instance your father's father's, father',s father etc, we reach a probability factor of that person, being King Charlemagne as being only one in 15 million. However now consider the probability that none of your 40th-generation ancestors is King Charlemagne. For that to happen, every one of your half trillion male ancestors must therefore not be King Charlemagne, Which would be an amazing coincidence.. Assuming the potential of all "not-being" King Charlemagne related occurrences are independent of each other, the laws of probability state, the mathematical probability of all these events occurring simultaneously is obtained by multiplying together their individual probabilities!!! This turns out to be about one chance in 1015,000. (That's a one with 15,000 zeroes after it BTW), a figure that's is greater than the estimated number of atoms in the entire universe. Therefore, if this analysis is even remotely close to being correct, it's virtually impossible that King Charlemagne is not among your ancestors or mine for that matter….. "Wasn't King Charly a Jaffa?  | |||
" Therefore, if this analysis is even remotely close to being correct, it's virtually impossible that King Charlemagne is not among your ancestors or mine for that matter….. "Aye.... all very interesting but not as good as the Monkey Hangers - not many of those admitting to their ancestry today!  | |||
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"horny vikings, ship builders and piss heads "They might have been t total vikings | |||
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"800AD-odd, Duncan, king of Scotland so professional bully-boy, I guess. Other side, stone mason 1600 Dunblane " Thats impressive to take it back so accurately | |||
" Aye.... all very interesting but not as good as the Monkey Hangers - not many of those admitting to their ancestry today! "Yes but that’s entirely understandable, is it not? I mean,,,,,, would you want to admit where you came from, if you’d ended up there!!!! pfft.... I don't think so!!!! | |||
"Wasn't King Charly a Jaffa? "Ah Wishy.... I’m unable to corroborate if "King Charlie" the subject of my post was indeed seedless !!!,,,, , As I must admit, if Carlsberg did Plagiarism, I’d be pissed right now | |||
" Aye.... all very interesting but not as good as the Monkey Hangers - not many of those admitting to their ancestry today!
Yes but that’s entirely understandable, is it not?
I mean,,,,,, would you want to admit where you came from, if you’d ended up there!!!! pfft.... I don't think so!!!!
"You're bad!!!!!! | |||
"Wasn't King Charly a Jaffa?
Ah Wishy....
I’m unable to corroborate if "King Charlie" the subject of my post was indeed seedless !!!,,,, ,
As I must admit, if Carlsberg did Plagiarism, I’d be pissed right now "It was a brilliant explanation of probability though, something most people don't really understand very much about. They confuse the odds with probability. The odds that I will win the Eurmillions jackpot are minuscule - I shouldn't buy a ticket. The probability that SOMEONE will win it are incredibly high, close to a certainty. Which person wins is totally random, everyone has the same chance. Hence I SHOULD buy a ticket, because probability is in my favour, even if odds arent. | |||
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...... but my dad "always" said his mum,my nannan ,would have absolutely "idollised ME!!" as all 5 of her daughters (my dad's sister's( ALL DIED B4 THEIR 5TH BIRTHDAY!!!~ which tragically DID happen in those early days (prior to innoculations etc)
Dads sisters (my 5 Anunties) all died with Scarlet Fever,Diptheria,Nuemonia & Ruematic Fever!!! So ~ you can all imagine ,my pood dad "sighed wth relief ,when his precise only daughter reach & survived her 5th birthday!! & i am to this day THE only female ever born ,that has survived EVER!!
I personally have lost a daughter @ 13days old (my Rosie) woud have been 28 on the 18th June this year (bless Ya darling!!) and misscarried 3 others @ 7,11 & 17 weeks respectively!! Then had a very bad Eptopic pregnancy in sept 2003 @ only 7weeks ,resulting in my loosing my left Fallopion tube & almost MY OWN LIFE!! OMG !! never want to experience that again !!
My own mum died @ the tender age of only 35!!! (medical mishap in Moorgate Hospital~left in recovery ward,internal stitch came undone & she bleed to death!!! OCT 25TH 1974!!) Dd fought the case against the Trent regional Health Aurthority for almost 9yrs & was EVENTUALLY awarded a pathetic £3k ,with a result of "death bt misadventure!!!" WTF!!! ~it that happened TODAY Dad would be a MILLIONAIRRE!! ~Pathetic case of "pass the buck~ as the "after care team were blamed !!"
So ya can all imagine MY DAD ~ was MY WORLD ~BEING A DAD & A MUM to both my brotger & i xx !! (until his sudden death @ 11.20am 0n Sat 29th June 2002,whilst in the middle of playing crown green bowls ,with his "fellow ex seviceman from his local MESS!" XX
LUVYA DAD!!! Mwah xx | |||
I do imparticulll remember the world cup coins !! They were in a cardboard double folded A4 sized wallet,with round pockets tat the coins "pressed into!!" OMG!! THAT SOOOOOOO TAKES ME BACK LOL | |||
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"There’s an old cemetery in Newcastle upon Tyne where I occasionally stroll just digesting our ancestor’s fixation with elaborate headstones and memorials commemorating the exploits of those that lived, worked and died in the 1800s One Grave that always captures my imagination… is of a chap whom during his life time, invented something known as Transparent plaster….!. he died way back in the middle 1800s, Although I’d love to find out what his transparent plaster invention actually was, and what it was used for!… I’m now quite chuffed, just to have shared this information on here… Simply because I think the guy himself would be well pleased that knowledge of his work back then, had now entered the realms of cyber-space and will float about the cosmos long afer his tombstone has turned to dust "The one on the right out of town from John Dobson roundabout to Jesmond? Salvage yard next to it? | |||
"There’s an old cemetery in Newcastle upon Tyne where I occasionally stroll just digesting our ancestor’s fixation with elaborate headstones and memorials commemorating the exploits of those that lived, worked and died in the 1800s One Grave that always captures my imagination… is of a chap whom during his life time, invented something known as Transparent plaster….!. he died way back in the middle 1800s, Although I’d love to find out what his transparent plaster invention actually was, and what it was used for!… I’m now quite chuffed, just to have shared this information on here… Simply because I think the guy himself would be well pleased that knowledge of his work back then, had now entered the realms of cyber-space and will float about the cosmos long afer his tombstone has turned to dust "Fuck that shit! I invented cock lasers! | |||
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"The one on the right out of town from John Dobson roundabout to Jesmond? Salvage yard next to it?" Thats the one!!! The children graves set among the trees along the East Wall are particularly emotive.... Many plots are unmarked other than for Initials carved into the trees trunks, which have grown over the years maintaining these scars in their bark as the only reminder of a life cut short | |||
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and i'm happily following in their footsteps | |||
"The one on the right out of town from John Dobson roundabout to Jesmond? Salvage yard next to it? Thats the one!!! The children graves set among the trees along the East Wall are particularly emotive.... Many plots are unmarked other than for Initials carved into the trees trunks, which have grown over the years maintaining these scars in their bark as the only reminder of a life cut short" Its a fab place to visit. I can't believe we both do same thing and Mr Morrison and his sticking plasters! Amazing. I thought I was the only nerd online!!! | |||
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mine goes back to North Norfolk where my grandad was a cobbler and horsebreaker | |||
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"I can only go back as far as grandparents. My partenal grandfather was an ostler (someone who tended to horses) and my maternal grandfather was a railway signalman. My Dad was a lorry driver and my Mum was a shop assistant." It's very easy to do your family tree these days. With the 1911 Census now available you can find out who your great grandparents were and then trace back from that to at least 1841 (when the first official Census was taken), and from there you search parish records. I've done mine on both sides of my parents families and have my paternal line going back to 1591 and my maternal side going back to the late 1700s. | |||
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"They were happy farmimg in their fields till they were abducted, chained and shipped overseas. After that they had over 100 years with no choice on what they did. "So you're not from the Uk then? If you were you'd know who your great grandparents were at the very least as it's all in the Censuses from 1841. | |||
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"Inventor, lots in the medical profession, a madam, and a few villains "Feckin told ya you was a Jeckyll n Hyde character! | |||
"Inventor, lots in the medical profession, a madam, and a few villains
Feckin told ya you was a Jeckyll n Hyde character! "lol, it was interesting finding out about my maternal great great great grandmother, what a naughty minx she was ....cheeky git!!! | |||
"Mine were accountants, soldiers and a vicar. "oh you can tell you're from stockport ! 5 miles up the road and they'd have been down t'pit or in't mill like mine  | |||
"Inventor, lots in the medical profession, a madam, and a few villains
Feckin told ya you was a Jeckyll n Hyde character! lol, it was interesting finding out about my maternal great great great grandmother, what a naughty minx she was ....cheeky git!!! "EE lass, where there's muck there's brass. | |||
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"Dad was in the SPG in the 80's mum ran her own business and going back it was percy filth dads side going back a long long way back to the original peelers." you mean you related to Sir Robert himself? Ooo.. we play with coppers. They have such lovely truncheons. | |||
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"Mine were accountants, soldiers and a vicar. "Vikings
quite a lot of pillaging etc | |||
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"2 Generations at perkins grandad and great grandad my dad by trade is a bricky specialising in stone masionary 7 years apprentaship and whilst doing that he worked as a milkman. And my nan was a nurse she worked in the Peterborough hospital when it was based where the Peterborough museums is now and which is supposed to be haunted." Thought that read...two generations of gherkins | |||
"2 Generations at perkins grandad and great grandad my dad by trade is a bricky specialising in stone masionary 7 years apprentaship and whilst doing that he worked as a milkman. And my nan was a nurse she worked in the Peterborough hospital when it was based where the Peterborough museums is now and which is supposed to be haunted. Thought that read...two generations of gherkins "Lol its very sad all the old industries have gone very sad. | |||
