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Concerned about Norfolk...........

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Sharon

Sharon Report 27 Aug 2006 17:42

Is there something they put in the water??? :o

Unknown

Unknown Report 27 Aug 2006 18:12

Is this because of my threads? I'd point out that the Norfolk lot may be barmy but they're better than my Gloucestershire lot who went in for cutting people's throats. nell

♫ D☺ver Sue

♫ D☺ver Sue Report 27 Aug 2006 18:12

Which lot do you take after Nell? ;-))

Unknown

Unknown Report 27 Aug 2006 18:17

Never been near a cut-throat razor! I also have Warwickshire, London, Cornish, Cambridge, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey blood in my veins. Have found 'awkward customers' on all sides!

♫ D☺ver Sue

♫ D☺ver Sue Report 27 Aug 2006 18:20

Oooh, a barmy posh girl with a West Country 'twang', they're the best sort doncha know ;-)

Unknown

Unknown Report 27 Aug 2006 18:22

Nothing posh about me, apart from the fact that I don't keep coal in the bath. Which bit did you think was posh???

♫ D☺ver Sue

♫ D☺ver Sue Report 27 Aug 2006 18:24

Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, I always think of those as being 'posh' areas.

Sharon

Sharon Report 27 Aug 2006 18:25

LOL no Nell they are intreguing me and the titles making me laugh ...... :D sharon ( maybe I watch too much little Britain :o )

Unknown

Unknown Report 27 Aug 2006 18:28

Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire may well be posh (though I would dispute Milton Keynes and Cowley!) but my lot were ag labs who had to leave when the ceiling in their cottage fell in. Definitely not posh. Though I was intrigued a couple of years ago when we went to the village of Aston Rowant in Oxfordshire. My gt x 3 grandfather was born there. He ended up in an almshouse in Stoke Poges, and was a humble labourer all his life. AR WAS posh, all stud farms and houses with double driveways etc. No sign of any humbler homes, so I guess the help all lived in in flats above the garages. Not even a corner shop! nell

♫ D☺ver Sue

♫ D☺ver Sue Report 27 Aug 2006 18:32

Strange you should say that Nell, we've just been watching 'Pride & Prejudice' (Colin Firth in the lake OMG), anyway, I've seen it before but it was like watching it for the first time because I was thinking more about the family that were alive at that time. I wouldn't think for one moment that any of mine lived like the 'Bennetts', but the film just seemed so different this time, like watching it with a fresh pair of eyes, does that sound silly?

♫ D☺ver Sue

♫ D☺ver Sue Report 27 Aug 2006 18:52

It sounds really impressive though Ann, having ancestors from Mayfair, get you LOL. After all my Ag Labs and Plasterers I've found a Compositer in the family. I thought for one minute it said Composter which wouldn't have been a great surprise, but no, on the next census he's a Typesetter/Compositer, so something different for me.

*** Fuzzy

*** Fuzzy Report 27 Aug 2006 18:55

Nells threads will become as famous and entertaining as Ed's at this rate. Keep it up Nell. Fuzzy

Ang

Ang Report 27 Aug 2006 18:56

Nell, I was concerned that your threads would create the wrong image of us Norfolk folk but then decided ....... 'Thas a rite lode of ole squit!' Ang

Sharon

Sharon Report 27 Aug 2006 19:03

Mayfair?? Middle daughter was born in Mayfair and is the chavvy one :rolleyes: :P lol I'm glad I'm not up that way now as a local resident is on a food fast! She's not taking any food but is still drinking champange........

Unknown

Unknown Report 27 Aug 2006 19:08

Mayfair was notorious for crawling with prostitutes, though they were high class compared with the East End.

Sharon

Sharon Report 27 Aug 2006 20:26

Ohh Give me your west end rellies please I love 'em! :D After year of Ag labs ....... A dress maker or two are fun to look into