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Three Songs with a Common Link
Lez wrote: "Sounds wonderful, nc! We know almost nothing of our family history, not even our grandparents’ first names. I did have a wonderful great-aunt Cissie (Constance), a widow rather than maiden, born in..."Was Constance the sister of your grandparents, or was she on the other side of the family? I thought, if the former, you might be able to find her and her siblings on one of the census records - 1871? 1881 (available for free), 1891. She may have left the family home by 1901 and 1911. Assuming, of course, that we're talking about England; many Irish records have gone astray from one cause or another.
Time for some elimination:WALL?
Wall eye
Rock wall
Human wall
nocheese wrote: "Lez wrote: "Sounds wonderful, nc! We know almost nothing of our family history, not even our grandparents’ first names. I did have a wonderful great-aunt Cissie (Constance), a widow rather than mai..."She’s not wearing her wedding ring, so if she got married in her 20s, say, it probably will be the early 1900s.
Better bring the game forward I suppose!Cotton Eye Joe - The Big Crowd
Big Rock Candy Mountain - Peter Pan Pixie Players
The Sound of the Crowd - The Human League & Philip Wright
Oh yes, the game :0)Not 'Wall', Val. 1 link.
Val wrote: "Lez wrote: "Sounds wonderful, nc! We know almost nothing of our family history, not even our grandparents’ first names. I did have a wonderful great-aunt Cissie (Constance), a widow rather than mai..."Sorry Val, didn’t see your post. She was my dad’s aunt but I don’t know whether his mum’s or dad’s sister or either of her surnames. Don’t remember her address either! I’m a challenge to genealogists!
Lez wrote: "Val wrote: "Lez wrote: "Sounds wonderful, nc! We know almost nothing of our family history, not even our grandparents’ first names. I did have a wonderful great-aunt Cissie (Constance), a widow rat..."Not a great challenge, surely? You could work back from your dad's birth certiificate.
Cotton Eye Joe - The Big CrowdBig Rock Candy Mountain - Peter Pan Pixie Players
The Sound of the Crowd - The Human League & Philip Wright
Beer Drinking Woman and a UFO - The Muddy Basin Ramblers
nocheese wrote: "Lez wrote: "Val wrote: "Lez wrote: "Sounds wonderful, nc! We know almost nothing of our family history, not even our grandparents’ first names. I did have a wonderful great-aunt Cissie (Constance),..." We haven’t got my dad’s birth certificate, not entirely sure where he was born and he had one of the most common Welsh names!
I’ve always meant to start the family tree but been too daunted.
Glass? Eye-glass/glass eye
Glass Mountain
Philip Glass
Beer glass
All yours, Lez You were probably pre-programmed to get that one :)
Indeed ;-)You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth - Meat Loaf
Keep Your Head To The Sky - Earth, Wind and Fire
The Rose Hill Packet - Handsome Young Strangers
Lez wrote: "We haven’t got my dad’s birth certificate, not entirely sure where he was born and he had one of the most common Welsh names!I’ve always meant to start the family tree but been too daunted...."
If you know his date of birth you could always apply for his birth certificate. Or try tracking him via his service record if he served in WWI or II. Or maybe you could find some clues from the 1939 Register:
https://www.findmypast.com.au/1939reg...
Family history can be quite expensive until you narrow down your searches. The Mormon Church has done much of the leg work and is free to use. You do have to corroborate some of the results though - entries submitted by members can be iffy. But they have filmed church registers all over the world. And we have them to thank for the free 1881 Census.
https://www.familysearch.org/
Won't help you, Lez, but for anyone researching Scottish ancestry, this is a brilliant resource: https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/se....
Perhaps Somerset House does something similar?
Thanks so much Val! I hadn’t thought about his service record. He was in the RAF in India during the war. I even know his rank - he was a corporal in charge of stores. If he was to be believed, he spent 3 years picking weevils out of biscuits and playing tennis.I did know about the Mormons, Liverpool Record Office had access on microfiche/microfilm (remember them?) Can’t wait to get started now, have to get my laptop fixed.
Thanks again.
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You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth - Meat Loaf
Keep Your Head To The Sky - Earth, Wind and Fire
The Rose Hill Packet - Handsome Young Strangers
Start?
Right Start
Head Start
Hill Start
Right Start
Head Start
Hill Start
Following my usual pattern then - 1 link away and unable to put it all together!
I'll look again when I've had a nap :)
I'll look again when I've had a nap :)
You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth - Meat LoafKeep Your Head To The Sky - Earth, Wind and Fire
The Rose Hill Packet - Handsome Young Strangers
Home Thoughts From Abroad - Clifford T. Ward
Side?
Right Side
Fireside
Hillside
Side Ward
Right Side
Fireside
Hillside
Side Ward
Down?
Downright
Downwind
Downhill
Downward
Downright
Downwind
Downhill
Downward
Cheers, Lez :)
I'll pop something up later when I've had a think about it.
I'll pop something up later when I've had a think about it.
I’ll see if I can find him 🤔I’ve put a couple more old photos over on Childhood Memories
My apologies - please carry on without me.
Will not be able to continue on this game for a while due to circumstances/commitments so if somebody else has something prepared to keep the game going?
Again, my apologies.
Again, my apologies.
Sorry to hear that, Gg. I hope all is well and that you will be back with us soon.
Re maiden great aunts, I've just been transcribing this. She was a staunch Presbyterian and a lifelong teetotaller. She was walking home from an evening church social. It is June 1945:"A crowd of youths on bicycles came up the road, the pub had been closed, they were slightly elevated, singing & acting silly. To see young lads under the influence of drink infuriates me. I thought I would like to take Macpherson, the publican, by the lugs and thump his head on the road. Then I would throw him into the ditch, empty a barrel of whisky over him, & set fire to him. And so perish every man who sells whisky to laddies! "
Lez wrote: "I love ‘slightly elevated’ !"Me too, can't wait for an opportunity to use it :)
Ok.Jewel In The Crown - Mike Oldfield
Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day
House Built Of Fire - Gum Takes Tooth
TB has managed to rescue some old ‘zon Forums!See Amazon Exiles thread :
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Post 1503
Lez wrote: "TB has managed to rescue some old ‘zon Forums!See Amazon Exiles thread :
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Post 1503"
Yes, I saw that. I had a look at some of them, mostly just made me feel sad. Good old days and all that.
Jewel In The Crown - Mike OldfieldWake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day
House Built Of Fire - Gum Takes Tooth
Wave Your Ribbons In The Air - Monkey Jungle
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Jewel In The Crown - Mike Oldfield
Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day
House Built Of Fire - Gum Takes Tooth
Wave Your Ribbons In The Air - Monkey Jungle
Book Of Heavy Metal - Dream Evil
Ploughing on :Jewel In The Crown - Mike Oldfield
Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day
House Built Of Fire - Gum Takes Tooth
Wave Your Ribbons In The Air - Monkey Jungle
Book Of Heavy Metal - Dream Evil
End-Credits (feat. Plan B) - Cricket Lee
I suspect not, but:Time?
In time
Daytime
Takes time
Air time
Dream time
End time
Jewel In The Crown - Mike OldfieldWake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day
House Built Of Fire - Gum Takes Tooth
Wave Your Ribbons In The Air - Monkey Jungle
Book Of Heavy Metal - Dream Evil
End-Credits (feat. Plan B) - Cricket Lee
Take Me Or Leave Me - New Cast Of Rent
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Jewel In The Crown - Mike Oldfield
Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day
House Built Of Fire - Gum Takes Tooth
Wave Your Ribbons In The Air - Monkey Jungle
Book Of Heavy Metal - Dream Evil
End-Credits (feat. Plan B) - Cricket Lee
Take Me Or Leave Me - New Cast Of Rent
One Chain Don’t Make No Prison - The Four Tops
A very ordinary everyday adjective. 3 links in artists, 5 in titles
Just realised one title has two possible links.
An adjective. Well that narrows it down (not that I'm any further forward). I was playing around with Match as in Matchbox, match day, cricket match.
So presumably the photo was in the 1900s? I love the winkle-picker shoes and the cloche hat, which look more like the 50s and the 20s respectively.