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Folkestone Boot Fair dates announced

New dates for our charity boot fairs in Folkestone for 2008 have just been announced, with the next boot fair being held on Saturday 3rd May.Due to a potential change in use of the Shorncliffe Road field, it was initially thought that we would not be...

HAZZARD Genealogy

9 April 2008Dear Pauly:Has anyone that has posted or who reads this blog ever heard of a man called "Rhodes Hazzard"? He is my GGG-grandfather who was b. 11 Oct. 1806, he turns up in Sussex County, Delaware (U.S.A.) (ref. "The History of Delaware" J...

Heavy snow both ends

Just back from the parents, we had heavy snow there at 8am this morning that settled, probably 3 or 4 inches deep in an hour, very nice to see but a bit terrifying, we thought it was there for the duration and we'd not be able to get back to Folkesto...

Mr Gordon Brown refused my demand to abolish religious mythology in schools

Well fancy that. Do you think that one day a boy will ever be born who can swim faster than a shark one of these petitions will provoke anything other than a dismissal? We received a petition asking: "We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister...

Don't you wish you went to school in Ashford

A twelve year old Ashford has been arrested for letting one off in class. Political correctness gone mad? Oh no, didn't I say, it was a pepper gas cannister, not a bottom burp.Ambulances and things were called, parents turned up panicking to find the...

RE: Windibank

Hellomy uncle is researching our familly tree, He has discovered a Mary Kate Windibank (who I believe is my great. great grandmother) spooky as I was named Katherine Mary Windibank long before my parents were aware of this.I can pass your details on ...

An elusive item for all fans of the Clarke Family

This looks interesting, an invitation to a preview of a retrospective of the works of David Clarke, son of Harry Clarke and Margaret Clarke. If you can have such a thing as a preview to a retrospective.You are bidding for a paperback exhibtion previe...

Touch Wood

According to popbitch this week, this book is written by an ex pop star. My money's on one of Kajagoogoo:What would inspire a man to give up his job? Lie to his friends? Avoid his parents? Con his girlfriend? And shell out tens of thousands of his ow...

quiz is wrong...

Colin I have had M.S at at age of 18 but according to my G.P since I was 14 so I can't work and I find it hard to express my feelings but I do believe in Comming back as someone else in another life I still live with my parents in Cambridge

Blackpool (being the third part of my two week holiday write up)

Have you been to Blackpool? DON'T EVER EVER GO THERE, man alive, it was the worst place I've ever been to. A few people gave me odd looks when I said I was going to Blackpool for a couple of days as part of our grand tour, but only one person got clo...

Edinburgh (being the second part of our holiday)

Edinburgh is nice. "Our kind of city" the wife wrote on her postcards, and I agree. We got a speedy train there from Carlisle into Edinburgh Haymarket, this was the side of the city we were staying on. We could have been a bit closer to the action bu...

JOHN TIMEWELL CLARKE

My gr-gr-grandparents were John Timwell Clarke ( 1800 ) and Jane Darch who were married on 21 Jan 1829 in London. They had a son John Timwell born on 8-12-1832. He was christened on 30-12-1832 at Old Church. Saint Pancras. London. Englan...

More Huckles

Hi Pauly:I found a request on your website for information on Huckles from Texas. I was not able to get the registration page to load, so I am emailing you.I am married to a Huckle from Texas. His name is Mark Huckle, born 1957 in Pasadena, Texas. Hi...

RE: SAMWAYS

Your parents wedding certificate, or your father's birth certificate should have his fathers full name and occupation

I don't have a Matilda Windebank...

Maybe I'm not as up to date as you, I have a Matilda Samways (1888), Matilda Clarke (1851), and Matilda Grant (1853)... Do I have one of them saved under her married name? I see what you mean though:The History of the Jacobs Family From Havant and So...

History in my day

Another bright and breezy morning, just cool enough to stop me walking down town in just a t-shirt, but warm enough not to stop me walking down town at all. I headed the usual route past the courts and the DSS (all the nice scenic points), to what I�...

Roundup

Interview yesterday was good, but it's a small company and I'm still after more money than they can afford. It wis great to work on interesting projects, but I'm still holding out for a higher wage too right now, we have a mortgage and want a new hou...

RE: The Sandgate Hotel,

Me again. I'll add to that. My girlf took her parents down there this weekend and the menu has changed - no lovely bugers anymore. It's all expensive stuff so they just had a coffee - one cup wasn't full, another was cold. And the staff were still cl...

Weekend, in reverse order

Hmm, from an email from Doctor Neil:Then went to look at the boat, the boat is OK, though the water is still a bit too shallow, hopefully my Rain Dancing will fix thatNice dancing skills mate, it's pleuting it down like nobody's business in London an...

Rated 7.71/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Hi paul,my name is shaeon clarke and i am from county waterford in Ireland.i am searching for info about my grand parents who came from Bailieborough in county cavan in Ireland.I was wondering if you might be able to find some info about them for me....

It was Charles Valentine Clarke died on the Titanic

Here's Charles Clarke, his wife Ada Maria Clarke (nee Winfield) survived the sinking. Charles was born February 14th (hence the middle name) 1883 in Cosham, Hants. His paternal grandparents were James Cole Clarke (1824 - 1865) and Sarah Tribe (1824 -...

RE: GOODALL

Hi,tracing back any information about william Miller-Goodall, married kathreen shaw around the 1950s. They were my grandparents, and were abroad in India aroind the 1950s. If you have any link of connection, it would be most appreciated. My grandfat...

RE: WHITMORE CLARKE

On the CWGC Site, Corporal Whitmore Clarke Service No 11788 of the 2nd Bn Hampshire Regiment is listed as age 25. He died on 13 Aug 1915 and his name is on the Helles Memorial in Turkey. His parents were Mr & Mrs W H W Clarke of Salford Rd Bidford-on...

hmmmmmm...............

These are poor families in low-rise estates.The estates are home to nearly as many single parents as traditional two parent families. There are many school age children and families are larger than average. There are also some couples whose children ...

John Goodall / Rowlands castle

HiEileenI was born in Rowlands Castle, your name is familer I may have spoke to you in the past whilst trying to trace info on my uncle Walter Fredrick Goodall Born in Compton Sussex, he had a son John Goodall who now lives in Godshill I.O.W,He was b...

Jemima Windebank

I'm trying to trace siblings and parents of Jemima Windebank b. 1806 Bentworth Hampshire married James Hutton

mary ellen.and clark /sheppard

does anyone know anything about my greatgrandparents john addison clark and mary ellen clarke (nee clayton ) they were married about 1892 in Cleethorpes and 6 children Edit,Kate,winifred ,john,muriel and hilda. I also found that two brothers o...

RE: William John Clark(e) son of Joseph Clark

I think Joseph Clark (born Tattingstone, Suffolk c 1859) married Emily Jane Starks 1881. They had one son - Joseph, then moved to Christchurch, Hampshire and had another 4 children, including William. Joseph's parents may have been Peter and Maria Cl...

Switch off!

Been forwarded something from Green Energy about a day of switching off applicances. I do try, maybe it would be cool to have a day in the dark ages. Hard to work, being a computer bod and all, and no-one would be reading my blog. Oh, they're suggest...

Argh, mine eyes!

Sir, you have my parents old three-piece suite! And by Christ, it's ugly... *smirk*

Bull and Gate

Some sort of twee indie bear themed evening. Last minute addition to the bill were The Futureheads for some reason.