Yikes! I remember writing 1950 for the first time on a paper at St. Theresa's!! :-(
Happy New Week.
Hi! Good to see those in the north have reported in today and all safe with no serious damage (only ones missing that I can think of are Dibnlib in Culloden and Liz in Fort William, both of whom are less regular posters).
George – we didn’t get thunder and lightning or hail along with our wind and rain; that sounds really nasty. How good that the Council men picked up errant rubbish from the spilled bins. Do take care when out with Diesel!
Rita – sounds like you were lucky not to lose your power last night; I don’t think many people in Scotland had a full night’s sleep! Pleased to see you don’t need to go far for weekend supplies and can batten down the hatches for the next lot of weather! I assume Amber will make do with garden comfort visits.
Wendy – pleased to see your post too, and to know that you have supplies in, but bad about the Doctor! Which store does your Tesco shopping come from, that lost its roof? Glad that your OH is now “fit to drive the Dyson” – but, seriously, very pleased he has the all clear and is off the ABs. Good that Daisy has had no more episodes, and that you are making positive plans for later in the year; I think many of us would feel better if we could motivate ourselves to do that.
Cooking dinner (just for two as J has band practice) at same time as typing, so I hope this makes sense!
Ospreys Rule OK, but Goldfinches come a close second!
Wendy - Nice to hear from you and know that you are safe, it sounds as if you have had very wild weather. I was very lucky here not to lose electricity, the lights flickered all night; so many people around here are without power. So glad to hear that your OH is now able to get back to normal life again, how nice for you both. I hope that Daisy's health stays stable too.
I am also wondering how Dibnlib is managing with these awful conditions.
OG of course you can do 2 or even maybe 3 things at once...all women can!!!
Huntly is my delivery store not my nearest but because of some silly planning loophole Elgin isn't allowed to do deliveries so my choice can be limited as its a smaller store. But for £6 a month anytime delivery its cheaper than doing a 60 mile round trip to nearest supermarket.
After cancelling last years holiday because of health issues I am determined to be positive. So its Lundy in March and Mull in July daughters here February and April and hopefully some long weekends as I feel confident Daisy can go to local Ghillie.
I have to be honest I had a catnap this pm just in case it all
kicks off again..
Good to know nobody got blown away, though it sounds like some may have lost power.
WENDYB: Is your Tesco one of those that will be closing? Good your OH is fit for housework again! :-)
Take care all; hope this evening isn't as scary.
Annette yeah right first he will have to locate said Dyson...
Luckily his consultant has a sense of humour.
I don't think we have branches closing but 2 needed ones will not be being built.
Aviemore which has expanded beyond belief has had the new one to replace an inadequate small one shelved.
The other one not to be built is at Fort William and I can imagine locals will be upset as I am sure it was much needed.
Maybe the new market leaders Aldi and Lidl will step in.
Back again! We had an exciting time last evening while working on the family history. I have always been wanting to find out more about my Father’s Father’s younger brother, my Great-Uncle Arthur George (variously known as George or Arthur). Family talk when I was young gave me the impression that he had emigrated to Canada at a very young age, then came over to Europe with the Canadian Expeditionary Force and lost his life in the trenches in WW1. His story turns out to be even more fascinating!
We had already found his name and birth year from the 1901 census of his family, and then his birth certificate. We confirmed his death on the Imperial War Museum site, and followed up last night by downloading his cemetery details from the War Graves Commission and the papers he signed when he joined up, which gave us the name of a wife and his address, which turned out to be in the US, not Canada!
We then researched the place he lived, on Long Island, NY and discovered that he was one of several immigrant Brits there who joined Canadian regiments to fight for Britain and the Allies before America joined the conflict. The community was very proud of their War Dead and when they needed to find extra road names to tidy up some duplications and accommodate the growing city, they honoured them by naming streets after them.
The city’s heritage site gave us more information about Uncle, and told us that he had not emigrated until 1914, and I was able to use this information to find out the name of the ship and the date she sailed from Liverpool to New York. I still haven’t found him on the 1911 census, or a date and place for his marriage, so the searching continues, but what I have found out makes him so real, and it is exciting to know a street so far away was named for our family!
OG- That is absolutely gripping and I am so excited for you and the successful research so far. OH has been able to track back a long way, too. His family name is not as common as mine ,I am a Macdonald, a bit like Smith or Jones:-((
WENDY- nice to hear from you. Glad that things are improving with your OH.
I hope that our Tesco Metro doesn't close because it is 5 mins walk from home. That's worth paying a little extra for !!
Surely a Smith is good..
I worked for Glenlivet Distillery for a few years and our founder was a George Smith but after the debacle at Culloden he changed his name from Gow to Smith a more English sounding name to save his family ....and the rest for the whisky industry is history.