A Very Happy Australia Day To all those fair dinkum Barracloughs In the great Land of Oz. May your billabongs [and your tinnies] Never run dry. May your barbies always light, With plenty shrimp to put on them. May you always have a Matilda [or Bruce or Sheila] to dance with. May your gladioli always bloom, And may your 'Neighbours'always be Friendly,and new 'Rellies'climb Over those brick walls ! G'day fom Derek in Yorkshire Fair. P.S.And may your nightmares about Jonny Wilkinson gradually fade away.

Dear Derek, Thank you so much for your wonderful Happy Australia Day to all us Aussies, As for Jonny Wilkinson, I'm not a great sports lover at all, but even I watched to rotten match. And can tell you I won't forget him in a hurry. As for our nightmares of him fading, Don't bet on it :-) Cheers Kim ----- Original Message ----- From: "de barraclough" <debarraclough1@activemail.co.uk> To: <BARRACLOUGH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 11:00 PM Subject: [BARRACLOUGH] ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR. > > A Very Happy Australia Day > To all those fair dinkum Barracloughs > In the great Land of Oz. > May your billabongs [and your tinnies] > Never run dry. > May your barbies always light, > With plenty shrimp to put on them. > May you always have a Matilda [or Bruce > or Sheila] to dance with. > May your gladioli always bloom, > And may your 'Neighbours'always be > Friendly,and new 'Rellies'climb > Over those brick walls ! > > G'day fom Derek in Yorkshire Fair. > P.S.And may your nightmares about Jonny > Wilkinson gradually fade away. > > > ==== BARRACLOUGH Mailing List ==== > If replying to a previous message, please make sure you cut out most of the previous message. This makes people who receive the Digest form of the List much happier. >

And Good Morning to You Derek, Now we know you got a calendar for Christmas (What next? The Treaty of Waitangi Anniv for both our NZ Barras?), a Happy Oz Day to you too. Very wet here, so no prawns on the Barbie and NEVER shrimps, but our local butcher does a lovely pork brawn. Incidentally (1) Our prawns have a different name in the UK where they are LOBSTERS. Incideentallty (2) If it's the same young Wilkinson, I taught him all I know. What's he doing these days, taking sick benefit? And Mr. Johnson I understand has taken the old age pension. Only another 13 to go! toodlepip j