Ok, So where abouts in the US? I thought you were in the UK! Dawn

Ian, Ok, I'll start working on it. Dawn

I was born in Tasmania, moved to Canada as a baby, then to USA at 6 years old. Have been here since. except a trip to Banburyshire in 2003. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawn.MikeGriffis" <Dawn.MikeGriffis@VALLEY.NET> To: <ENG-BANBURY-AREA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 9:29 PM Subject: Re: [BAN] Anybody home? > Sounds good to me Bill when were you in the States? > Dawn > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Incidentally, Bill's mention of Baseball. Did you know that records show the game was invented in Chipping Norton? On a different subject, but related. Did you know that the principal ingredient of Aspirin was discovered by a Vicar (Edward Stone), also in Chipping Norton, and that he trialed it on local people? Amazing what books can tell us eh? Ian

Anything that relates to experiences of list members is fine by me. Dawn and Bill's accounts would also give a balance to Mikes story of his time/love affair with England. I will use anything providing it has no strong swearing, libelous comments, breaches of copyright or historical inaccuracies. These books are not just for us now. They are for future generations too. So whether you are 19 or 90 (or older) get your memories on record. If you don't they could be lost forever. I wish my Gran (Mont's sister-in-law) had got her memories down. Widowed in the 20's with two small children and pregnant. Lost the baby saving her daughter from being run over. My Aunt sent to school at the age of three so she could work. Remarried in the 40's. She was 60 when I was born and she was still the school cook when I left primary school. Had it rough? I should cocoa!!! She had a story worth telling. But it is lost with her passing. So don't be shy. We could have two ir three more volumes next year. Ian

Sounds good to me Bill when were you in the States? Dawn

Ian, If you are collecting more for future books would you be interested in what it was like for someone to come to a STRANGE country in the mid 60s? In addition to the difficulty of leaving a home (England) the place you really loved. Do you think it would fit? Dawn

How about getting beatup because the very first time you tried to play baseball in school, where you just moved to, you struck out and lost the stupid game! Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawn.MikeGriffis" <Dawn.MikeGriffis@VALLEY.NET> To: <ENG-BANBURY-AREA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 7:04 PM Subject: Re: [BAN] Anybody home? > Ian, > If you are collecting more for future books would you be interested in what it > was like for someone to come to a STRANGE country in the mid 60s? In addition > to the difficulty of leaving a home (England) the place you really loved. Do > you think it would fit? > Dawn > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Actually not that slim. They run to 152 pages in total for the three books. And I have enough for another two volumes to follow. Just need to buy more ISBN's for them! Great to read peoples memories. I think social history has been lost too much in the past. I think these books have bridged a gap for some (especially Smokey) people to put their memories in print. And about time too!! Most people say they will write a book one day, and die before they do. I have done it, and now a number of other unpublished authors have had the chance to do the same. That is part of my mission in life. So fulfilled I suppose. Actually, someone asked me why I publish books cheaply. See above for my answer. It is my raison d'etre (sounds like a spotted dick!). Buy more copies for gifts that will last forever. So much better than a shirt!! Ian

Eleanor Thank you, exactly the response - Rosemary and I hoped would occur!! Can you perhaps encourage him to join the list !! Regards Helen TLA New Zealand -----Original Message----- From: WENTINKE@aol.com [mailto:WENTINKE@aol.com] Sent: Monday, 11 October 2004 11:35 a.m. To: ENG-BANBURY-AREA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BAN] From Web Site Guest Book I have replied to Bram, off list. Eleanor (Chacombe girl) ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Hi, Oops, got the name wrong! Sorry Linda! Rule number one: be sure that you read things properly----I didn't! Regards, Muriel.

Hi Paul, The books that Ian refers to are a set of three slim volumes of memories written by some of the members of this list. It was suggested that they should be published, and one book was envisaged. However more material poured in and in the end the result was three volumes. Ian, with publishing experience, volunteered to edit and publish them. Any profits go to charity. They are presently being distributed to the purchasers, with a complimentary copy going to contributing authors. Of course, I am prejudiced, being a contributor, but mine arrived on Saturday and I have had my nose in the books ever since! My family dip into them each visit and are most intrigued. They are modestly priced at £7.50 plus PP. for list members. Ian at !RHUCKIN@aol.co will give you the gen if you are interested. You won't be sorry if you decide to buy! Also, welcome to the list.Our Administrator is temporily unavailable, due to computer problems and moving house/locality. She will be back shortly and it can't be too soon We miss her! This is a very friendly group, and the style is somewhat different to that of other lists I'm on, but it is my favourite one, as our Administor takes an interest in her members and leads with a loose reign.Make no mistake, help is always given with genealogy matters, but we also like the "meat on the bones" info---and all given with generosity and good humour. Also, complimentary to this list there is the Banburyshire Website at------- www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/index.htm started by Rosemary Probert. It got off to a fine beginning but has had to be shelved for awhile due to an urgent personal matter, and will continue, later. In the meantime there is some interesting material, including photographs. for your perusal, if you wish. I hope that you like Banbury list and stay with us. Enjoy! Regards, Muriel.

Sorry. Last e-mail was supposed to go straight o Barbara! Ian

Dear Barb. I have sent the books to you today. I have sent the money order back as it will cost me £3 to get it changed. Please post me $7 in cash as I will be in the USA next May. Yours, Ian

I have replied to Bram, off list. Eleanor (Chacombe girl)

Hi Everybody, Oh hoI So we are displaying our scars are we? Well I have one that would cause a disturbance of the peace, if I unveiled it! It happened when I was at the tender and sensitive age of fourteen! Auntie and Grandma Lucas lived up the street from us, as by then we had moved into a larger house at the Foleshill Rd end, owned by "Uncle" Tom Lucas. Quite often, as a treat I stayed overnight at Grandma's house, especially if Auntie Florrie and I had been out together, and arrived home late. One such night I was staying there and in the night became uncomfortable. But the lavatories in Webster St, and indeed most of Foleshill, were outside ones attached to the rear of the houses. So it was commonplace for a chamberpot, "po", guzunder (depending on your refinement!), to be under the bed! Muriel duly went to use one such article, when she lost her balance and sat down heavily. Unbeknownst to me there was a hairline crack at the rim and it split apart! Of course, I bled like a stuck pig---one does from "bottoms". Towels were needed to try and stem the flow and Auntie rushed for her sister, (Mum). She in turn ran to the next street where there was a police station and an ambulance was called. I then began a very careful descent of the steep stairs and had only just got down them when the vehicle arrived. Off I was whisked, and dealt with in the casualty department. Of course I endured a lot of teasing, both from the ambulance men and the medical staff! Stitches were inserted and I was returned to Grandma's. But you know, quiet and sensitive as I was at that age, it wasn't the site of the cut that embarrassed me, as much as the fact that I had been unable to remove my dinky curlers in time! I was mortified! And come to think of it I have quite a few childhood scars of note which are still visible today. I wasn't adventurous and certainly not daring so I put it down to clumsiness or bad luck. Perhaps if I had heeded my elders advice ----" to pick up my feet" and look where I was going", I might have avoided many such misadventures! Regards, Muriel.

Friends The following query has been posted on the Banbury Web Site - thought listers may be able to assist. Bram Taylor in Australia bctaylor@bigpond.net.au Posted this on 9th Sept. " Thomas Sewell, 1806 I wanted to see the church, Chacombe, where my Great-Great-Grandfather was baptised, Anyone know where the parish records are kept? " If anyone is able to help Bram, would write direct not to the list. Regards Helen Temp. List Admin.

I have only just become a user of this site. What are the books for sale you keep writing about? Linda IRHUCKIN@aol.com wrote: Omnipresent!! Just busy with work, organising the move, shipping books etc. I still have some freebies to go. Just need the P&P from you. I will be sending a set to the COS and COBS. Still have plenty for sale. Think Xmas pressies!!! Think, my kids will love these. Think posterity. Think, Ian still needs to sell another ten sets to break even!!! Thanks for listening to the ramblings of a young, handsome, virile lier! Ian ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Hi everyone, Who doesn't have scars? My first memorable one was given to me by my sister June. I was a 4 yo & had just come home from school Gran was in the back garden & June was playing. I had asked Gran if I could go back out to play, with the permission granted. I walked towards the back door and as I passed the chopping block I placed my left little finger on the edge of it just as June brought the ax down on it- my finger- right at the base of my finger. Luckily she was only a 2 yo so not as much strength as there might have been. She only went to the bone not through it. But it sure bled a lot. Gran just washed and bandaged it & said I would die after it! The scar remains to this day. My second memorable scar was obtained when we lived in Oxford. We - my brother Norman, June and friend Hilary decided we wanted to build a tree house. We had found an old sheet of corrugated iron that we thought would make an ideal floor for the house. Being the tallest & strongest I was elected to go up the tree & the others would pass the sheet to me. I braced my back against the trunk of the tree and set each foot on a couple of different branches for added leverage. The others passed the sheet up to me, all was going well until the sheet caught on something as I tried to turn it around - I lost my grip it slid to the ground slicing a 3 inch cut through my leg just below my right knee. Of course in those days we were supposed to be tough so I just took a hankie out of my pocket wrapped it around the cut and went on with what we were doing. Several days later I was limping and was about to jump in the pool at Temple Cowley for a school swimming lesson. The teacher wanted to know why I was limping. When she saw the green junk draining out of my leg she sent me to the school nurse, who in turn sent me to a special school clinic in the city of Oxford. There they placed Kaolin poultice on it to get it to draw the junk out and bandaged it up. I had to go down to the clinic daily for about 2 weeks for the same treatment until the junk stopped draining from it. I was told I could have lost my leg! Of course this was before antibiotics. Oh! so tough we were, needless to say I have the scar to remind me. So there are my most memorable ones. Dawn

Hallelujah! Hi Ian and Banbury Friends, I went out to my postbox, mid afternoon and there it was------ THE ENVELOPE!!! The books had arrived and I have been glued to them ever since! Of course I have been skimming so far, but I am so pleased with what I have seen. Later, I am looking forward to settling down to a "good read". Ian, you have done such a marvellous job, expending much of your personal time and effort to edit, and publish our stories My most grateful thanks. recently,we have disrupted your life quite considerably, and now perhaps you can "take it easier" for a bit. Dare I suggest, that having "met" some of us, especially offlist, you will never be the same again? The speed of the outward postage took me by surprise, especially as my Bank Draft took 18 days to reach you! Perhaps this time it travelled by something faster than an Auster Trainer plane? I'm so happy, that I could do cartwheels, but it would be inadvisable at my age! I never mastered them in my youth as I was an awkward child, gymnastically; my wrists let me down time after time! I had more sore heads than I can count, and stuck, 3ft from the ground when climbing the gym ropes! Nowadays I would do myself a mischief---no doubt about it! Well, I will cease burbling with happiness, and get back to the books. Kindest regards, Muriel, (aka Polly).