I think Betty is thinking of penny dreadfuls. A bit before my time!! This was just "The Tiger". Smokey. The amazing Wilson. Was he the 100 year old+ athlete with incredible speed strength etc. who used to black out after he completed an event? He was in a later comic - The Hornet - as well. That and The Hotspur sort of took over from The Eagle Ian

Oh how I miss the comics! I recently bought an old, much-loved (tatty) Tiger annual. I packed it, but had a sneaky read first! I look at the pristine ones for sale at outrageous prices. Do I wish I had kept mine like that? NO WAY!!! How can you enjoy something if you don't actually get to read it? Same with toys in their boxes. Was there any kid who didn't get the enjoyment of running their dinky down a ramp and out the window onto the grass outside? So, it got scratched, but you loved them. If they got really bad, you gave them a paint job! Thanks Smokey, for reminding me, Ian

The Children's Newspaper was delivered to the house, in an attempt to interest me in matters of the day. It was well intended as a publication but appeared condescending. I preferred the Wizard, passed on to me by Uncle Fred. Erudite explanations about the Ground Nut Scheme in Africa failed to excite me when compared with the Incredible Wilson, Limp along Leslie, and V for Vengeance. Very few pictures, the publishers assumed that clients could read. [This was the 50s] Then the Eagle happened. This was a paper approved of by parents and schools, yet it carried street credibility. Printed in colour, on shiny paper. The centrefold (no, it wasn't) took the form of a large three-dimensional detailed drawing of an aircraft, ship, or locomotive; allowing the reader to imaginatively wander through the construction. It must have been the first and last comic to be pinned on walls of classrooms throughout the country. The highlight was Colonel Dan Dare and his Venusian battles with the Treens (bad), supported by the Therons (good). The leader of the evil Treens was the Mekon, a small green dome-headed creature who moved around on a hovering soup plate. With an odd backwards reference to service etiquette, Colonel Dan was accompanied everywhere by his batman, Albert Digby. It is a shock to realise that the time-scale for this story of interplanetary warfare was the period 1990 to 2000. I'm living in the far distant future. My sister's reading all seemed to involve girls at boarding school. Hockey sticks and midnight feasts in the dormitory were a huge step away from reality for anyone I knew. Later there was a companion comic to the Eagle, for girls, imaginatively titled ‘Girl’. The lead story was Wendy & Jinx, and yes, they were at boarding school. Another popular story (even with the boys) was Day of the Triffids. No cosmetic tips, no fashion features, and no personal agony column. Strangely, it still sold. Then American comics began to filter in. These were obviously more attractive, because Authority confiscated them at every opportunity. Previously, comics had contained every-day characters in unusual situations which they had to resolve. In these comics, amazing characters would appear to solve the problem. This generation was taught to expect external help in any difficulty. Smokey Checked by Norton 2004 before transmission with Mozilla Thunderbird

Hi List. Most of the material I hold are extracts of wills and therefore subject to error, the originals should be consulted wherever possible. Further details are included in these will extracts, primarily direct family members and disposal of goods and values. ************************************************************************************************************************************************** The will of Ann Southam of Croughton, a widow. Dated 27 Jan 1662/3.. Mentions:- Her eldest son, George Her Daughter, Dorothe(sic) wife of John HAUGHTAINE Her second son, John Her youngest son, Thomas Probate granted 12 Feb 1662/3, not stated by whom. *********************************************************************************** The Nuncupative will of Richard Sowtham, a bachelor of Fenny Drayton, LEI. Dated 12 May 1667. Mentions his sister Jane MOULD wife of Edward of Priors Marston, WAR:, to be his executrix. He mentions Joane DABBLE wife of John DABBLE. Declared in the presence of Thomas FOWLER, Clerk, Rector of Fenny Drayton; and Katherine FOWLER Proved at Leicester 13 Jul 1667, by executrix With this will there is an inventory. "Prized by Nathaniel STEVENS and Edward BRADGATE, May ye 18, 1667. Part of the inventory was £20 in ready money in the hands of John DARBY and John PORTER. ********************************************************************************** The will of Jane Southam, a widow of Oxford. Dated 6 Nov 1663. Mentions her late husband Henry, Alderman of the city of Oxford Her sisters, Margery WHITE, wife of William WHITE, a Fuller; Dennis, William and James WHITE; Jane GREENE and Mary CROWELL, the children of my sister Margery WHITE; ( Does this indicate previous marriages to GREENE and CROWELL ?) Mary GILLET wife of John GILLET a cutler of London Jane, wife of Mr.COLLINS a filecutter of London. Cousin Edward COSEN (CUSSEN?) Cousin CROWELL Daughter-in-Law, Anne WRIGHT Nephew, Thomas CUSSEN. Son-in-Law, William WRIGHT. Proved at Oxford 7 Jan 1664/5 in Arch. of Oxford, by Richard HANNES the executor nominated ************************************************************************************ Mo Southam.

Hi all, Can anyone advise me on this, please? I notice a good deal of activity on-list re Wills, and would like to know best procedure. I am told that there are two wills which probably apply to my Wheeler family of Over Norton, and needless to say would like to obtain details. WHEELER Wills one for Mark (1767)a yeoman in Over Norton and another for Samuel (1792) the elder a tailor also of Over Norton. As tailoring appears to be something of a family calling, and I believe Over Norton is pretty small, the connection seems likely. Grateful for any help as to how to obtain. Thanks. Jill Norfolk UK

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Sounds good, thank you for clearing this up. I will keep the details, and think about this after getting the Over Norton book,a first priority. Jill ----- Original Message ----- From: <IRHUCKIN@aol.com> To: <ENG-BANBURY-AREA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 6:18 PM Subject: Re: [BAN] I am printing!! > Aha! A Newby!! > It is a collection of stories from people on the list. You must have seen > Smokey's bits of late. There are three more volumes of that and more. An absolute > bargain for the price!! Well I would say that wouldn't I? > > Ian > > > ============================== > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ >

> ! . > Does she know what she has let herself in for????? A strange lot us > Banburyshireans!!! ---------------------------------------- ***SOMETIMES "!! Naughty BUT Nice" betty.>:-> > > . > > > ============================== > 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 >

Ian This is very exciting sounding - but as a newish member I can't think what it is that you are printing! A list of some kind to do with Banburyshire no doubt, but please elucidate! Jill ----- Original Message ----- From: <IRHUCKIN@aol.com> To: <ENG-BANBURY-AREA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 10:35 AM Subject: [BAN] I am printing!! > Hiya one and all. > I have now found out the cost for posting and packing of the three volumes. > Worldwide is £3.50. which is £2.99 for posting, 51p for packing. That is the > cheapest airmail rates. Surface mail will take too long, and is only a quid or > so cheaper. > UK is £1.34 for second class. 83p for posting, 51p for packing. > Contibutors get a freebee set, but have to pay the P&P. Additional sets are > £7.50 plus P&P for list members. A refund on posting will apply for multiple > orders. > I will be writing individually to all who have expressed an interest > previously. If you don't get one, please let me know ASAP. > Yours, > > > Ian Huckin > > > ============================== > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ >

I enjoyed a visit to the library. We've lost the art and appreciation of silence. Silence allows thoughts to develop, and unrealised ideas to germinate. In a public lending library the only sounds were the squish of shoes on polished parquet flooring and the nervous coughs of customers. Any suggestion of speech or enjoyment and Blue Rinse would '…have to ask you to leave'. In pre-Gates days, this doughty guardian of the library precinct devoted her life to sorting and cataloguing little cardboard envelopes, each of which contained a slip of paper giving details of a borrowed book. She lived in a cubicle created by banks of tiny wooden drawers holding many thousands of these crucial items. The loss of an individual envelope was not acceptable. Private libraries also existed, one major example being Boots – remember Laura, in Brief Encounter? Books belonging to such libraries were uniformly dressed in paper jackets and instantly recognisable. Even quite small shops could have a small area of books tucked away in a corner for loan at a tanner a week. [For younger readers, a tanner was half a bob]. It is still possible to find an old book with a Boots label affixed inside the cover, and many book lovers had artistically designed labels for marking books as their personal property. Almost every home contained at least one old book of religious works or poetry, in which an ornate label recorded its presentation as a reward for achievement. My grandfather, an Old Contemptible from Ypres, whose language certainly broadened my horizons; was he really the same youngster who never missed chapel in three years? And of course there was the family Bible. The largest of books in every sense, and obviously well thumbed in much earlier years. Scribbled notes inside the covers recorded births, deaths and marriages, plus any significant events such as emigration of family members or close friends. Large engravings of bearded patriarchs, protected by sheets of rice paper. My personal library was rather more dog-eared and ink-stained. 'Mensa, mensa, mensam ...' -- Smokey Checked by Norton 2004 before transmission with Mozilla Thunderbird

Aha! A Newby!! It is a collection of stories from people on the list. You must have seen Smokey's bits of late. There are three more volumes of that and more. An absolute bargain for the price!! Well I would say that wouldn't I? Ian

There are only a couple on the list old enough to remember then!! Old Mont recounted a couple. "If you'm aint 'ad that 'un, best you'm get a cowpy". Ian

Ian mailto:hverrall@ihug.co.nz Helen Temp List Admin. -----Original Message----- From: IRHUCKIN@aol.com [mailto:IRHUCKIN@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, 7 September 2004 9:15 a.m. To: ENG-BANBURY-AREA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BAN] List Admin Helen. Could you contact me off-list please. It is quite important. 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

In message <41396F2E.7040604@virgin.net>, Joe Connell <jfc.public@virgin.net> writes >The school day would commence with a general melee in what was called >the playground Hi Joe, I too have enjoyed your commentary simply because it is so different from my own experiences in elementary school from1955-1964 in New Jersey. The system of Houses, points and even prefects are know to us only because of their description in the Harry Potter series. We included this as being part of the fictional tale. I have forwarded your description on to my children and nieces, who are avid fans of this series, so they can see that the stories have more basis in reality than they thought. If we could only have such anecdotes from the 1860s when my great grandmother was in school there! Phyllis Kent

Hi Ian, Looking forward to it Catherine Pritchard -----Original Message----- From: IRHUCKIN@aol.com [mailto:IRHUCKIN@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 10:35 AM To: ENG-BANBURY-AREA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BAN] I am printing!! Hiya one and all. I have now found out the cost for posting and packing of the three volumes. Worldwide is £3.50. which is £2.99 for posting, 51p for packing. That is the cheapest airmail rates. Surface mail will take too long, and is only a quid or so cheaper. UK is £1.34 for second class. 83p for posting, 51p for packing. Contibutors get a freebee set, but have to pay the P&P. Additional sets are £7.50 plus P&P for list members. A refund on posting will apply for multiple orders. I will be writing individually to all who have expressed an interest previously. If you don't get one, please let me know ASAP. Yours, Ian Huckin ============================== You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/

Just to let you know Angela is fine, but her computer isn't! She is unable to access the internet - or do anything with it really - at the moment. Might make a good doorstop! If you need to get a message to her, please e-mail me and I will pass it on. In the meantime I would like to thank Helen for stepping in as administrator. Does she know what she has let herself in for????? A strange lot us Banburyshireans!!! Ian Huckin - Researching Huckin (and variations) Herbert and Howse.

Hiya one and all. I have now found out the cost for posting and packing of the three volumes. Worldwide is £3.50. which is £2.99 for posting, 51p for packing. That is the cheapest airmail rates. Surface mail will take too long, and is only a quid or so cheaper. UK is £1.34 for second class. 83p for posting, 51p for packing. Contibutors get a freebee set, but have to pay the P&P. Additional sets are £7.50 plus P&P for list members. A refund on posting will apply for multiple orders. I will be writing individually to all who have expressed an interest previously. If you don't get one, please let me know ASAP. Yours, Ian Huckin

Helen. Could you contact me off-list please. It is quite important. Ian

Muriel Angela has ISP problems, which she hopes will be solved very soon. She will be back with you asap!! Helen Lower Hutt -----Original Message----- From: pollyp [mailto:pollyp@xtra.co.nz] Sent: Monday, 6 September 2004 10:56 a.m. To: ENG-BANBURY-AREA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BAN] Where's Angela? Hi Helen, I had been wondering why we had heard nothing from Angela, seeing as she's so active on the List. I hope that nothing is amiss with her or her family. Please put our minds at rest------if you are able to do so. We are VERY fond of our Angela---and don't like her absence! Regards, Muriel of Blenheim, Marlborough, NZ.

Dawn and all Angela, is having ISP problems, and should be taking the reins back very shortly.I have known her for many years through the Warwickshire List, and she knows I have administered Rootsweb Lists before, so she asked to assist with Banbury List until she got sorted. You probably haven't heard of me before, beacause I do not have Family Interests in OXF. The nearest being Tredington, Alcester and Butler's Marston in WAR. Helen Verrall Temp List Admin. New Zealand Researching many names but in partic. HALWARD/HALLWARD any place anytime frame! -----Original Message----- From: Dawn.MikeGriffis [mailto:Dawn.MikeGriffis@VALLEY.NET] Sent: Monday, 6 September 2004 12:52 a.m. To: ENG-BANBURY-AREA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [BAN] Unsubcribe Helen, What happened to Angela? Have never heard of you before! Dawn ______________________________