Dearest Muriel, You should not work yourself up into such a lather over minor flaws in your writing, as I am sure that others, as with myself, are too engrossed in the recounting of your memories to worry about such things. Usually I am a stickler for correct spelling and grammer useage, but losing my 44 year old self within the mental images of a world that for me is vastly different in a geographical sense, yet in other ways so familiar [ memories of a 'dressed to the nines' Mother on special occasions] makes it so easy to glide past any errors contained within your correspondence. You remind me of my Mother [ gone 18 years now], in that whilst writing letters to her daughter living many miles away, would edit her letters for any spelling errors pre posting. To this day, I have every one of those letters and would have treasured them any way they came. Spelling errors did not detract from who she was and how much I loved receiving and reading each one! Please keep up the writing so that we get a glimpse now and then of another world, familiar to some, yet new to others. Thanks for the memories... Julie in a sunny Elizabeth Downs, Adelaide SA _________________________________________________________________ Searching for that dream home? Try http://ninemsn.realestate.com.au for all your property needs.

Hi Folks, I am having computer problems ( a weird fault ) at the moment so have been offline for a few days, while it is in hospital. I now have this old laptop going and a steam connection to the Internet so here I am back to bother you again! ( how I miss Broadband and a fast machine!) However... the reason for this message is that someone wrote me a very nice message..... about having been at the same school as me in Coventry ..... just before my machine had to go away and of course that letter is locked up with the computer. I can't reply till you write to me again. Or will have to wait till my PC gets home again. I am wondering if it was Muriel who wrote? Dorothy (Gibbs)

I totally agree with what you have written, Julie. What these wonderful listers write about times gone by enthrals me. Almost everything I read, jogs my memory about something my grandmother or other elders have said to me whilst I was growing up...and in turn spawns its own memories and I-remember-whens for me. Even sometimes nudging me into writing some of my own thoughts down! (shock, horror!!!) :o) I, too, have letters written by my grandmother (her memoirs, she called them) and the way she wrote is part of the way I remember her, and the way she spoke. Some words are even spelled the way only Nan could do them....but they are a part of her memory. She is long gone, but she lives on in the things and letters she wrote. I can't do much research right now, and have come off other lists because of that....but I remain on this one, because of the memories and friendly nature of the fellow listers. Research for me may have a major pause now, but please keep these treasures coming. I love to hear from you all - it's almost like running out to the mail box to see if I have a letter from an old friend. I am now living (by wonderful choice)in the middle of nowhere....45 minutes to nearest supermarket/town....yet I am not alone, I still have you all. Okay so it's a bit of a culture shock after being a townie all my 45 years, but this is my new start in life. Now I shall have some memoirs of my own to write, I think... Hugz to you all Carole (ex-Hamilton, now a beautiful Kaiaua, NZ) -----Original Message----- From: Julie Nicks [mailto:julienicks21@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, 1 October 2004 2:07 p.m. To: ENG-BANBURY-AREA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [BAN] re:Remember---this and that! Dearest Muriel, You should not work yourself up into such a lather over minor flaws in your writing, as I am sure that others, as with myself, are too engrossed in the recounting of your memories to worry about such things. Usually I am a stickler for correct spelling and grammer useage, but losing my 44 year old self within the mental images of a world that for me is vastly different in a geographical sense, yet in other ways so familiar [ memories of a 'dressed to the nines' Mother on special occasions] makes it so easy to glide past any errors contained within your correspondence. You remind me of my Mother [ gone 18 years now], in that whilst writing letters to her daughter living many miles away, would edit her letters for any spelling errors pre posting. To this day, I have every one of those letters and would have treasured them any way they came. Spelling errors did not detract from who she was and how much I loved receiving and reading each one! Please keep up the writing so that we get a glimpse now and then of another world, familiar to some, yet new to others. Thanks for the memories... Julie in a sunny Elizabeth Downs, Adelaide SA _________________________________________________________________ Searching for that dream home? Try http://ninemsn.realestate.com.au for all your property needs. ============================== You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/